Recently, I browsed my streaming service for something slightly different from action-driven, adrenaline-inducing blockbusters that seem to dominate cinema nowadays. Whenever you do your search you probably go by star-ratings, reviews or interesting titles. So, using these criteria I stumbled upon some films that caught my interest and actually felt like time well spent.
The two titles I found are somehow similar to each other and yet offer a different take on the subject of time and the consequences of trying to break its rules.
The first one, Time Traveller’s Wife, is a story of a reluctant time traveller that has a very wearisome task of living in different time frames while trying to hold on to his family life. The protagonist doesn’t choose the time of travel, he doesn’t choose the destination and he doesn’t get to keep his clothes on on arrival!
The other one, The Age of Adaline, featuring Harrison Ford, holds a secret remedy to aging! It’s a tale of two people who used to be close and whose ways part due to a surprising twist in one of their natural life cycles.
Both films talk about how tricky it can be to live in a world that is younger or older than the one you were born into. Exciting as it sounds meddling with time has some serious outcomes!
If you feel like watching a mystery movie check them out!
AP