Long time no see! Yup, I am back or rather - I'll try and keep posting regularly as much as time will let me. Things have been a mess lately and it has been hard keeping up with life's pace itself, let alone finding time to write. But, now I have something juicy to write about, too. Since I'm completely done with all those cheesy romantic comedies, I've decided to do write a review on this one. I've decided to watch this movie simply because of two reasons: 1.) Ralph Fiennes (needless to say why, though I shall explain it to you with great enthusiasm: he is one of my favorite and one of the best actors there ever lived in my humble opinion) 2.) It's not a cheesy romantic comedy (like I've said before, I am finished with those). And I loved the movie for multiple reasons which you will get to know with in the next couple of paragraphs.
I think I've always loved that kind of movies, but I end up watching the boring ones with hopeless romantic teenagers in it and a awfully tragic plot. But watching The Constant Gardener yesterday and all those movies with rates above 7.0 on IMDb really changed my perspective on things. That always happens when I watch movies like that. They are complex, tricky, dramatic and especially heartrending. Yet those are the movies that describe perfectly what is really going on. They describe human nature in most accurate way possible, therefore are considered good movies. I guess I've been dodging them because I always take them too seriously, meaning I really get sucked into the story. Movies like The Constant Gardener make you realize the problems we are facing in today's world, although the plot was more or less sticking with the romance path. But nonetheless, the message of the story was more than clear to the sobbing viewer (such as myself): how the world is corrupt, how powerful people on high positions lack humanity and how we treat those, with less privileges and less goods like they are worthless, like we can spare those "few" lives that we have no connection with whatsoever. This movie showed beyond just that. Indirectly, it exposed all those great companies and world leaders that think of themselves as high class preachers, saints and martyrs and their work ethics. It concerns all of us. No matter if you live on the other side of the planet, we are the same, we do belong in the same species and seeing how some people get treated is making me sick.
Not only that, but how despite all environment, human rights etc. organisations fight against crimes as these, people will continue to look pass it and those powerful people will continue with their work (whatever it is) without a trace of guilty conscience. They'll say: that's just how things are there. Well yes, that is the easiest thing to say, but what if it were to happen here? What if suddenly we would run out of electricity for indefinite period of time, what if there was no running water left for the citizens of the great metropolises, what if war started right here, right now? People would run for their lives and eventually turn to the high commissions, begging them to help them. But you know what they would get? A freaking big "fuck you".
But besides all the mentioned crimes, there are even more deeds that require as much attention as previous ones. Actions that also happen every day only this time: everywhere around us. What the movie seemed to have exposed very thoroughly and explicitly is how quickly those that might have some influence on the world by putting pressure on the ones on high positions, can be deleted or rather - silenced. It is simply disgusting how much risk there is of promising yourself to come to the bottom of something, something the world needs to see. How the ones in power are destroying humanity. I was shocked when half through the movie the story began to unfold. I was terrified how realistic the movie was displayed. I felt my heart aching when I saw those poor people in Africa barely making it through day to day.
Although I know the world is too populated in this time to simply "stop" the world hunger, the spread of AIDS and HIV, to end the violations of basic human rights across the globe, but there is one thing we can all do: if we spread awareness in our countries and our cities, we can come closer to gain attention of those on top. Of course, only with protests and petitions there will hardly be any change done, but I think that making the youth (who is the future of this world) realize and acknowledge the world problems is a step closer to more than just protests. Maybe one day, when all of us will be long gone, there will be a change we were all fighting for so eagerly and passionately. Marx, Milk, Luther King Jr etc.: all these people will regain their honor and they will achieve their goal. We can hope for a better future by doing the best we can in the present. We may not acknowledge it, but people hold great power, influence and strength as well. But too many of us are apathetic, lazy and egoistic to work hard for a common goal. Why common goal? One might think: "But it's not us who's dying of starvation in Africa" or even worse "I don't care what's going down there; as long as I'm having it good, I do not wish to involve in other's lives." Maybe it is not our war, but we are a part of this world.
