Postcards from the Edge

I was peeking at cinema books at a shop and run into a book called "films that marked me " and there was this one ,between a mother and her daughter, called < Postcards from the Edge> that caught my attention.
Played by Meryl streep and Shirley MacLaine directed by Mike Nichols(1990).

 I have a thing for mother-daughter movies, I always get extremely emotional with them.
This plot takes us to the hollywoood of the 90s, with all the hollywood gang and its actors, all the peculiar sets and the tough implications making a movie. Meryl streep plays Suzanne Vale, a substance addicted hollywood actress, who despite being born at the top is unhappy and this has a lot to do with her mother´s education. The mother, Doris Mann played by Shirley MacLaine  is a mother who was once a talented incredible woman,but ends up as a stubborn alcoholic. All that glitters in Hollywood is not gold, you can have it all and still be the most unhappy.

 It all beg,ins with the overdose of meryl streep related to old hollywood overdoses. It all starts at a set when she's acting and we can tell she´s high. Late in the morning she wakes up with a randomn dude who carries her to the hospital. She´s paraletic and ain´t making sense of herself, so they end up moving her down to a detox service where she makes peculiar friends. In these scenes you can see the relationship she has with her mother and I can tell they have way too much shit from the past. Eventhough the mother tries to get closer, there´s always a pushing away reaction from Suzanne.

What a surprise when director of the movie  Lowell Kolchec played by Gene Hackman forces Meryl to live with her mother, in order to keep her from harming herself, untill the  movie finally is finished. Hilarious to mention is Suzanne´s face when being suggested this situation. Shirley MacLaine is the typical mother who likes showing off, as a young talented singer and actress, loves to shadow her baby and attract all the attention to her. Not was my surprise when Meryl starts singing in a party and right afterwards mother does the same. A totally self-centered character who cannot enjoy her daughter´s success. I can understand this would annoy anyone on earth! 

All in all, there´s always time for love and here comes the character of Jack Faulkner played by Dennis Quaid. A handsome lad who likes to hang around on set and tells lies to all the actresses just to take them to bed. Eitherways, incredibly funny appearance of this character making Suzanne even more phsycotic.

I love the scene when Susanne tip toes back home, after spending a night with Jack and her mother is awaiting drinking in the sofa.


-Doris:  "Why did you turn away from me ?I just want you to like me I just want to be your friend...Everytime I try to get close to you,you push me away. I came from nothing and I made something out of my life, you come from somewhere and your trying to make nothing out of yours.  I think you should just get over what happened to you in your adolescence it is time to move on."

Mother is little by little approaching Suzanne and beginning to realize she may have a part to blame for the attitude her daughter has developed.
During the film making and all along the movie we see the improvement in their relationship and you end up wanting to hug your mother. Because at the end of the day ,darlings,nobody loves us more than our mothers and mother there`s one and only.

We Bought a Zoo

It's very hard to pick up a favorite movie, although I shall say this one makes its way to the top...
Script by Cameron Crowe, based on the Biography of Benjamin Lee starring Matt Damon and  Scarlet Johansson.

 I don't know if it's because I'm OBSESSED WITH ZOOs (once I went to one and almost ended up taking a mini monkey home) since I was young, or if I´m just completely sensitive nowadays and loved this prompty movie.
I saw this movie while being in the bus and I had to whipe out the tears of my glasses, they were completely scrubby!

  Some movies like this don´t make it to the cinema and critics don´t give them the importance they deserve. Because no one does, i´ll do it, and since with this blog I´m not getting anywhere I just want people to see it. It´s a movie that reflects humanity. A movie that makes you value your family, that among all the things you own ,family is your treasure trove. Me myself I´m quite a family person. I longtime miss my movie nights with all of them...
If you want to  buy me something buy me experience, buy me memories, give me things to do to always remember. And if you insist on buying me something, buy me a camara so I can photograph all those moments and never forget them.

 This movie is a mixture of comedy and drama because eventhough the main plot is hard and delicate you find yourself crying and laughing with this cocktail mixture. This family has to deal with the unfair unexplicable situation of the loss of a beloved one. Kids have to combat their mother or father is not there anymore and I can´t imagine anything harder in life. It´s true that the young have lost their parents, but also the father or mother have lost their companion and has to manage to stay still and mantain the smile for the kids,or they will all go down.
Here the parent is played by Mat Damon and its the first time I  see him in a role which I entirely admire. His acting is very real and  natural. One day I hope my future husband could be somehow like him. This father expresses endless love for his children, so much to the point of buying a zoo just to see the little smile on his daughter's face. Spending all his money in an adventure.

 This movie approches things like the hard understanding between a father and his son.
Sometimes the harder we speak to people the more we are calling for their attention. Sometimes the only thing we need from our parents is their approval and the feeling of being taken into consideration. Mat here is attending his little daughter, but without doing it on purpose, forgetting about his older son.

The little girl can´t be more adorable, so huggable!!!Less salient but equally important is the acting of  Scarlet Johanson, its not first-rate acting but still worthy of consideration. I´m not a particular fan of this actresss, but I was surprised by this movie. Lots of actress when asigned a character demand certain clothing, but here we see scarlet with normal outfits and oversize sweaters... She plays a natural careless acting. She later is considered the main brick that rebuilts this family.
I seriously don´t understand how they got so many animals to behave so properly for this movie, with so many camaras around. This movie is not only amazing for us spectators, I can assure you the actors have had a great time.

It´s a movie full of hidden advice, for all ages, for all personalities. Every problem can be faced tommorow and set aside for a while, being young again and going to the zoo.