Closer
One of the movies I like watching is CLOSER. Why?
there are many things that I wanted to talk about Closer. All
throughout the movie, i kept on thinking why love has to be difficult
sometimes. Difficult in a sense that we can’t just love the person who
loves us back in the same degree that they love us. Difficult in a
sense that we never stay contented with what we have… we always
desire someone who’s not within our reach… who leaves us challenged.
Is that human nature? To be always challenged? Love should be simple,
shouldn’t it be? but who knows what really is… Alice said it well - Where
is this "love"? I can’t see it, I can’t touch it. I can’t feel it. I
can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can’t do anything with your
easy words.
Another thing is I kept on thinking
Love has become a meaningless word. Just like the characters in the
movie we seem to be callous in throwing our "i love you’s." We say i
love you without really meaning every word that makes up this
three-word sentence. The three-word sentence has become one of those
cheap commodities being sold in streets. What is "i love you" anyway?
It’s just a sentence… It has become like that… A worthless
sentence.
No, the movie did not leave me bitter about love. It just slapped right in my face the bitterness love can bring in our lives.
You
asked me how many stars can I give to the movie… on a scale of 10, i
give it an 8 (i dont believe in perfect 10s, lahat ng bagay may flaws,
jinujustify pa)… Eight for its witty dialogues, its rawness (i
consider it real… not one of those things you know that can only happen
in movies), for Natalie Portman’s portrayal of Alice/Jane… for the
way it leaves me thinking during and after the movie… I like the
transitions from scene to scene, the intertwining of the dialogues…
(Alice asked Dan to hold her close before she left, Clive said the same
thing…)
Again, we make things complicated. Too bad.
