Saturday, June 10, 2006
amelie
Le Fabuleaux Destin d' Amelie Poulain was fantastic. Many, many thanks to the ever-so-great Miss Platon for lending Nicki and me her Amelie dvd. [spoilers]Amelie is basically about this shy waitress who began her quest of making other people happy by returning an old and rusty box of 50's paraphernalia she found in her bathroom. After seeing the effect she had on its owner, she decides then to do little things to make others happy, all without revealing her identity. She befriends an old man in her apartment building, plays the matchmaker and brings together two people very unlikely to end up with each other, steals her father's garden gnome and sends it to different parts of the world after he expresses a desire to see the world, and returns an old album to its owner. Even though she managed to make others happy, happiness, as well as love, seemed to elude her. She remained an unpainted face, an unwritten page, an unfinished song. However, as is with all fairytales, the film ends happily. Love came knocking at her door soon and she ends up with the album owner, Nino. They, together with all the people Amelie touched with her good deeds, all lived happily ever after. All it took was a nudge in the right direction. Amelie's story was beautifully illustrated in a tapestry of colors as rich and vivid as her imagination. It's also a story of enjoying life's pleasures, no matter how simple it is, like skipping stones on a canal, cracking creme brulees with a teaspoon, or letting your imagination run away with you.It's a wonderfully heartwarming film, something you'd not tire of watching. :)
written at 11:27 PM