i am a relator.
in every situation-on every level, i try my best to relate.
when people are excited, i get excited. not because i am actually excited myself...but because i am emoting and am excited for them.
when people are sad and crying, i tend to get sad and cry right along with them. because i try and put myself in their shoes. i try and imagine how i would feel if that had happened to me.
etcetera.
because of this, i enjoy movies probably more than the next girl.
however, not very often do i feel many movies necessarily inspire me.
my regular review segment will only consist of the movies (and books) that do so.
EAT, PRAY, LOVE.
(adapted from the book by elizabeth gilbert.)
reasons to love this movie::
-inspirational and motivational. when the main character doesn't like something, she changes it. she wants to do something, she does it. she wants to go somewhere, she goes. she realizes the only thing to hold her back is herself.
-beautiful. between italy, india, and indonesia...the sights she sees, the history, the natural allure. it's breathtaking.
(did i mention i have severe wanderlust...??)
-empowering. the story makes you feel like OF COURSE, you can pick up and leave on a one-year international trip by yourself. she's alone...?? doesn't matter. she's a woman...?? doesn't matter. she's emotionally and psychologically unfit
(and potentially borderline unstable)...?? all the MORE reason to go.
-selfless. the journey teaches her to appreciate. to be thankful, and accepting, and loving. in each country, she exudes selflessness through an act of altruistic giving.
-simplicity. besides the fact one needs money to travel and eat, she completely immerses herself into the cultures, leaving america's materialism behind.
-spiritual. it is so rare these days to find any remotely-big blockbuster movie that is spiritual on any level...let alone encouraging it. this alone, makes me love this story...and obviously relate on a deeper level.
-philosophical. make me think!! i adore philosophical beings, and i am drawn to those with extensive vocabularies. "liz" being an international journalist resulted in both.
-informatively useful. the story teaches you not to go looking for love...that when you are searching to try and better yourself, the truest, most-deserving love will eventually come to you.
-attention grabbing. the title alone consists of my three favorite hobbies...eating, praying, and loving.
(-and of course, every clothing item she wears throughout, i want.)
favorite quotes::
"we all want things to stay the same...
settle for living in misery because we're afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins.
then i look around at this place, at the chaos that's endured...the way it's been adapted, burned, pillaged, and then found a way to build itself back up again.
and i was reassured.
maybe my life hasn't been so chaotic.
it's the world that is, and the only real trap is getting attached to any of it...
ruin is a gift.
ruin is the road to transformation.
we must always be prepared for endless waves of transformation."
"the holy truth of the holy venture here in India is in one line:
God dwells within you, as you.
God's not interested in watching the performance of how a spiritual person looks and behaves.
...God dwells within me, as me."
"the rules of the quest of physics goes something like this:
if you're brave enough to leave behind everything and comforting,
and set out on a truth-seeking journey...either externally or internally...
and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue...
and you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher...
and if you are prepared-most of all-to face and forgive some very difficult realities about yourself...
than the truth will not be withheld from you."
