Sliding Doors
Have you ever get that kind of feeling where you start to look back at your past actions/decisions? Yes, the big words - “WHAT IF”. Have you ever picture there are actually two sides of every decision that you make?
I watched this movie “Sliding Doors” the other day and I find it quite interesting.
The film is about Helen’s life. For the start, she was fired from her public relations job. The film’s plot splits into two parallel universes which run in tandem. In one universe, Helen manages to catch a train home on time, and on the other she misses it. In the first, she gets home in time to catch her boyfriend cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend. She immediately walks out on him; meet another man and falls in love again. In the second, she carries on an oblivious and miserable relationship after arriving home late (her boyfriend’s lover has left) and not knowing that her boyfriend has been unfaithful.
Towards the end of both scenarios, she discovers she is pregnant with her respective partner’s baby. In both timelines, she ends up in near fatal accidents, gets taken to the hospital and loses her baby. In the first scenario (in which she catches the train), she dies on the arms of her newfound lover. In the second, Helen (knowing that her boyfriend has gotten his ex-girlfriend pregnant) tells him to leave her alone for good. Then, while in the hospital, she runs into her love interest from the first scenario, leaving the audience to speculate about the outcome of their meeting.
There was this one part in the movie that really makes me think again. Helen (who’s still with the unfaithful boyfriend) said somehow she knows there is a boat racing going on at the river (Helen from the first scenario is actually at the boat race with her new lover) which make me wonder whether there is actually another “us” that is living on the other side of the universe, living on the decision that we did not make in our existing timeline. Why did I say that? Well, I am sure all of you have had De Ja Vu before.
So, what do you think? Have you ever wondered where/what will you be if you have not made that decision? Will I lead a totally different life if I have not got on that plane? Sometimes, I really wondered.
How about you?
Have you ever get that kind of feeling where you start to look back at your past actions/decisions? Yes, the big words - “WHAT IF”. Have you ever picture there are actually two sides of every decision that you make?
I watched this movie “Sliding Doors” the other day and I find it quite interesting.
The film is about Helen’s life. For the start, she was fired from her public relations job. The film’s plot splits into two parallel universes which run in tandem. In one universe, Helen manages to catch a train home on time, and on the other she misses it. In the first, she gets home in time to catch her boyfriend cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend. She immediately walks out on him; meet another man and falls in love again. In the second, she carries on an oblivious and miserable relationship after arriving home late (her boyfriend’s lover has left) and not knowing that her boyfriend has been unfaithful.
Towards the end of both scenarios, she discovers she is pregnant with her respective partner’s baby. In both timelines, she ends up in near fatal accidents, gets taken to the hospital and loses her baby. In the first scenario (in which she catches the train), she dies on the arms of her newfound lover. In the second, Helen (knowing that her boyfriend has gotten his ex-girlfriend pregnant) tells him to leave her alone for good. Then, while in the hospital, she runs into her love interest from the first scenario, leaving the audience to speculate about the outcome of their meeting.
There was this one part in the movie that really makes me think again. Helen (who’s still with the unfaithful boyfriend) said somehow she knows there is a boat racing going on at the river (Helen from the first scenario is actually at the boat race with her new lover) which make me wonder whether there is actually another “us” that is living on the other side of the universe, living on the decision that we did not make in our existing timeline. Why did I say that? Well, I am sure all of you have had De Ja Vu before.
So, what do you think? Have you ever wondered where/what will you be if you have not made that decision? Will I lead a totally different life if I have not got on that plane? Sometimes, I really wondered.
How about you?
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