Due to the LDR mood.. I selected 2 inflight film on LDR theme before sleeping the rest of the night away...
First movie was 'Going The Distance'. The lady was from San Francisco who did a 6 weeks intern in New York. And met a guy there. Initially they did not want anything permanent as she is only there 6 weeks. But on the last day of the 6 weeks, they could not let go and decided to have a long distance relationship instead.
It was funny to see them make claims over each other after fear of unfaithfulness. Using words like 'exclusive to each other only' reminded me of how my colleague is doing that too to make claims on his gf.
When the male protagonist flew to San Francisco on Thanksgiving, she was so happy. But the moment he touched down back at New York, he missed her even more. Thus I wondered if absence makes the heart grows fonder, then perhaps in the first place, you should not even fly over to make things worst by making emotions run deeper.
Oh ya and I remember a scene where another LDR couple suggested to him to try phone sex.. Lots of it, to ease the loneliness. And he wanted to try it with her. But they were arguing over they were in a car or in a plane, and she was lying about what she wore saying it's a fantasy afterall. In the end the moment passed and it failed. Perhaps phone sex may work. But I guess you cannot have 2 person to lead in the phone sex. Imagine arguing over the venue, no wonder all the urge died fast especially when phone sex has just lived on imagination alone.
And everybody was saying that a relationship cannot last without seeing each other for months. She tried to find reporting jobs in New York but it was slum period. Likewise he was unable to find a job in San Francisco. Although she was willing to wait tables in New York, and he did ask her to come over as he really really want her to live together. But she had an offer with a newsagent in San Francisco and he could not bear to see her give up such a good chance just to be with him as no matter how sweet the initial period will be, she will resent him later on.
But they cannot carry on the relationship with no physical contact either. And thus he steeled his heart and parted with her confessing her deepest feelings, and him finally shedding tear (he only cried at his first break-up).
6 months later, he did quit his job (which he hate) and moved to Los Angelas which he explained to the geographically clueless lady, is just an hour flight away from Sans Francisco.
And the ending is a happy ending I guess. But I remember this part where they argued as she felt why she had to be the one that made the move, why he kept saying there will be a way. A way which she can't see. Will there really be a way?
Hanamizuki (Dogwood)
Meaning: To reciprocate
May your love bloom a hundred year
Is the second movie I watched. Also on LDR. A young scholarly girl and a young fisherboy knew each other and fell in love. But since young, the girl had wanted to go university. To study English. She was born in Canada. As she studied hard, the distance drifted. Sometimes he wished she will fail and stay in Hokkaido with him. But she did go uni.
There was a senpai whom was close to her. He got jealous. He wanted to give up fishing which is his family business. To be in Tokyo with her. But his father had a heart attack the next day and he had to look after his mum and sis. And as he had to persist in his dream (he said God was punishing him for giving it up a dream held by his grandfather days), he wants her to persist in hers too. And they have to split up.
He went on to marry. She went on to live and work in New York. Where her senpai had helped her settled down. She was supposed to marry her senpai but he died in a photography mission. Seems that fate played a trick as that was also the day his wife left him. And yet for the next few years, they drowned in their own sorrows in Hokkaido and New York separately.
Anyway a Jap movie always end sweetly and all the characters will end up with their first love, including them. I remember this scene where she went back Canada to see her birthplace and saw the boat carving he had given to her for Xmas in a pub (it has a flag that says Ganbatte Sae) and knew he had came by a few days ago only. Sadly they missed each other still.
First movie was 'Going The Distance'. The lady was from San Francisco who did a 6 weeks intern in New York. And met a guy there. Initially they did not want anything permanent as she is only there 6 weeks. But on the last day of the 6 weeks, they could not let go and decided to have a long distance relationship instead.
It was funny to see them make claims over each other after fear of unfaithfulness. Using words like 'exclusive to each other only' reminded me of how my colleague is doing that too to make claims on his gf.
When the male protagonist flew to San Francisco on Thanksgiving, she was so happy. But the moment he touched down back at New York, he missed her even more. Thus I wondered if absence makes the heart grows fonder, then perhaps in the first place, you should not even fly over to make things worst by making emotions run deeper.
Oh ya and I remember a scene where another LDR couple suggested to him to try phone sex.. Lots of it, to ease the loneliness. And he wanted to try it with her. But they were arguing over they were in a car or in a plane, and she was lying about what she wore saying it's a fantasy afterall. In the end the moment passed and it failed. Perhaps phone sex may work. But I guess you cannot have 2 person to lead in the phone sex. Imagine arguing over the venue, no wonder all the urge died fast especially when phone sex has just lived on imagination alone.
And everybody was saying that a relationship cannot last without seeing each other for months. She tried to find reporting jobs in New York but it was slum period. Likewise he was unable to find a job in San Francisco. Although she was willing to wait tables in New York, and he did ask her to come over as he really really want her to live together. But she had an offer with a newsagent in San Francisco and he could not bear to see her give up such a good chance just to be with him as no matter how sweet the initial period will be, she will resent him later on.
But they cannot carry on the relationship with no physical contact either. And thus he steeled his heart and parted with her confessing her deepest feelings, and him finally shedding tear (he only cried at his first break-up).
6 months later, he did quit his job (which he hate) and moved to Los Angelas which he explained to the geographically clueless lady, is just an hour flight away from Sans Francisco.
And the ending is a happy ending I guess. But I remember this part where they argued as she felt why she had to be the one that made the move, why he kept saying there will be a way. A way which she can't see. Will there really be a way?
Hanamizuki (Dogwood)
Meaning: To reciprocate
May your love bloom a hundred year
Is the second movie I watched. Also on LDR. A young scholarly girl and a young fisherboy knew each other and fell in love. But since young, the girl had wanted to go university. To study English. She was born in Canada. As she studied hard, the distance drifted. Sometimes he wished she will fail and stay in Hokkaido with him. But she did go uni.
There was a senpai whom was close to her. He got jealous. He wanted to give up fishing which is his family business. To be in Tokyo with her. But his father had a heart attack the next day and he had to look after his mum and sis. And as he had to persist in his dream (he said God was punishing him for giving it up a dream held by his grandfather days), he wants her to persist in hers too. And they have to split up.
He went on to marry. She went on to live and work in New York. Where her senpai had helped her settled down. She was supposed to marry her senpai but he died in a photography mission. Seems that fate played a trick as that was also the day his wife left him. And yet for the next few years, they drowned in their own sorrows in Hokkaido and New York separately.
Anyway a Jap movie always end sweetly and all the characters will end up with their first love, including them. I remember this scene where she went back Canada to see her birthplace and saw the boat carving he had given to her for Xmas in a pub (it has a flag that says Ganbatte Sae) and knew he had came by a few days ago only. Sadly they missed each other still.
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