Gabe’s post on Chick Flick reminded me about the time I watched the movie which interestingly was on my birthday. As with most chick flicks, there are tear jerker moments (Yea, I know it’s weird to be going all teary on my birthday but hey it’s a melancholy rite of passage :p) and moments when I just went ‘awwwwww’ (What can I do? It’s a chick flick! It does that to me).
As with every movie (especially with chick flicks), there is a defining moment in the movie when it grabs you at the heart and brings out the emotions and thoughts you’ve always felt but could not quite put a finger upon. For me, that moment came when Kevin told Jane: ‘You are so busy creating kodak moments for other people that you forget to create your own memories.’ It wasn’t so much that I was trying to create picture perfect moments for people but rather I was trying to conform and accomdate the wishes of other people to the point I began to derive my identity from it. I forgotten who I really am. I forgotten who is the One I really needed to please. I forgotten whose agenda I am supposed to live for. That quote was an ‘ahhhh’ moment for me. So whoever say chick flicks are useless? *Grin*
