In Love Again?



Initially, I had no plans at all to watch movie tonight but Sarah wonderfully convinced me to go. So, I was off to Waterfront with her, James, Herman, Jacob and Hui Ling to watch the 9.20 show of 50 First Dates.



didn't have much expectations for this movie but in the final scene, I decided to say that it was worthwhile to spend the evening and $8.50 watching Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore fell in love in the middle of the Pacific. Part of the charm of that movie I think is by the attention given to the surrounding ie. the community in Hawaii which seems to be very laid back but close-knitted. The amount of humor the movie contains is astounding a lot. We literally burst into laughter every 5 seconds. Adam Sandler played the role of a vet by the name of Henry Roth which sounded like that the Jewish gangster in Godfather II, Hyman Roth. It was sad to see Lucy (Drew Barrymore) having that short term memory loss thing where she would forget his encounter with Sandler. Even sadder to see how her dad and steroid-addict brother kept up with the problem by reanacting the day before she got into that accident a year ago. They kept the house like it was the day before, even celebrated her dad's birthday every single day just to keep Lucy from realizing that she was actually suffering from the brain damage. Henry stood up for her by keeping daily video recordings of them together ie. how they met the day before, fell in love, made out etc. However, it seems slightly unrealistic on how quick Lucy would get over the reality of having short memory loss every morning.



The emotional part of this movie came during the part when Lucy woke up in the morning after their first love making. Seeing a naked "stranger" next to her in bed, she freaked out and hit Henry with a standing lamp I think. She then realized that how Henry had to give up on his dream of exploring Alaska just to be with her. So, she decided to end that relationship with him - ie. by destroying her journal and asking Henry to stop reminding her. That was a sad case I think... as sad as having to part with someone you love by death (A Walk to Remember for an example). Nevertheless, it has a sweet and happy ending. Henry decided not to pursue to voyage to Alaska and instead, turned his ship around and rushed to the Callhan Institute to find Lucy again. For some unknown reason, Lucy had been dreaming of him everynight and put those dreams in her paintings. It was a studio full of potraits of Henry, the mysterious guy in her dreams. Both of them were again love struck, and muuuuaahh muah mah...



Hey, it's pretty interesting to find urself falling in love with the same person every single day. Every kiss is a first, every date is a first.



We managed to get the frequent 61C back to Oakland despite it was near midnight when it ended. I had a cup of mocha from Starbucks before heading for the bus stop and the coffee is now bringing me a headache. Apparently, drinking coffee for the first time since 2 months is like seeing light after a week long of solitary confinement in prison.



Time to end this blog of this weekend. Heading back to work. Sigh... Next week will be Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ, hopefully. Lent starts this Wednesday.