I cried buckets yesterday while I was watching “Love during the Time of Cholera.” {My eyes were all red and swell as if I cried over a death}. Maybe some people think or feel I’m a little over because it is ‘just’ a love story but in my personal opinion this is more than ‘just’ a love story.
While, this is a typical Garbo way of celebrating love and typical of Garbo’s obsession about love, his method of expression goes beyond me. He could fill one with the beauty of love. Despite being a movie, I was still hooked from the beginning to the very, very end. As in even after the show has ended with wordings of credit looming over the screen.
At the ‘almost’ end I was already pouring. By buckets. Sob, sob, and sob. Sniff, sniff, and sniff. Emotional {but trust me no one will ever catch me in this vulnerable state, ever. hahah... this only happens when there is NO ONE around hehe...}.
The guy, Florentino Ariza for 51 years was in love with Femina Urbino. He expressed his love and waited for love. Just waited for 51 long years. Then he prevailed despite being shunned by Femina. Femina was the only woman he ever loved so he hung on to hope while trying to get by the pain with many cardinal affairs (with 622 women or more for that 51 years). He went on with life, still hoping and hoping one day Femina will allow him to love her. And finally, at the age of 72 he was finally gotten the chance to love the only person he has ever loved. And all that mattered to him then was spending his last moments with her. That was enough to make him the happiest person...
Oh, just watch it... and feel the love... hehe...
Though the plot is pretty simple as most of Garbo stories are, the entire journey of this love story makes it utterly beautiful. Every single step of it.
I know a lot of people find Garbo’s books a hard read, more so when it is long winded and descriptive which most often that not acts as a sleeping pill {even to the insomnias apparently}. Hehe...
But if you are an overly emotional romantic freak like me, I trust you will be hook on this one, word by word, step by step.
After watching the movie, all there is left is beyond me. I just could not find the right words to describe how I felt for everyone in the movie {except, "God look at my eyes, they are so red!"}. Nor could I find the words to describe the entire journey of this really, really special love.
Talk about love...
While, this is a typical Garbo way of celebrating love and typical of Garbo’s obsession about love, his method of expression goes beyond me. He could fill one with the beauty of love. Despite being a movie, I was still hooked from the beginning to the very, very end. As in even after the show has ended with wordings of credit looming over the screen.
At the ‘almost’ end I was already pouring. By buckets. Sob, sob, and sob. Sniff, sniff, and sniff. Emotional {but trust me no one will ever catch me in this vulnerable state, ever. hahah... this only happens when there is NO ONE around hehe...}.
The guy, Florentino Ariza for 51 years was in love with Femina Urbino. He expressed his love and waited for love. Just waited for 51 long years. Then he prevailed despite being shunned by Femina. Femina was the only woman he ever loved so he hung on to hope while trying to get by the pain with many cardinal affairs (with 622 women or more for that 51 years). He went on with life, still hoping and hoping one day Femina will allow him to love her. And finally, at the age of 72 he was finally gotten the chance to love the only person he has ever loved. And all that mattered to him then was spending his last moments with her. That was enough to make him the happiest person...
Oh, just watch it... and feel the love... hehe...
Though the plot is pretty simple as most of Garbo stories are, the entire journey of this love story makes it utterly beautiful. Every single step of it.
I know a lot of people find Garbo’s books a hard read, more so when it is long winded and descriptive which most often that not acts as a sleeping pill {even to the insomnias apparently}. Hehe...
But if you are an overly emotional romantic freak like me, I trust you will be hook on this one, word by word, step by step.
After watching the movie, all there is left is beyond me. I just could not find the right words to describe how I felt for everyone in the movie {except, "God look at my eyes, they are so red!"}. Nor could I find the words to describe the entire journey of this really, really special love.
Talk about love...
