Movie Plot: A typical American family gets married and as the years have gone by the marriage has nearly ended in divorce. The husband and wife both feel justified in their reasons for wanting to leave the marriage. The husband receives a "Love Dare Journal" from his father in a desperate attempt to save his marriage. The husband takes on the 40 Day Love challenge at first motivated by his respect for his father. Later the husband continues the love challenge because the husband has fallen in Love with God. The love he has for God is so deep that he learns how to love his wife in a totally new way. The way God intended which is to love unconditionally!
“Astounding”, a word that trenched
down into my lips as I dry my tears when Caleb hugs his wife. I was totally
blown away with the product of the movie. It was like a shadow that’s molding
me into an individual that must possess the right vision and character for the
future. Noticing the sensuality of the film gives me an idea that grownups
create a barrier among their self because they are trying so hard to be an
adult. An adult that has the perfect characteristic and attitude towards other
people but when they are inside their own homes, they became tired of things
they pretend to be, loosing connection, care and passion for their partners.
Another things I must react on the movies reflects on a famous Pinoy quotation “Ang Kasal
ay di parang mainit na kanin na basta-basta mo lang isusubo at kapag napaso ka
ay iluluwa mo”. It exemplifies the sacredness of marriage and the
severity of heartfelt scar it will engrave in your heart if you play with it.
As Catherine and Caleb acts like an
adult they should also think as an adult and not be childish. Of course they had
fight for the first 30 minutes of the movie because marriage follows that
torrent. As a couple aged they relationship, the bond that hold them together
will be tested over and over again. All the pains and sorrows that they will go
through will elevate the level of their relationship. It’s like what Caleb’s
friend told him back in the fire station, “You must study your wife” including
his explanation was flabbergasting. He says that if you study your partner back
in your courtship days; you must study her again because it is a continuous
cycle. Your partners must have gained a high school diploma back then were she
had accepted you in her life but as you grow old together, she will gain a
College degree, Masters degree, maybe Doctoral degree with matching citations
and awards, so your status of studying your wife must also level up. You don’t want
to stick up knowing her past because you want to be with her in the future.
That emphasize had widen up my knowledge about relationships in such a way that
inspiration sinks down in your mind as if your partner is really your world.
I had six relationships back then, but
as I watched the film, I begin too question myself. Did I really love them?
According to the film and to Caleb’s father, you will experience the real love
when you become willing to accept all the bad things that your partner had
encrypted on his/her image and when you become willing to give “EVERTHING”, everything including your
life. That is the true love, the true
and everlasting love, the unconditional love that only God had the power to
give us.
Regarding the special 40 days Love Challenge, I had felt the love with Caleb after he reaches the last day yet he still continues to court her wife. The vigorous advocacy of marriage covenant was ineradicable in the film. It tells that if you got marriage, giving up will not become an option. Never the less, I had cultivated several “what ifs” in my mind. What if the nurse or the sales agent didn't tells Catherine that her husband paid for the wheel chair and the other needs of her Mom? Will Catherine feel Caleb’s love? What if Caleb’s father didn't write the book? Will Caleb make his own way to get back Catherine?
I really don’t know what will happen if my predicaments was incorporated in the film. It’s like life offers unpredictable thing along our journey in life. One thing’s for sure, learn to trust God because God will make a way and God will definitely provide.
God Bless!
Moviereview.Jan.Issue^^
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