Doug Van Pelt

Movies

Saw Troy yesterday. I wasn't expecting much, for some reason. This is many times the wrong assumption when it comes to blockbuster movies with millions of dollars invested into it. A gripping story with plenty of action.

We watched another episode of a tv series coming out on DVD, called Miracles. In this (second) episode, an airplane goes into some higher level of consciousness, where everyone on board seems to achieve what was on their mind. The miracle-checking characters were sent in to interview the passengers on this jumbo jet. One of the interviews revealed a beautiful story of a woman who just had to get out of there so she could talk to her husband. For 21 years he loved her as he fed her and cared for her (she received a brain injury on their honeymoon and was mute and motionless). She was itching to tell her husband that she knew how much he loved her. It was such a beautiful expression of love wanting to affirm and respond to the love that was self-lessly given for over two decades. The effects of the "trip" wear off, however, before she can get out of the quarantine/interview area, and she's confined to silence and a wheelchair once again. The frantic miracle-checker character (played by Skeet Ulrich) steals one of the interview tapes and gives it to her husband. "Don't tell anyone you have this," and he gets to watch his wife tell the camera how much she just wants to see her husband and tell him. A beautiful moment.

Also watched The Notebook with my wife. What a super sweet story about a man who's old wife has Alzhimer's and he has to spend each day trying to get her to remember him in the hopes that she will "wake up" if for but a moment to realize the great love they share as a couple. He reads to her out of a notebook the wonderful romantic tale of their lives. It was interesting how similar the story in Miracles and this movie were.