the movie is bloody long,
for a story that is not well-developed,
characters not defined enough for better understanding
and appreciation.
disappointment.
if not for orlando bloom,
i would not have stuck till the end of the show,
and realised that the best part of it has to be
the last 15 minutes.
Claire made Drew a map.
a book of maps to be precised.
with cds of songs she has carefully selected,
all for this road-trip she has encouraged him to take on,
alone, on his own.
but of course he wasn't on the trip alone
-- there was his dad in the urn
and words, directions and songs by Claire.
at one point, she wrote:
"Sadness is easier because it's surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free."
and she drew the woods that he would pass by,
and indicated exactly where he could dance, among the tress.
he danced, alone, with one hand waving free.
he saw things, ate food, felt feelings he may have experienced before,
but had always taken for granted.
aren't we all like this?
taking things and people for granted.
i love the maps she made.
i've made book-letters for some people in my life.
unfortunately, these are the people who left me.
i shall never make again.
"I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that's happened."
Claire Colburn
reader k | 1/10/2006 10:34:00 PM |
