Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3/18/2009 11:16:00 PM
lesson #14-- cherish ur loved ones before they are nt around
watched Departures on thursday night at 945pm with ben..and damn it it was soooo touching that i cried twice!
it's a jap movie that talks about this guy who was in an orchestra playing cello but the orchestra disbanded and he's left with no job. So he found an advert on the newspaper that says 'departure' and was in jap, so he thought it is some tourguide job. He went to the place called NK Agent. in the end, the boss said he's hired. and the first case he undertake was super gross and terrible for a first timer like him. But as he continue this job, he found meaning to it and he was happy despite his wife, and friends despise him due to the nature of the job.
helping pple to depart peacefully is such a noble job and yet nobody understood. when his wife followed him to his destination of job, she finally understood why his job was so meaningful that he insisted on continuing the job. helping others, you felt it was like a job, but not so sad.
when it is the turn of your own kin departing, you will sense the heart ache and being in charge of helping them to depart is even worst becos you're so near to him and the last time you see him would be now. whats more in this show, the perpetrator was helping his long lost dad to depart and the part when i really teared was when he finally see the true face of his father (after washing up) and hating him all along was wrong because he learnt the truth that his father was quite pathetic too.
it's been a long time since such good quality movie has emerged. no wonder it's 4-4.5 for the good review. so far, i think no other american movie can beat this meaningful movie.
i like the music featured in the show. it's very musical and the scenery was very beautiful. i'm in love with this movie. haha!!
it is an inspiring movie because it makes us stop and think about death and how we can make our lives better by making other pple's lives better. to make pple look peaceful when they depart is the last thing wecan all do for them and the living kins.
it's good if we can make good use of our living times before we all depart peacefully. and it would be better if we can make everyone happy before we have any regrets at that dying moment.
btw,, jap movie like this is a good portrayal of the dead. unlike those chinese movies, always portray the dead, the coffins and the burial rituals as very scary and a bane to talk about it. and sometimes it will portray as they wil come back to haunt the livings...
so bad of the chinese lo. and i seriously think that the chinese are terrible... as in china chinese... i'm sorry if i said anything offensive but it's the truth... they would do many things we all cannot predict. like the newpaper news, the china chinese actually killied his long time best buddy for money, when the victim was actually not rich. sigh...