It's 4.30 am in the morning and i have just cried my heart out.
I have just watched The Bucket List.
This heart warming movie came into my life when my boss needed me to help her download it to be used in a coming business training. I am so moved by it, i can't help but post about it -- at 4.30 am in the morning.
(my eyes are kinda swollen now, so i can't sleep anyway. oh, you know how it is after a cry therapy. =P)
This 2007 movie is a tale of two strangers, diagnosed with cancer and dying, who met in the same hospital ward and later became the bestest buddies who lived what remained of their lives to the very fullest.
Carter (Morgan Freeman), a car mechanic by profession all his life who had been diagnosed with cancer, met Edward (Jack Nicholson) when he too was diagnosed with cancer. Edward was the big boss who owns hospitals after buying them over. They were both warded in the same room, in a hospital that Edward owned.
When the sad news was broken out that each of them had about 6 months to 1 year left to life, both men were devastated. Carter however, being a very knowledgeable man, and one of faith, began to write down a list.
The Bucket List.
It's a list of things for one to do before that person kicks the bucket -- hence the list's name. For the less familiar, kick the bucket also means die; put in the coffin; go to the other world, and things of that sort lah. :-)
Edward was very taken in with the idea of the Bucket List. Being an extremely wealthy man, he sets off with Carter to do the things on THEIR Bucket List. Yeaps -- Edward had some things written on list too!
They wrote things like go skydiving, help a complete stranger for a common good, laugh till i cry, get a tattoo, kiss the most beautiful girl in the world, dot dot dot...
As the movie unfolds, it shows you the true meaning of life and how these two seemingly dying strangers, who later become the best of companions, live their lives to the full. I don't want to spoil the movie here -- you shouldgo download it via uTorrent go watch this spectacular movie to experience its awesomeness hands on.
I'd like to quote from the movie, when Carter asked Edward atop on of the Pyramids of Egypt,
"You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls get to the entrance to heaven, the gods asked them two questions. Their answers determined wheteher they were admitted or not. [...]
#1. Have you found joy in your life?
#2. Has your life brought joy to others? [...]"
So, as you can see, this movie has very strong impact towards how you live you're life while your alive and still able to 'function' as part of the society. I was moved by this very part of the movie, because it just gave me a real reason to truly live. Life isn't really all about you; its a two way thing. It's truly reciprocal.
To top the value ladenness of the movie, both Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson played their part extremely well. Jack was his usual crazy-cynical self, while Morgan was self composed and full of emotion. I swear, Morgan Freeman is one of the best African American (is this term usable? Can someone get back to me on this? I know there must be another more appropriate word to be used in this context =S) that ever existed! I *hearts* Morgan Freeman! XD XD XD
And of course at the end of the movie, i was even more touched. Along the entire movie, it shows you what they wrote in the list and them striking off the ones they have achieved. I thought the moment they stroked out the final item on the list was the most impactful part of the whole movie. I think i cried for the final 3 minutes of the movie. ;,,,,(
YOU! Yesh, you. Go get a pen and write on a paper: #1. Watch The Bucket List. (^^,)
ps. THANK YOU ming ming for this superb video. THANK YOU Shan & Silvia for introducing it into my life. :-P
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Quickies:
# Streamyx has been really snail speed lately. Its very irritating to blog at such a pace, but bear with me as i am fixing the problem. =/
# Im heading for a full day business training on Saturday and have a wedding dinner to attend on Suday evening. Full weekend. :-)
# I can't wait to get back to play paintball!! XD XD XD
# I could do with more cry therapies in the near future. Any takers? :-D
# I completed and posted this at 5.24 am. It would have been WAAAY earlier if not for my slow moving lappy when resizing the pics. :S
# Of late, i have realized i developed a peculiar habit of blogging at weird hours of the day. I musn't continue. =/
I have just watched The Bucket List.
(my eyes are kinda swollen now, so i can't sleep anyway. oh, you know how it is after a cry therapy. =P)
This 2007 movie is a tale of two strangers, diagnosed with cancer and dying, who met in the same hospital ward and later became the bestest buddies who lived what remained of their lives to the very fullest.
