Chasing Liberty

Planning to watch the flick chasing liberty few weeks ago, I finally did. I almost thought of not buying a DVD and just save my money in my coin bank because it may disappoint me and regret watching just as I did to How To Deal. But thank God! It didn't fail me. It's a feel good and enjoyable movie- I, reviewing it is evident enough.

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The movie, actually, has a very familiar tale. You know boy meets girl falling in love with each other, a daughter who's craving for freedom, and a father who is very protective to his daughter- very usual one. But what this hit appeals to me is the fact that it's a light romantic-comedy.
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I prefer watching this kind of photoplay because lessons that can be taken here are very common yet, we do not learn and notice them in real life. These lessons are things we need to be reminded of. We already knew some of these, they only need to be reinvigorated in our mind so we'll know how to deal with life. Or if we don't know these, the movie does the job of evoking us the truth that they are apparently present within us. We only need to find them from our midst by the deepest understanding.
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The story evolves around the daughter of the US President, Anna Foster played by Mandy Moore, who wants to experience total freedom even for just few days, since secret servicemen are surrounding her always for protection. Until one night, she had the chance to evade her annoying bodyguards taking a ride with an unknown English guy named Ben Calder (Matthew Goode)- without her knowledge that he's one of the secret service agents. Thus, with two other agents queuing them slyly, she's into a controlled freedom.
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Along her taste of liberty, she experienced many a happy moments- having the time of her life in Prague, Venice, Austria, and Berlin- with the ruggedly handsome Ben. Along their adventure, they earned a lot of things about love and life. And accidentally, yet romantically, they gained little attraction which Anna fondly called little thing. Finally realizing that they have fallen in love with each other.
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Anna is fond of living her life in theory. Among her theories that I kind agree are: if lying isn't always bad then telling the truth isn't always good, and if it's meant to be then it's going to be. Then there's one that really moves me oftentimes scary things are the most worthwhile in life. I couldn't agree more, there are a lot of things in life that we are so scared to do because we are afraid that they won't work or the results may not be the same as we expected. Yet, if only we try them we will see that they're worth it.
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Ben, on the other hand, as he tells the story for his life, taught the valuable lesson of making the big gesture. At one point in our lives, we need to make major decision so as not to regret later on. We need to make a big gesture in favor of the persons dear to us or things that matter most in our heart if we don't want to lose a hold of them, forever.
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Moreover, I learned the most valuable insight in this movie. Remember the two other agents following them? The guy agent invited the lady agent to take a peek at the wonderful Venice architecture, it looked like a mosque, and told her you need to take a peek at this so you can appreciate its beauty. With that statement, I learned that we worry too much about life that we forget to appreciate its beauty and wonder. We are too consumed by mundane problems that we fail to assess how much we have achieved and conquered. We remember not to count our blessings and how beautiful the life God endowed us.
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At one point or the other, we are all connected. And this connection, if handled properly, will become a valuable relationship or moment that enables us to move on and sail our ship smoothly and safely even if adversities and hurdles try to clash us.