Movie Reviews

Becoming Jane is by far one of my most favorite movies. I haven't the slightest inclination as to why I find such a sad story to be amiable, but I think that its realistic plot is what does the trick. Then again, if you think about it deeply, there are some things about it that are gravely fantasized...

I don't know.

Then there's "Sense and Sensibility." Tonight as I was watching it, I realized that I was finding it quite enjoyable. That has never happened before. I have always hated it because Willoughby was a stupid selfish flirt who was supposed to be Prince Charming, and Colonel Brandon was the old doting one who ended up with the young wife. Had I been asked about my thoughts on the movie a year ago I would have torn it apart for a failure of a love story....
But tonight... I felt like it has become such a treasure.
I now understand the importance of morals and grounded feelings.
Marianne's passionate expressions and imaginative desires of what love should have been drug her down. I do not think her and Willoughby were in love.... And I find that part of the story was a little more dramatic for reality's sake... But how she found true love in the end... Or at least became more compassionate and sensitive towards genuine emotions of the heart (caring and civility)... Such a sight made my heart feel happy.

It is not something I can easily explain, but know that my feelings towards the movie have changed drastically.

I used to dislike how Marianne's eldest sister was so emotionless and quiet, but viewing it presently, it is far from that. She filled a well within her heart full of secrets that were locked away by good sense and keen morality. She only wanted to keep good reputation and not end up looking like a fool.

When the eldest Miss Dashwood finally let on about her feelings by crying away the burdens she had been forced to carry, I let a tear slip from my eye.

I have fallen in love with the story itself, because for once a romantic movie's immorality as well as good morality, acted upon by the characters, are realistic.

I understand.

Maybe it's due to the fact that somewhere between the first and last time I watched the film, I have grown up. I have tasted a little more of the world. I have smelled some sweet air and some bitter fragrances... And understand more of what I did not comprehend at all before.