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The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Show
A lot of the critics doesn't like this film, and I get it. From a pure film critic point of view, the dialogue, cinematography, and maybe even the acting in this film is not good enough for this award season. I try not to compare this with La La Land because one is romantic and the other realistic.
It is important to know that not everything will be like a fairy tale, but The Greatest Showman has something in its story that can sympathize with every scared soul who is still trying to achieve his/her dream. I don't cry a lot when I watch a movie, but when I heard This Is Me, it made me realize everything is possible. And before I know it, tears are all over my face.
Movies, TVs, theater productions, they should all be "celebrations of humanity". Everyone is unique, everyone has something to hide,but if the world doesn't judge, and everyone is free to be him/herself, there would be a lot more happiness on earth.
Everything is possible. Look out, cause here I come.
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
A beautiful story, a must see
Manchester By The Sea is definitely one of the best movies I have seen this year. The story itself is slow but beautiful, as an audience we always ask the question - Why do we care about the character? And a successful filmmaker knows how to make the audience relate and care.
The part that touches me the most is the relationship between Lee and his brother's son Patrick. They care about each other even though they yell everyday saying "I don't give a f***". I think this is because of their characters, they are both in a way not good at expressing themselves. Neither of they showed any emotions after their brother/father just passed away. They are not cold blooded, they care, and I'd like to think that they cared too much, that they got into their own world -- until something or some one breaks it down. For Patrick it's Lee and the frozen chicken in the freezer, for Lee it's Randi and her new born kids. They are too much alike -- In a way that Lee can almost see himself in Patrick through those flashbacks to his early years with Randi. After watching this I truly believe that Lee can help Patrick become a better person, because he simply knows him better, Lee once was Patrick and Joe took care of him. Now it's his time to take care of Patrick.
Vice versa, Patrick is also making Lee a better person. Lee has three kids, everybody in town blamed him for their death, and he blamed himself too, in fact he still does. He couldn't face Randi, he couldn't face Manchester. With Patrick, Lee get to pick up a sense of responsibility again, and he can start doing what he needed but failed to do as a father when his three children were still alive.
Everyone is lost until someone shows up or something happens, he finds the man that he can rely on and he finds the man that he can find a purpose on, they make a perfect match. A match that can help both of them out of the darkness.