strangers again

this is wong fu's (more of philip wang's actually) scientific analysis of how a relationship goes about. the individuals start as strangers. then they start knowing each other. then they become a couple. when they're already comfortable with each other, a fork in the road comes out. either they grow and flourish together or they take each other for granted. the former leads to a happily ever after while the latter leads to the unwanted but inevitable break up, after which they become strangers once again.

i like the plot. especially the way it was presented. "I wanted Josh to break the fourth wall and address the audience. I wanted him to tell the story from different stages and therefore from different time periods. While the narrative is linear, Josh speaks from the past, present, and future, so his commentary is jumping around. I wanted to do this because it sort of made him self aware of what was to become of the relationship. It’s like going back in time and telling yourself, this is what’s going to happen to you two, and also predicting what will happen in the future. Josh tells his story of his relationship from an omniscient position, something I’m sure we wish we could all have in real life, but is only possible in a scripted video" -as philip wang puts it. short but sweet. better than most hollywood movies. these guys should go make their own big time movie. but that is besides the point.

this video was based from one of philip's xanga entry. i read it. it was very..true.if i haven't seen what really is meant to be, that is. from his (and the world in general) perspective, breaking up and going through all that moving on stuff is normal. but the thing is, it is not. why does it happen? only because he (and everyone with him) believes that it should. relationships aren't meant to be broken. if it does, it's not because it was not meant to be. it's because  it was born from wrong foundations. if the purpose of a relationship is just to make you feel good, to ensure security, to feed your need or desire to fall in love, or for whatever purpose aside from marriage, then it would always be wrong. reality is, relationships are darts and marriage is the innermost circle in the middle of the dart board. the other person should not just be your unicorn. he/she should be the unicorn that you would want to be with until forever. otherwise, he/she will just be like any other unicorn. then using unicorn as a metaphor would be futile. haha. if you don't consider marriage, then stop at stage 2. don't go on with the chase anymore. what would you chase each other for anyway? and that, my friends, is the point. my point.

i still love the short movie though.

i wonder. will one of my rants ahem blog posts become the spring board of a movie someday? hmmm...