This semester we have viewed many different versions of the imperishable love story “Romeo and Juliet.” This masterpiece of Shakespeare has been reedited, retell, adapted through different ways again and again. This particular classic love story “Romeo and Juliet” won people’s tears and touched people deeply all over the world. Therefore, I would like to introduce love stories of the 21 century that have moved me to tears and touched my mind so deeply.
The first movie I want to talk about is the creation of P.S. I Love You in 2007. It is adapted from a book with the same title of Cecelia Ahern. This book has been translated into forty languages all around the world and it is the best-selling book of 2004 in more than forty countries. Hence, the high popularity of the book makes the creation of the movie P.S. I Love You. This movie depicts how Holly overcame the sorrow after losing her husband, Jerry, with ten letters written by Jerry when he is almost dying of cancer. This movie begins with a scene when Holly and Jerry are arguing about whether to have a baby or not. Although they have a really fierce quarrel, they make up with each other right after finishing the quarrel. They hug, they kiss, and they confess to each other that how much they love each other. After the scene, it comes to Jerry’s farewell ceremony. This has made people all over the world burst into tears and set a record to make people cry within 15 minutes. We all know it is really sad and painful to watch our beloved die and you cannot do anything to stop him or her from going away so does Holly. The Jerry’s death makes Holly trap herself in their department because it is the only place that she could feel like Jerry is still alive and still stay with her. Later, Holly receives the letters from Jerry and these letters guide her through the way of overcoming the sadness.
There are some lines in “P.S. I Love You” that are really good to share with you. This is what Jerry says, “Babe, We are going to last, you know how I know? Because I still wake up every morning and the first thing I want to do is see your face.” I believe everyone who has ever heard something like this will be touched deeply. And here is what Holly says, “We have absolutely no ideas what we want.”, and I do agree with her. Sometimes, women in love are just being too sensitive to make changes in life. The lack of security leads to endless quarrels between couples and lovers.
I think this movie “P.S. I Love You” do points out some problems that exist in the relationship among lovers or couples. Most of the time, we take everything we own now for granted. However, we do not know when it will be gone. We do not know to cherish until we lost. Although the movie version has a lot of differences with the book, it is still good and really touching.
The second movie I want to talk about is The Time Traveler’s Wife in 2009. This movie is also an adaptation of a book with the same title “The Time Traveler’s Wife” written by Audrey Niffenegger in 2006. Henry is a man who travels through times. He met his future wife, Clare when he traveled through times. At that time, she is only 6 years old and he is already 36 years old! The second time they meet with each other, they start to date. Soon, they got married. Clare knows that Henry can travel through times but she still insist on getting married with Henry. After the marriage, Henry still travels as usual and Clare is always left alone. She just keeps waiting for Henry back. Indeed Clare is used to waiting because she has been keeping waiting for Henry since the age of 6. They are a happy couple until Clare gets pregnant. Once she gets pregnant, the baby gone away soon. This makes them sad and strongly hurt Clare’s heart. Hopefully, they have a child in the end. However, at the fifth birthday of the child, Alba, Henry died of an accident happened during his travel. Although he died, Clare still keeps waiting for Henry. She believes that Henry will come to her one day because he is a time traveler.
This movie ended up with a scene when Henry comes back to Clare after his death. They hug with each other but Henry disappears again and says “I don’t want to keep you waiting for me the whole life.” This scene has moved me to tears and also touched people’s mind deeply. Their love to each other is so selfless.
Both of the two movies that I introduced are just fictions; however, we cannot say that there is no such a love in the real world. The two movies portray the main idea “lose” in their unique ways and we cannot deny that we are all touched by their stories. I believe after viewing the two movies, you will get some enlightenment for sure.
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