I decided to try something different as I approach my last blog posts in this class. A movie review! Instead of hiding under all the papers of work, I need to cram before the end of the semester.. I decided to relax and watch a heart-warming movie. (I mean, one with Morgan Freeman on the cover.)
The Bucket List begins with two men from two very different worlds and ideas are bound together by one common illness – terminal lung cancer. The Bucket List is like no other dramatic tragedy. Carter Chambers and Edward Cole find themselves together, fighting to live their lives before losing it
Edward Cole, played by Jack Nicholson, is a billionaire hospital tycoon, who is anything but warm and sensitive. He owns many hospitals. He’s been through – not one – but several divorces from which he has one daughter, who happens to be estranged. Cole has just been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and is reluctant to the idea of him sharing a room with an unfeasible match, Carter Chambers, commenting, “He looks half dead already,” upon seeing Chambers.
Carter Chambers, played by Morgan Freeman, is a quiet mechanic who has come from modest means. He’s been faithfully married to his wife, Virginia, for forty-five years. They have three children. Of his two sons, one is a lawyer and the other an engineer. His daughter is a violinist. He has also been diagnosed with lung cancer and calmly copes with this serious illness while watching Cole’s every move upon meeting him, creating a perception of this man. This all changes, however.
As the movie continues both characters grow closer and closer together, and it ends up being a great movie concept with a very heart-warming ending. I give this movie 5 stars, if anyone cares. But really, I recommend it!
Quote that made me a slight bit teary-eyed:
“The simplest thing is… I loved him. And I miss him. Carter and I saw the world together. Which is amazing… When you think that only three months ago, we were co
mplete strangers! I hope that it doesn’t sound selfish of me but… the last months of his life were the best months of mine. He saved my life… And he knew it before I did.”