Amelie

I thought that the way the story was told was brilliant. The director started with the birth of Amelie and led the audience through her childhood until she was a grown woman (it was told in narrative form). It reminded me of the way a painter builds a masterpiece, starting from the birth of the idea to the brilliant and beautiful picture. The way the movie was told is completely different from other movies that I have seen, I have never watched a movie in which a narrator made comments throughout and I did not really care for it. I did not like that the movie was a subtitled film, in fact I hated it because I focused more on reading than I did on evaluating the scenes that were occurring at the same time. I thought the music was an excellent addition to the movie, for most of the film the music gave off a happy vibe and often made me smile. I also liked all of the bright colors that were shown throughout the movie.
Amelie grew up as a sheltered child because her father thought she had a heart defect so she was homeschooled. One day her and her mother were leaving a building and a suicide victim fell on her mother and she died. I thought that the director could have come up with a better way to film her mother’s death, it was too bizarre.
Amelie was different from most children and grew to be an imaginative young woman. The movie starts with the move to Paris and Amelie’s new job as a waitress at the Windmills café. One day while in her bathroom she discovers a small box with childhood trinkets that was left by the previous owner and decides to find the person it used to belong to. Amelie is soon inspired to change the lives of people around her by helping them. In one part of the movie Amelie helps out a blind man by telling him about everything she is seeing as they go for a walk and cross the street. She also decides to help out her father by stealing his gnome and sending it around the world (which was a dream of her fathers to travel himself). Then Amelie decides that she wants to find love and falls in love with Nino. I liked that the movie was a comedy, drama, and romantic film, (those are my favorite!).
I think that the movie is about life lessons. Every individual has an impact on another whether they realize it or not. A stranger can change your life forever. A smile from a stranger can make someone’s day brighter and happier. Amelie touched lives of many individuals and helped to make their lives happier. The lesson I got from this movie is that everything I do has an impact on other people. I should model my life so that I positively influence the people I care about and those I do not know. If everyone was willing to be nice to each and every individual they crossed on the street than there would be a lot less crime and more love to share. This is kind of why I want to become a nurse so that I can positively influence other people by caring for the sick, helping mothers bring their babies into the world and by counseling patients about their health and psychosocial needs.
Amelie taught me that despite life’s challenges and tragedies there is still good in the world, sometimes you just need to open your eyes to see it. Amelie was refreshing with her childish and imaginative attitude and was fun to watch. Despite all of the things I hated about the movie, I actually enjoyed watching it, although, I don’t think you will find me renting it again.