the other day, instead of doing my physics homework, i watched a movie. and it was definitely worth it (plus, my physics teacher didn't even collect it, so it was even better). but anyways, at first i couldn't decide if i liked it or not. sometimes i get the feeling that people say they like something because they think they should because it's artistic or intellectual or something. and because of this i always try to be honest with myself. and i think i really did like this one. it was definitely different from the american formula of chick flicks (see lea's blog) and any other american formula, for that matter.
this is when i give away the entire movie: the movie is mostly about this kid in iceland (it's also in icelandic, which is really cool) that is brilliant, but never goes to school. he meets this girl,iris, and they break into a natural history museum type thing and walk around a bunch of stuffed dead animals, hand in hand. pretty romantic, eh? they make these half-joking plans to run away to hawaii. his grandmother gave him those red picture viewing thingies (see picture) and one of the slides is this tropical beach, similar to where he and iris want to run away. eventually, everyone that is close to noi is killed in an avalanche, and he's left completely alone. the movie ends with him looking into the red thing at the tropical beach, and after a few seconds, the picture becomes real, and you can see the waves crashing onto the beach. i couldn't decide how i wanted to feel at the end of the movie. did he go to hawaii? did he stay in iceland and just have an intense daydream? is he happy now? did he kill himself? i'd like to think that perhaps he went to a tropical place to try to start his life over. but that's just me being optimistic.
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