And finally - love. Love in this movie beats all the seeming love stories from those pathetic teen movies combined. Because it's not just love. It's not just having someone to warm your bed or to wake up to the next day. It's someone you can share an adventure with. Someone you feel safe and infinite with. Maybe labeling love isn't a very wise thing to do, but I'm just sharing my opinion on things I believe are an important part of our lives. Justin and Tessa had something infinitely more than just a love story to tell: they created magic. An endless, powerful magic that endured even after they perished from a horrible death. That shows how strong a pair can be. This is love. At any cost.
Even though it may seemed like a fairy-tale at the beginning, love is a whole lot more than that. Love is sweet, but also very bitter. One moment you can be flying up beyond the bright blue skies and the next one you are slipping into a dark hole, unable to distinguish night from day. It consumes you within and without. But it can be beautiful, oh how beautiful it can be. And I guess you can count yourself lucky if you find a person that gets your heart beating like crazy and your lips smiling. To have someone and to literally "be" with that person is something some people spend their lives searching for. And maybe that person isn't the one. Most probably that person isn't the person you'll spend the rest of your life with. But right in that segment of your life, that exact period of time when you hold their hand, when you listen to their heartbeat, when you laugh at their stupid jokes and remarks is when you are infinite. Life is made of such small moments like these - even if they don't last forever. Because things don't have to last forever to be great. It's the joy that entered your life with that person and courage is to continue with your life with that joy by your side. Because I think we all learn from each other throughout our short lives; from the people surrounding us. And that is what matters: never-ending puzzle.
To conclude, I'd like to stress how perfectly this movie combined one of the greatest things a human can come across in his life: adventure, love and tragedy. All combined, you get something you've never experienced before. You start to live. Of course, we all have different aspects of life and how it should be, but minus all those ugly situations portrayed in the movie, I could really connect with it. Adventure - pursuing your dreams everywhere you go and doing the best you can to make it come true. Love - being able to share your dreams with someone. Tragedy - following you at every step. As displayed in the movie, tragedy was something that was constantly present in both of their lives: the loss of the baby, the ThreeBees issue that later turned out to be more dangerous than Tessa expected, the children of Africa and later both of their fates. Like in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles's Antigone, the main characters in this stories perished physically, but achieved their goal. The scene at the end, where Justin sends the disputable letter the whole movie circled around to Rome and later ending up in Ham's hands, got the best of me. Because right in that moment I realized what sacrifice truly means. It wasn't really a sacrifice though, as it was more that his soul was at last at peace for he found the letter everyone (justifiably) made such a fuss about and exposed the matter to the right (and guilty) people. He came to the bottom of the matter - the thing Tessa's life evolved the years they lived in Africa. The movie showed that even though he achieved what he had set up for himself, he could never be whole again without Tessa by his side. He could never truly restart his life for he missed her so much. And like he said towards the end of the movie: "I have no home. Tessa was my home."
I think I've always loved that kind of movies, but I end up watching the boring ones with hopeless romantic teenagers in it and a awfully tragic plot. But watching The Constant Gardener yesterday and all those movies with rates above 7.0 on IMDb really changed my perspective on things. That always happens when I watch movies like that. They are complex, tricky, dramatic and especially heartrending. Yet those are the movies that describe perfectly what is really going on. They describe human nature in most accurate way possible, therefore are considered good movies. I guess I've been dodging them because I always take them too seriously, meaning I really get sucked into the story. Movies like The Constant Gardener make you realize the problems we are facing in today's world, although the plot was more or less sticking with the romance path. But nonetheless, the message of the story was more than clear to the sobbing viewer (such as myself): how the world is corrupt, how powerful people on high positions lack humanity and how we treat those, with less privileges and less goods like they are worthless, like we can spare those "few" lives that we have no connection with whatsoever. This movie showed beyond just that. Indirectly, it exposed all those great companies and world leaders that think of themselves as high class preachers, saints and martyrs and their work ethics. It concerns all of us. No matter if you live on the other side of the planet, we are the same, we do belong in the same species and seeing how some people get treated is making me sick.
Not only that, but how despite all environment, human rights etc. organisations fight against crimes as these, people will continue to look pass it and those powerful people will continue with their work (whatever it is) without a trace of guilty conscience. They'll say: that's just how things are there. Well yes, that is the easiest thing to say, but what if it were to happen here? What if suddenly we would run out of electricity for indefinite period of time, what if there was no running water left for the citizens of the great metropolises, what if war started right here, right now? People would run for their lives and eventually turn to the high commissions, begging them to help them. But you know what they would get? A freaking big "fuck you".
