Becoming Jane

Saw a great "chick flick" tonight called "Becoming Jane". Bill was away on Mayne Island, working with a friend of ours, so it was the perfect opportunity for a night out with my girlfriends. I totally recommend this movie. I wasn't really sure if I liked it at first, but I ended up really liking it. I love romance movies! The greatest part for me though was the values portrayed near the end of the movie (albeit sad!). It had a very Christ-like theme of self-sacrifice, laying down your life and your happiness for the welfare of others. This is something that is lost in this society. It's all about "me first" and living for self and for the moment. The movie was set in a time of honor and self-sacrifice, living for the interests of others, etiquette between the sexes, proper and improper behaviour, having your family, your elders, very much involved in your lives and having a crucial role in your most important decisions. We see that as so archaic and repressive (and, maybe on one hand, it can be). But it's also a time where you depended on others because there weren't such things as welfare or credit cards, etc. We tend to be so independent of needing each other and that has positive and negative connotations. It's such a foreign concept to us these days - needing to think beyond what we want and thinking of what is best for others. We think our own personal happiness is all that matters and that seems to justify hurting those around us, that look up to us or depend on us. Anyway, it's a wonderfully tragic tale of romance that I heartily recommend! On a side note, it took me half way through the movie to realize who the lead male actor is - Mr. Tumnus from Narnia! He's great and so is the female actress, Anne Hathaway. Guys would definitely hate this movie. Although there is a fight scene or two, there's definitely not enough "blood & guts" for their liking - poor souls that don't know what a good movie is (ha ha).