My Sister's Keeper

It was Saturday night and I called all the F5 girls who are staying at the hostel to meet me in one of the classes. As soon as everyone has arrived, I told them that they will have to watch a movie every Saturday night because it would be part of their writing assignment. I'll pick a movie, make them write reviews about the movie and let them write it on their blog. Of course, they jumped after hearing the word 'movie' and 'every Saturday night'. Who wouldn't right?

So the first movie that I showed was, 'My Sister's Keeper'. The subtitle went crazy (again!) so they had to listen and rely on my explanation here and there. If they could watch it with the subtitle, I'm pretty sure many of them would have understood the story better. This movie collected 95 million worldwide. I'm not surprised cause it's a really good movie. The whole team did an amazing job. The acting was superb. It's derived from a book written by Jodi Picoult. Gotta thank her for writing an amazing book!

As someone who has experienced taking care of a family member who has cancer, this film definitely becomes very personal to me. Sometimes it's hard to talk about the pain that we have in our hearts. Watching this movie reminds me that I'm not alone. My family members are not the only ones having to say goodbye to a cancer victim. Some had to go through worse experiences. At least we only suffered for two months before he left us forever. Kate (in the movie) had leukemia since she was 6 years old. It lasted till she was 17. 11 years of surviving cancer. Now that's a real survivor.

If you're interested you could buy the dvd, I can assure you, it would be worth every cent. Or you could just watch it online. The question that I gave my students was, "Were the parents fair to all their children?". Looking forward to read their feedback, movie review and answer to that question. See y'all in the next post!