By: Won-Gyung, Lee
Sometimes, I
imagine a time travel. Because of regretting some results, I want to go back at
that time. About Time is related to time travel. When I saw the About Time’s trailer
at first, it was in Christmas season, so I think it’s just romance movie as
same as other romance movies; in addition, after searching the internet, it
said that the genre is romantic comedy. Although I couldn’t see the movie at
the theater because I had to go US, it was quite successful in Korea. A few
days ago, I realized why this movie was successful in Korea after seeing the
movie.
According to movie
review “It’s ‘About Time’ For Romance – And Rather More” by Joel Arnold, About
Time sets up to talk a short, private story which is father tells a family
secret to his son on his 21 birthday, sitting in front of him. It’s about time travel;
all men in the family can travel in time. The movie didn’t talk about women in
the family can get same ability whether or not and why. The ability which is time-travel
isn’t limitless. It means that Tim who is main character in this movie can
jumped into anytime in his own lifetime. He can go past and then back to
present. He uses his skill to go back and fix right what something was socially
clumsy. Arnold said that in About Time, Richard Curtis, writer-director, finds
a convincing mix. Time travel could give Tim the special ability to go back and
try to change and help his family when they have troubles, but Curtis also search
the ends of the gift, and the unavoidability of life’s limit.
Actually, I was
very touched by the last scene. It was the last time to meet Tim and his father
because Tim’s baby will be born, so he can’t travel in time to past no more. Tim
moved when he and his father played table tennis, and he hugged and kissed with
his father. Also, his father knew that this is last time and they travel
together to past when Tim was young. After this scene, I comprehended this
movie is not only about love but also about life. If we can also travel in time
like Tim, it will be awesome, of course. However, we have to live more
meaningfully because we can’t travel in time. I think concentrating on every
moment and trying to make valuable memories are important. Also, it’s important
not to waste given time. Therefore, I recommend this movie, About Time, can
help you to think about love and life.
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