Saturday, April 4, 2009

a tribute to goodbye lenin!


evie (my flatmate) loves europe and things associated to this continent...she is studying german so unsurprisingly she watches european movies especially german movies....she insisted me to watch this movie called 'Goodbye Lenin!' which is according to her 'a very moving and great story'...so i decided to give it a go and watched....


firstly, i would like to state that i rarely watch movies and dramas...anymore...i used to be addicted to the tv but now i have more things to be addicted to (like romance and yup blogging)...anyway, i am strictly a non-professional critique but this is what i felt after i watched the film (which is about a minute ago)...ah film is a literary or provocative piece to educate the mass while movie is solely for entertainment (i've learned)...this piece is both a movie and film...


i really love Goodbye Lenin!...it's a truly great movie and it's golden globe nomination is not much of a surprise...it's a tale of a young man, named alexander kerner (alex) and his love for his dear mother christiane kerner and east germany old socialist rule during the unification period...the casts are very good actors and the storyline is perfectly paced and for my untrained eyes, very easy to understand compared to other independent/literary/artsy movies/films...i've watched 'amelie' (which i also love) and 'in the mood for love' and i would say that this movie is comparable to these movies in its own unique way....


in the era when Hollywood and its crazy quibbles rule, european and asian movies are, often than not, overlooked...unless it's hyped up for some reasons by Hollywood, it's nothing...this movie is a hyped up movie but i still love it...alex is a character with his own faults and endearing traits...his biggest fault is undermining his mother's strength to accept the truth...he creates a world whcih has passed its golden glory (east germany socialism era) and makes everyone pretends to be who they were before christiane's 8-month coma period...but i can understand his position...he loves his mother unstintingly...he believes her and he believe in her beliefs....i believe that he sees no fault in her but his eyes are opened when she confesses about the truth of his father's leaving...and he still loves her and do his utmost to protect her belief...i will not spoil the whole story here but suffice to say that all the characters have their own strength and weaknesses...even so, everyone tries their best to adapt and i love the bond between alex, christiane and ariane (alex's sister)...


i love this film from the start to the end...the opening scene is especially touching...it's ending is beautiful....and there is something to be learned from everything in between...for more information on this beautiful movie, read Goodbye Lenin! at its wiki page...give it a try...some things may be lost in translation but i am sure the main message is understood...this is my personal tribute to this great film...thanks so much evie!




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