They are those movies that you can watch over and over just because they make you feel so content and safe. You know where the story will take you. You know the ending will be happy, but you always watch with anticipation as if it were the first time and revel in the satisfaction that the story's outcome will inevitably bring.
Fortunately for me, while I convalesced, one of those movies has been airing on Starz every few hours for the last 2 days. I watched "About a Boy" starring Hugh Grant 3 times in the past 2 days and loved every minute. It's a funny, engaging and thoughtful little movie about relationships. Sure I've seen the movie many times before, but while I watched Hugh find his soul, my own found comfort and for awhile I forgot about my aching body.
The story begins with Hugh's character, Will, enlightening us through narrative as we observe his daily routine, that a man CAN be an island and that's just the way he likes his life to be. He has successfully disconnected himself from any deep or meaningful relationship. Living as an island he never has to deal with any complications or painful growth transitions. His relationships are superficial and quickly disposed of before they can become too intimate.
That is, until the boy, Marcus, played by Nicholas Hoult, forces his way into Will's life. Marcus has a loving old soul and is struggling with his own isolation as the odd ball kid at school with a mother slightly unhinged. Both characters are islands whether they want to be or not.
Initially the pair use each other to fulfill their own individual needs. Will pretends to have a son to pick-up women and Marcus to avoid going home to his mother's chronic depression.
Eventually both learn that though relationships can sometimes be complicated and painful, they bring more joy and fulfillment.
In the end, Will still stands by his belief that a man can be an island, but he adds that we are a group of tiny islands which underneath are all connected.
About a Boy movie trailer
It also helps when the movie has the perfect soundtrack to accompany the emotions the story wishes to convey about its characters and invoke in the audience. The film, "About a Boy", is masterfully balanced with music throughout by, Badly Drawn Boy.
I adore the theme song for the film which is heard instrumentally during the film, then finally the full vocal version at the end.This is the music video, "Something to Talk About", with some clips from the movie.
Something to Talk About by Badly Drawn Boy
Today
Laughter Yoga 30 min.
Meditation 20 min.
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