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31_days themes sounds like it was made for the 2009 independent movie Footprints. http://31-days.livejournal.com/profile
I watched it yesterday and oh my gosh, the feels. I want so badly to write fanfic for it. I don't know if that would offend the creator or not, since so many people in recent years don't like fanworks of their stuff. But for me it would be done in utter love of the film, and maybe it would attract some new interested viewers for it, if I posted the stuff on 31 Days and FF.net and maybe even Archive of Our Own. I haven't seen anything around requesting no fanfics, so maybe I'll try.
It's just ... oh wow. I don't even know if I want to reveal anything much about the big twist of the plot, at least not outside of the fanfics (which would abound with spoilers). But let's say that it's heart-wrenching and bittersweet and totally unexpected and my dear H.M. is absolutely central to the plot. And the main character is absolutely bent on being part of the Hollywood set. I kind of think she wants wealth and fame more than having a love of acting, although I could be wrong. I can't say I fully agree with her choice at the end of the film, but I'm still puzzling over whether it's to be taken literally as her determination to be part of the Hollywood crowd or if she just plain wants a second chance at life itself, no matter what it brings. If it's the latter, I'm more supportive of her choice than if it's the former.
EDIT: Okay, after another review of the scene, I definitely think she's matured beyond her desire to be in the movies and be wealthy and rich. In fact, I think that maturing is one of the main points. She says she wants to be part of life, big or small, and that maybe in the past, she and her husband were waiting for all the wrong things.
The only thing I absolutely don't like about the film is that, being independently made, it has something I was afraid it would have: some very harsh swearing. Like, one character (who thankfully is only speaking in one scene) can't stop saying the F word, over and over and over again. I don't like that character aside from that trait, either; she's got a very bad attitude and is quite unkind to the main girl. To my relief, there was only one other character who used the F word, near the beginning.
H.M., on the other hand, is very dignified and adorable. And he makes the whole thing very, very worth it.
One more piece of adorableness: His current wife and their daughter make cameo appearances in the film!
31_days themes sounds like it was made for the 2009 independent movie Footprints. http://31-days.livejournal.com/profileI watched it yesterday and oh my gosh, the feels. I want so badly to write fanfic for it. I don't know if that would offend the creator or not, since so many people in recent years don't like fanworks of their stuff. But for me it would be done in utter love of the film, and maybe it would attract some new interested viewers for it, if I posted the stuff on 31 Days and FF.net and maybe even Archive of Our Own. I haven't seen anything around requesting no fanfics, so maybe I'll try.
It's just ... oh wow. I don't even know if I want to reveal anything much about the big twist of the plot, at least not outside of the fanfics (which would abound with spoilers). But let's say that it's heart-wrenching and bittersweet and totally unexpected and my dear H.M. is absolutely central to the plot. And the main character is absolutely bent on being part of the Hollywood set. I kind of think she wants wealth and fame more than having a love of acting, although I could be wrong. I can't say I fully agree with her choice at the end of the film, but I'm still puzzling over whether it's to be taken literally as her determination to be part of the Hollywood crowd or if she just plain wants a second chance at life itself, no matter what it brings. If it's the latter, I'm more supportive of her choice than if it's the former.
EDIT: Okay, after another review of the scene, I definitely think she's matured beyond her desire to be in the movies and be wealthy and rich. In fact, I think that maturing is one of the main points. She says she wants to be part of life, big or small, and that maybe in the past, she and her husband were waiting for all the wrong things.
The only thing I absolutely don't like about the film is that, being independently made, it has something I was afraid it would have: some very harsh swearing. Like, one character (who thankfully is only speaking in one scene) can't stop saying the F word, over and over and over again. I don't like that character aside from that trait, either; she's got a very bad attitude and is quite unkind to the main girl. To my relief, there was only one other character who used the F word, near the beginning.
H.M., on the other hand, is very dignified and adorable. And he makes the whole thing very, very worth it.
One more piece of adorableness: His current wife and their daughter make cameo appearances in the film!