Carter (Morgan Freeman), a car mechanic by profession all his life who had been diagnosed with cancer, met Edward (Jack Nicholson) when he too was diagnosed with cancer. Edward was the big boss who owns hospitals after buying them over. They were both warded in the same room, in a hospital that Edward owned.
The Bucket List.
It's a list of things for one to do before that person kicks the bucket -- hence the list's name. For the less familiar, kick the bucket also means die; put in the coffin; go to the other world, and things of that sort lah. :-)
Edward was very taken in with the idea of the Bucket List. Being an extremely wealthy man, he sets off with Carter to do the things on THEIR Bucket List. Yeaps -- Edward had some things written on list too!
They wrote things like go skydiving, help a complete stranger for a common good, laugh till i cry, get a tattoo, kiss the most beautiful girl in the world, dot dot dot...
As the movie unfolds, it shows you the true meaning of life and how these two seemingly dying strangers, who later become the best of companions, live their lives to the full. I don't want to spoil the movie here -- you should
I'd like to quote from the movie, when Carter asked Edward atop on of the Pyramids of Egypt,
#1. Have you found joy in your life?
#2. Has your life brought joy to others? [...]"
So, as you can see, this movie has very strong impact towards how you live you're life while your alive and still able to 'function' as part of the society. I was moved by this very part of the movie, because it just gave me a real reason to truly live. Life isn't really all about you; its a two way thing. It's truly reciprocal.
To top the value ladenness of the movie, both Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson played their part extremely well. Jack was his usual crazy-cynical self, while Morgan was self composed and full of emotion. I swear, Morgan Freeman is one of the best African American (is this term usable? Can someone get back to me on this? I know there must be another more appropriate word to be used in this context =S) that ever existed! I *hearts* Morgan Freeman! XD XD XD
And of course at the end of the movie, i was even more touched. Along the entire movie, it shows you what they wrote in the list and them striking off the ones they have achieved. I thought the moment they stroked out the final item on the list was the most impactful part of the whole movie. I think i cried for the final 3 minutes of the movie. ;,,,,(
You Must You Must YOU MUST!!! Watch it watch it watch it. :-D
YOU! Yesh, you. Go get a pen and write on a paper: #1. Watch The Bucket List. (^^,)
ps. THANK YOU ming ming for this superb video. THANK YOU Shan & Silvia for introducing it into my life. :-P
...
Quickies:
# Streamyx has been really snail speed lately. Its very irritating to blog at such a pace, but bear with me as i am fixing the problem. =/
# Im heading for a full day business training on Saturday and have a wedding dinner to attend on Suday evening. Full weekend. :-)
# I can't wait to get back to play paintball!! XD XD XD
# I could do with more cry therapies in the near future. Any takers? :-D
# I completed and posted this at 5.24 am. It would have been WAAAY earlier if not for my slow moving lappy when resizing the pics. :S
# Of late, i have realized i developed a peculiar habit of blogging at weird hours of the day. I musn't continue. =/
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5 ppl said sth:
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you should watch seven pounds by will smith.. the movie just screened in cinema not long ago but was release quite long worldwide..
that one i guess u'll cry even worst!!!!!
my tears came out!!
Put one thing in your bucket list ;p
"I musn't blogging at weird hours of day"
I saw this movie a few months ago on DVD. I loved the part where Edward kissed his grand-daughter, and canceled off "kiss the most beautiful girl in the world" from the bucket list. It was sooooo sweet =]
Anonymous>
Thanks. will do that. btw, why not identify urself? its really easy, just go..
Hi, my name is ... :-)
KM Lim>
LOL. good to know you can cry too. hahahz. I watched 7 Pounds too -- Will Smiths movie of ultimate sacrifice and remorse. but it wasnt as moving as The Bucket List. because i skip skip skip quite alot. :-P
Tian Chad @ 永遇乐>
LOL. i shud do that. :-P
xiangy>
EXACTLY. great minds, think alike, you and me!! lol
(i think thats where i cried like a river..LOL)
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