The Age of Adaline

This is the second of two really thought provoking movies I have seen in the past month.  (I will blog again soon about Interstellar, which is even more mind blowing!)

I have always thought that life is much too short.  So short, that I sometimes think that somebody should find some way for us all to cheat death so that we would be able to live forever.  Imagine all the things we could do with that extra time.  We could conquer languages, invent things, cure cancer(oh wait we wouldn't have to), read more books, have more time with loved ones.  There are so many things we could do.

But what if that extra time wouldn't be a blessing but a curse.  That is how I felt the main character in this movie must feel.  See, if you are the only one that is immortal, you keep losing loved ones.  She often feels alone, which I would imagine would turn into great depression.

This movie changed my mind about being immortal as I followed this woman through her history, of finding love multiple times only to not have a real future with that soulmate and not be able to grow old together and of having her daughter be physically older than her.  It was heartbreaking to witness that weird phenomenon that would happen if you never aged or died.

This movie is a great one and it was nice to have a little break from reality as my wonderful babysitters allowed me to do.  I have lots less opportunities to see movies these days as the mother of a rockstar toddler!