Sunday, January 17th, 11.38pm.
I’m getting goosebumps, literally. And
I’m pretty sure it was not because of the rain.
Amy Adam’s “Leap Year” left me hanging
because of how good it is. A 2010’s movie where she co-starred with Matthew
Goode. I was sceptic at first, of course, lots of critics talked about how cliché
it was, with an uncanny script as to say that nothing’s special about this
movie but they are dead. wrong. “Before Sunrise” had been my favorite movie of
all times but now it did not anymore. Not after I’ve been watching “Leap Year”.
It is now my most favorite movie of all times. Above all else. I’m glad I did
not listen to any of those critics.
So, “Leap Year” talked about an Irish tell-tale
that once every 4 year, at 29th of February, a woman is able to
propose to their man AND the man must accept the proposal, so our heroine did
just that, she’s about to propose to her 4 years of a boyfriend, Jeremy. And
let me tell you about this before I got any further : If there is someone so
uptight with her life, with her day to day or even her hour is scheduled there
you have Anna, and she certainly isn’t someone who’s up for any adventure at
all. And that’s what this movie is all about, it’s about Anna’s adventure.
She had to be in Dublin on February 29th
to propose to her boyfriend, you see. So by any means possible she worked real
hard to get there on time. Unfortunately, storm hit her flight so she had to
get on a boat only to find herself deserted on a small seaside village of Dingle,
three days far from where she needed to be.
She then enter a bar, Caragh’s Bar,
where Declan works. A bar that also happened to be a hotel. Well, frankly
speaking, she destroyed the bar (and the hotel). She then search for a taxi to
get her to Dublin and what do you know? Declan’s the taxi driver. I think the way
that bar is an all-you-need-is-in-one-place is the one that makes it cliché, just
too much of a coincidence.
But beyond that is nothing but cliché,
it was pure a very interesting journey. Herd of cows obstructing their way, his
car went down to a lake, and somehow-both of them decided to walk to Dublin.
They hiked a castle that resulted in them being left by their train then
decided to settle into the night in an inn where they have to pretend as a
husband and wife. And in doing so, they were kind of “forced” to kiss each
other just because the others are. That’s when they started to have feelings
for each other, I suppose. That being with each other just felt right, like it’s
the most normal thing in the world. Oh, and they also attend a wedding along
the way.
There is this saying in that wedding that
I like so much though : “May you never steal, lie or cheat. But if you must
steal, then steal away my sorrows. If you must lie, lie with me all the nights
of my life. If you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn’t live
a day without you.” I am utterly speechless at how beautiful that wedding vow
is (P.S : this is the second time I’ve talked about wedding vow, refer to the
first one at “The Marriage of Equals”)
This
film is not about instant attraction because they didn’t even get along in the
first place. It’s about “There will be time, when love come knocking at your
door, then you’ll know he’d been here all along.”
Long story short, Anna did arrived at
Dublin on February 29th, got engaged with Jeremy (he proposed), only
to find out that he only proposed to her just to get the apartment, with the “why
not engaged to her if I can get both” attitude. She knows she deserves better
and her heart has been laid somewhere else so she broke it off with Jeremy and
come back to Dingle to propose to Declan. Then they live a happily ever after.
What a story, right? It was indeed
cheesy but a beautiful one. Give it a try and it surely will leave you
perplexed just as it did to me. Happy watching, dear readers! And tell me about
your thoughts in the comment section’s after, will ya? J
P.P.S : That Irish accent is killing me!! xD
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