June 3rd, 2008
P.S I Love You …The Movie
I recently ordered P.S I Love You from Netflix. This movie, staring Gerald Butler and Hilary Swank is a movie you have to be prepared for. You have to be in the mood to be sad. You have to be willing to cry. I am so glad I watched this movie prior to finding out about my aunt because otherwise, I would have been crying the whole movie.
This movie is about a woman who loses her husband to a brain tumor. Prior to marrying her husband, she had no direction, after marrying her husband she still had no direction, but through losing him, she found her direction in life. You laugh with her, cry with her, yell at her, and love with her the entire movie. I loved it. Even though I compared the movie to the book, I still really liked the movie. I think the book made me cry more, but I think that’s because it hit on feelings a lot more.
The movie also has a nice spread of supporting characters including Kathy Bates (as the mother of the widow), Harry Conick Jr (suitor of the widow), the guy who played Denny on Grey’s Anatomy (not in the book), Gena Gershwin (best friend of widow), Lisa Kudrow (other best friend), and the guy who played Spike in Buffy (dead guy’s best friend.) There is a lot the movie did not touch on and characters like the widows father, and 3 brothers who are not in the movie. But I guess in a 2 hour movie how can you really build character development.
This movie hits on a real topic that most of us do not want to think about. In the first scene, the loving couple are fighting about having kids and when’s the right time. Turns out, they didn’t have time. It is sad, but they didn’t have to worry about life insurance for kids. But it makes you think about all the talk put into planning on when you have kids. Sometimes, you just have to let go and not be afraid. When you know someone facing mortality, it hits home a little bit more.
I recommend this movie to people who like a good story. It’s sad, but it’s life. Life doesn’t always have a happy ending. But’s its what you do with life that makes it matter.
