What is it exactly about the movie Message In A Bottle that intrigues me so? I find that I can watch that movie over and over again - in fact this week alone I have watched it already three times. It is currently on the rotation on our tv listings and every time I see that it is on... there I flip - just to watch either the whole movie or a small snippet of whatever is left. I own the video, the soundtrack and after all the years it has been out - I must have seen it at least fifty times, probably more.
This is even my second post in this blog about the movie -- I think I am a little obsessed.
I just find the whole story fascinating -- the premise, the execution of the script and the editing of the movie is just beautiful - I lose myself in it each time. Oddly enough, as much as I love to read I have never read the book - I think I will definitely have to put in on my beach reading list this year.
Perhaps I like the movie because of its obvious beach theme, this time of year my thoughts turn to the beach and the glorious week we will be spending there in a little over a month. Of course this naturally makes me think of the bathing suit and shorts that I will need to put on this body and that makes me ill - so I just try to skip that thought and go straight back to the lovely movie.
I love the characters of Teresa, Garrett and that sweet old curmugdeon Dodge. They are real to me - so well written and so well played out by Robin Wright Penn,Kevin Costner and Paul Newman that I forget they are not real - and I am touched by real emotions watching them on my screen. I seem to relate to each of the characters; Teresa, as a woman with a lost love, longing for love, I see myself in my early twenties, Garrett, as a widower, not quite sure of embarking on the love journey again, I see myself as I was when I met my husband, hesitate to fall for anyone for fear of getting hurt. And now as a mother, wanting the best for my child, I can relate to Dodge as he pleads with Garrett to find happiness and is sorely upset when Garrett, his child, wants to push away from his parental advice.
I love the pure romance of the movie, the finding of a message in a bottle, the research and time put into finding the author and the thought that the author of such a beautiful love letter could one day write such a letter to the finder of the bottle - so endearing, so touching, so pure.
I just love the movie. I thought maybe if I wrote about this obsession, that some how, some way, I could cure myself of this craze, unfortunately, after writing this, I have made myself want to watch the movie even more - thank goodness for on demand - I don't even have to get up to go find the video.
Living happily ever after,
Beverly
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