Terminally surviving
Terminal was good stuff! Tom Hanks is truly amazing! In a brief nutshell, Tom plays a citizen from Krakronski (supposedly an eastern europe country) visting NY. Whilst he was clearing customs and immigration, he was informed that his country is in political chaos due to a military coup. As a result, his passport and visa became obsolate. Without these, he became 'unacceptable' to enter America legitimally, and was told to wait for a new diplomatic relationship to be established between America and the new ruling body of his homeland.
And so he waits. One day became a week, and before you knew it, he's been living at the terminal for 9 months straight. And yup, you would have guessed that he met Catherine Zeta-Jones at the terminal, she being a first class flight attendant for United Airlines.
Did romance blossom? What happened to Tom ultimately? Go catch the movie! You won't regret it.... I don't want to spoil the show for you.
The movie was a bit lengthy (slightly over 2 hours), you could tell that much thought and plot was put into it, clearly demonstrated with the intricate details and development of characters. Main cast aside, the sidekicks like Gupta the unbalanced Indian terminal cleaner, the lovesick food tray guy and the loyal baggage guy added much life and soul into the movie.
Throughout the movie, I was laughing quite a fair bit. Yet at the same time, the movie got me thinking... Imagine yourself being stranded in the terminal for 9 months with no money, no friends, no proper accomodation and no freedom. How would you survive? Would you lament and bitch about the unfairness of it all, wallowing in self pity? Or would you round up the last ounce of courage in yourself, gather your innate strength of self-resourcefulness and fight for survival?
Life is like a huge survivor game.
We encounter setbacks and tribulations. We are sometimes thrown into alien situations where we are expected to fend for ourselves. Think about it... It is when these things hit us hard and how we respond to them that set us apart from being a coward and a survivor.
A survivor fights albeit the slim chances. A coward is filled of self pity and has no will to overcome the darkness. The former remains positive in the face of life's turbulences while the latter stay sunken in the sea of negativity.
Which one will you be?
And so he waits. One day became a week, and before you knew it, he's been living at the terminal for 9 months straight. And yup, you would have guessed that he met Catherine Zeta-Jones at the terminal, she being a first class flight attendant for United Airlines.
Did romance blossom? What happened to Tom ultimately? Go catch the movie! You won't regret it.... I don't want to spoil the show for you.
The movie was a bit lengthy (slightly over 2 hours), you could tell that much thought and plot was put into it, clearly demonstrated with the intricate details and development of characters. Main cast aside, the sidekicks like Gupta the unbalanced Indian terminal cleaner, the lovesick food tray guy and the loyal baggage guy added much life and soul into the movie.
Throughout the movie, I was laughing quite a fair bit. Yet at the same time, the movie got me thinking... Imagine yourself being stranded in the terminal for 9 months with no money, no friends, no proper accomodation and no freedom. How would you survive? Would you lament and bitch about the unfairness of it all, wallowing in self pity? Or would you round up the last ounce of courage in yourself, gather your innate strength of self-resourcefulness and fight for survival?
Life is like a huge survivor game.
We encounter setbacks and tribulations. We are sometimes thrown into alien situations where we are expected to fend for ourselves. Think about it... It is when these things hit us hard and how we respond to them that set us apart from being a coward and a survivor.
A survivor fights albeit the slim chances. A coward is filled of self pity and has no will to overcome the darkness. The former remains positive in the face of life's turbulences while the latter stay sunken in the sea of negativity.
Which one will you be?
posted by Shazza at Wednesday, September 15, 2004
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