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Although I know the world is too populated in this time to simply "stop" the world hunger, the spread of AIDS and HIV, to end the violations of basic human rights across the globe, but there is one thing we can all do: if we spread awareness in our countries and our cities, we can come closer to gain attention of those on top. Of course, only with protests and petitions there will hardly be any change done, but I think that making the youth (who is the future of this world) realize and acknowledge the world problems is a step closer to more than just protests. Maybe one day, when all of us will be long gone, there will be a change we were all fighting for so eagerly and passionately. Marx, Milk, Luther King Jr etc.: all these people will regain their honor and they will achieve their goal. We can hope for a better future by doing the best we can in the present. We may not acknowledge it, but people hold great power, influence and strength as well. But too many of us are apathetic, lazy and egoistic to work hard for a common goal. Why common goal? One might think: "But it's not us who's dying of starvation in Africa" or even worse "I don't care what's going down there; as long as I'm having it good, I do not wish to involve in other's lives." Maybe it is not our war, but we are a part of this world.
And finally - love. Love in this movie beats all the seeming love stories from those pathetic teen movies combined. Because it's not just love. It's not just having someone to warm your bed or to wake up to the next day. It's someone you can share an adventure with. Someone you feel safe and infinite with. Maybe labeling love isn't a very wise thing to do, but I'm just sharing my opinion on things I believe are an important part of our lives. Justin and Tessa had something infinitely more than just a love story to tell: they created magic. An endless, powerful magic that endured even after they perished from a horrible death. That shows how strong a pair can be. This is love. At any cost.
Even though it may seemed like a fairy-tale at the beginning, love is a whole lot more than that. Love is sweet, but also very bitter. One moment you can be flying up beyond the bright blue skies and the next one you are slipping into a dark hole, unable to distinguish night from day. It consumes you within and without. But it can be beautiful, oh how beautiful it can be. And I guess you can count yourself lucky if you find a person that gets your heart beating like crazy and your lips smiling. To have someone and to literally "be" with that person is something some people spend their lives searching for. And maybe that person isn't the one. Most probably that person isn't the person you'll spend the rest of your life with. But right in that segment of your life, that exact period of time when you hold their hand, when you listen to their heartbeat, when you laugh at their stupid jokes and remarks is when you are infinite. Life is made of such small moments like these - even if they don't last forever. Because things don't have to last forever to be great. It's the joy that entered your life with that person and courage is to continue with your life with that joy by your side. Because I think we all learn from each other throughout our short lives; from the people surrounding us. And that is what matters: never-ending puzzle.
To conclude, I'd like to stress how perfectly this movie combined one of the greatest things a human can come across in his life: adventure, love and tragedy. All combined, you get something you've never experienced before. You start to live. Of course, we all have different aspects of life and how it should be, but minus all those ugly situations portrayed in the movie, I could really connect with it. Adventure - pursuing your dreams everywhere you go and doing the best you can to make it come true. Love - being able to share your dreams with someone. Tragedy - following you at every step. As displayed in the movie, tragedy was something that was constantly present in both of their lives: the loss of the baby, the ThreeBees issue that later turned out to be more dangerous than Tessa expected, the children of Africa and later both of their fates. Like in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles's Antigone, the main characters in this stories perished physically, but achieved their goal. The scene at the end, where Justin sends the disputable letter the whole movie circled around to Rome and later ending up in Ham's hands, got the best of me. Because right in that moment I realized what sacrifice truly means. It wasn't really a sacrifice though, as it was more that his soul was at last at peace for he found the letter everyone (justifiably) made such a fuss about and exposed the matter to the right (and guilty) people. He came to the bottom of the matter - the thing Tessa's life evolved the years they lived in Africa. The movie showed that even though he achieved what he had set up for himself, he could never be whole again without Tessa by his side. He could never truly restart his life for he missed her so much. And like he said towards the end of the movie: "I have no home. Tessa was my home."
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