Story Lover

What makes us human? Aren’t we all a bit of both, monster and man? I liked this movie because vampires could be so many things, blood could be so many things, everything could be a metaphor for what we are today.

Lately there have been so many movies that challenge us: District 9, Avatar, to name a couple. But I wonder if any of it changes how we act, what we do. I can’t help but wonder, does it even make an impact? These movies are like escaping into a scarier reality than the one we face today. Should we be happy it isn’t this bad yet?

And meanwhile, all these people who make these altruistic movies, they still end up living in their huge houses, wearing expensive clothing, buying into our fucked up society. So, where’s the hope in it all? In all these blockbuster stands for our humanity?

But I liked the insight that people can change, like Frankie. Or that people still stand up for what they believe and try to retain a sense of right in all the wrong, like Ed and even the director’s daughter. She ended up committing suicide, but she never became a monster.

by Nicholas Sparks

Sparks is so good at what he does. And I can see why they make such good Hollywood movies. Simple stories about finding yourself, finding love, that have a touch of magic to them. A touch of something extraordinary. And maybe that’s in a way what life is about, believing in something and making it real. The picture was lucky because Drake, Logan and Victor believed it was. The power of Law of Attraction? Maybe a little too happy ending, but I enjoyed it.