2009年5月24日星期日

Pursue of happiness

Life is irony. What you want is what you don’t have; what you have is what you don’t want. That is what happening in the journey to pursue happiness. We are in bitterness! That is why we are seeking for the happiness, because it simply is not with us (maybe it just beside you, but you not own it).

I watched ‘The Pirate of Caribbean’ currently. The movie depicts truly what I mean. The pirates, typically, want to live in luxury. So, they are competing for grand treasures. They may kill the others, sacrifice their friends (as what the Code says) and more, their lives are in danger. But what they actually get? They become poorer, live in intimidated condition and the government is chasing after them. Criminal, they are called. They have the freedom to go everywhere, but nowhere are safe. But why they still want to be pirates? This is their destiny. They are happy, because happiness is hard.

On the other hand, looking at Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, they deeply love each other until they can sacrifice their love or go against their will. Will hates pirates, but the reality forces him to become a pirate in order to marry Elizabeth. Similarly, Elizabeth kisses Captain Jack as a trap to lock him on the ship. She also accepted to be given to the Singapore pirate, Sao Feng, in the parley. These acts make me pondering how great the power of love is. They want to be together and that is why they are apart.

In addition, the greedy one always gets nothing. Men are easily tempted by treasure, power and women. The crews in the Black Pearl take away the treasure even they know they will be cursed. Lord Beckett wants to control the sea and in the end being killed. These people can use any methods just to get whatever they want, but what are the consequences? They suffer!

This movie definitely is an excellent master piece. Maybe just like Ms Chan said, violent and dramatic potential sell in media, but behind the scenes show a lot of things.

1 条评论:

  1. I agree. Just watched the Trilogy. I thought the first one was the better one among the three. And note that at the end of the credit they show a short clip :)
    Maybe you can blog on The Lord Of the Rings Trilogy

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