black and white and colorful love stories
The two movies that were shown in class are of great difference with each other: one is black and white and the other is lively with color. It had showed me two faces of love: one of them is the silent and subtle love that is of the conservative type, it has to stop but the purity of love is in there, the sacrificial ingredient was also there, making it more ethereal. While the second one is the daring kind, the adventurous one, that in some part of the movie it made me feel that they hate each other to the extent of hurting one another.
Laura made me think of some priorities in life. She has to pick over her family and the man she recently fell in love with. It might be brief, but she enjoyed it, but later chose her family instead. Sometimes, hard decisions are needed to be made, especially when our priorities are set.
Sophie on the other hand, taught me that love is a game, a fun one. All you need to do is choose which is more fun and play the game; be daring, but don’t forget to love– it is the essence of the game.
In my whole existence, I have experienced the black and white kind of love. Or should I say, I’ve been so in love with someone but he doesn’t know about it. An experience that made me giggle and the element of surprise was also there. I had love someone for almost three years without asking for something in return, the pleasure of seeing him makes me happy, nothing more. It might be funny or weird, but I was happy at that moment. But it has to end, he has a life and he is living it up, I’ve got to let go of him so as not hurting myself. And so I did I moved on by going to college and leaving the place that would make me remember him. It’s a love story for me, a subtle and silent one, in which no words or even abrupt action has to be made, it’s silent from the beginning and it ended when no one was watching.
I have dreamt of a colorful love story, something that is lively. I guess I usually bore myself with clichéd stories. I want something like that of the second movie, wild and free. Something that will make lovers asks for more; something that would defy trends in love story, something that won’t kill lovers of boredom.
I’m still young, and I think the university had given me so much freedom to open up my mind that I may understand and reflect the two movies on what I really wanted in my life. I’m not that wild like Julien and Sophie but I’m up to the challenge of something that love might give to me.
