Revolutionary Road

I'm not sure how much I will say about this movie since I dissected it with a friend after we watched it. I'm a Kate Winslet fan. I loved that she finally won something since she is amazingly talented. Not that I'm not a DiCaprio fan, but I'm not usually interested in watching him in movies. I was blown away by his portrayal of the character. Why he didn't get nominated for a Globe or an Oscar surprises me. Lucky for me, all the Oscar nom'ed movies hit my city this weekend... well except for Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader. Some you win and some you lose. I thought the most poignant scene in this film for me was the breakfast scene at the end. DiCaprio comes downstairs unsure, insecure and totally baffled. His eyes were red and you could see that the lingering thoughts in his eyes showed every emotion he wasn't physically showing. What really scared me was the lack of any thought or emotion in Winslet's false face or in her eyes leaving nothing to read how she was feeling. That scene just put all of their frustrations, worries, doubts, disappointments and the recurring theme for all life- regularity- that were occuring throughout the whole film and put them altogether in one short scene. It was incredible. The book must be even better. I am disposed to say that I loved this film for personal reasons like my fear of mediocrity and suddenly conforming to social norms and attitudes and swimming with the current instead of swimming in my own current. I'm not so much concerned about what married life will do to me. I think there is a certain amount of resignation when you settle down before the kids, the house and the retirement plans come into play. This film played up on all my fears before they have actually come true. I'm not yet in a place where I realize I've conformed and there is no joy in my life as the days fade into each other so that one day I wake up and realize that I don't know where my life has gone to and that I've been on autopilot for how many years. So yes... I can't say I loved it for this one reason, that it played up my life fear, one I've been grappling with, espeically now that I am graduating with a undergrad degree. I'm terrified to find myself like them, and then going insane from the actuality that I am nothing more than mediocre, when I thought I was more than just that. Scary. Truly scary.