I ♥ NY. I ♥ Remember Me.

By taking a risk, and actually being about something, Remember Me becomes vulnerable to those who would lash out against perceived melodrama in movies. But we’ve got to take back the streets on this one; we need writers and directors out there taking chances, we’ve got to get away from the paint-by-numbers industry that has become modern cinema.
What is the film all about? At its core, relationships, and the popular misconception around them — that is, that they are all “happily ever after” in their most fulfilled state. We often think of love and relationships in the “dancing around with joy” sense, but the other side of the coin, a side that's just as true and realistic, are the relationships forged by two hurt people in mutual pain. We turn to our loved ones for happiness, yes, but we also turn to them for support, for comfort, for the shared sense of anger and injustice at the world. Not all of love is happiness, and much of it is compromise and a real loss of self. (Read rest of review HERE.)*

When I read this script last year, I remember putting it down and feeling the sense of loss and wondering if all that rich dialogue and real-life emotion would come to fruition on screen. After waiting nine months, I saw Remember Me and was not disappointed. Admittedly, it has its slow moments where I wanted some of the great music from the soundtrack to actually BE in the movie to move things along. But overall, I just love how it is not your typical love story. I was also pleased to see that pretty boy can act. The camera loves him and Rob Pattinson is walking, talking eye candy — but it’s refreshing to see him break away from the mold and give a genuine performance. I don't want to give it away… enough people will reveal the surprise and miss the whole point behind the movie. Go see it for yourself.

The ending was rewritten with new dialogue that works for the main character’s (Tyler, played by Rob Pattinson) epiphany. However, I loved the original screenplay which really hits home: 




TYLER (voice over) 

Whatever you do in life will be 

insignificant but it is very 

important that you do it because... You can’t know... 

You can’t ever really know the meaning of your life... 

And you don't need to... 
Just know that your life has a meaning... 

Every life has a meaning... 
whether it lasts one hundred years 

or one hundred seconds... Every life...
And every death... changes the world in its own way... 

Ghandi knew this. 
He knew his life would mean something 

to someone, somewhere, somehow. 

And he knew with as much certainty that 

he could never know that meaning... 

He understood that enjoying life 

should be of much greater concern 

then understanding it. And so do I.

*Review source: www.film.com; Memiors by Will Fetters