On August 15th I posted here about my summer readings and mentioned I was reading EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert; by then I also posted the trailer of its film adaptation and later left a very short comment here. Well, yesterday off to the cinema I went but not alone :))))) We were a large group of forty (teachers and adult learners of English) and really had a nice time - as always -watching Julia Roberts learning Italian (and Italian gestures), slurping spaghetti, desperately trying to wear trousers that weren't definitely her size any more, chanting (or trying to) in Sanskrit, meeting a toothless medicine man,...and always surrounded by nice and/or good looking men, real hotties, I would say ;)) Lucky woman!  |
| ELIZABETH GILBERT Image Credit: wikipedia.org |
As I said before in my wallwisher, I loved this autobiographical book: a divorcee's epic search around the world for inner peace. Of course we can always question her reasons to do it but in what the book is concerned, it is personal and rich in spiritual insight. Liz Gilbert is sometimes hilarious and has a great sense of humour. As far as I am concerned, I found her writing captivating and her travelogue exciting. As for the film, we have the privilege of having a glimpse of all the beautiful and fascinating places she went to (Italy, India and Indonesia) as well as their cultures - worlds apart, obviously!
Hope you liked it :)
13 comments:
Well, I haven't seen it yet because I thought it was a film basically for women... At least you had a nice time all together, am I right?
What?! Are there any films just FOR women?! Sorry but I don't really get the sense of the previous comment...
Now, about the film, I really enjoyed it, had lots of fun and I also think that, in a "light" way, it can really get us all (men and women!)to think about our little insignificant lives and about all the things we do, full of "self importance", and that, in the end, are not (definitely) the essence of living.
40 of you?!? Wow... I can just imagine the tons of fun you must have had! Can't wait to see that movie!
Dear Clara, I'm not so surprised at the first comment... I've read it already more than once and I have already asked myself: what if a man had done what she did to her marriage and life? Wouldn't feminists react???
Anyway, I liked the film (but the book much more)especially the company :)) I liked the fact that we were 40 (yes, LN) and had so much fun together - working with adults also has this pleasant side of providing opportunities that they wouldn't have otherwise.
Well, well, well... and still we divide the world into what concerns women and what concerns men... It would be so great that in the 21st century we really thought about the "human being", no matter the gender! All in all, "Liss", the main character encountered both women and men with the same problems, the same questions, the same emptiness... and learned from both men and women... So... what a nice trip we had into the age old question "What the hell are we doing in this world?". The answer? Well... enjoy life, be happy, don't forget that you're not alone and change is possible (even if it is just on the inside)!
Hello! was a very interesting movie ...
the film makes you wonder if people walk good about themselves.
good company in the movie:)
.ADM.
I liked the film very much; it is a very interesting story that shows us
that money isn't everything - what matters is to be happy or make others
happy!
Fernanda
I did not see this film...and I think I'm not going to see it...I'm Italian and a lot of my friends told me that the scenes in Rome ar full of prejudices about the Italians ....that I don't want to see....that's a pity..an occasion which is lost...
Simonetta
Dear Simo,
The film is not a criticism on Italians, quite the opposite. It's a nice film in which the greatest lesson is the courage to do everything to be happy (as Fernanda put it). Money and comfort are not important if one is not happy - the proof is that she leaves everything behind and, in the end, she raises money for a house for Wayan and her kid(s) - for Tutti!
Hi!
as I said I didn't see the movie but I saw some scenes in which she is in Rome with an Italian man...well, this image of Italian men do not belong to me/us.....and too often American movies give an image of my country that I don't share and I don't like.....but I'm going to see it so probably I can judge it better,
Simo
I liked the film especially because of her courage to leave everything behind.
Julieta Guerreiro, EFA 10
A brave woman,always with hope and trust in a better future. I had a nice time!
Fátima, EFA 10
must have been a good movie, but unfortunately I could not go see but I still see.
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