The Movie: Remember Me

Wow!

One of the best movies I've seen in a long, Long, LONG time.  We get so used to plot based movies that when you come to a character based movie, it is both refreshing and startling. 

For now, my Heart, mind and body are just tired. If you see the movie, watch it early in the evening - with friends and loved ones - and have a box of Kleenex. And no it is not a chick-flick, a romance, an action or a Sci-fi.  It is simply one of the best movies I've seen since "The Soloist" and "Pursuit of Happyness"



A scriptwriter can only pray to make a movie so good, so well crafted and so beautiful.  From the music score, to the script itself.  The Love story was profound, the character story difficult but good and the acting was deep.  And while the middle seemed a little confusing, the end cleared it all up and then some.  The average life in America is simply not the clean cut living that happened in the 50's.  People have honorable moments and flaws, and today's American's are deeply complex people.  And more importantly, they don't get a nice and tidy script to read.  They must find their own path and sometimes they aren't ready for what life brings them, but they try anyway.  And that's the beauty of all the souls I've met in America, they keep trying until they get it right.  They don't give up, but will try to hold onto their moral standards and keep reaching no matter what comes their way.  Some American's have it easy, some have it hard and a ton fall in the middle, and while I love traveling, I rarely have found an entire nation of people I Love More.  And while most might think that's a stretch, I have moved 47 times in 43 years, and known hundreds of thousands of people, I can say, "I Love My People."  I get tired of the garbage, the politicians, etc... but the American People make it worth living here, at this point in time, every day!

Please go see the movie.  It is a gift to yourself. 

However, be prepared for a very unusual and powerful ending.  I was watching it at 1 am and was snuggling on the couch with a blanket.  The ending was so powerful, I took my blanket, laid down and cried on my prayer rug.  Since Sophie died at New Years, Mau is the only other to pray with me.  He came and crawled under the blanket and two Hearts lay beating in prayer...

I'd say more, but any other review would spoil the ending.  Peace and Loving-kindness to ALL...