Some movies we watch just for fun , just to escape the reality for 2 hrs , but sometimes as it happens we see a movie & it got us thinking about our own life , about our own relationship , as i watch this movie "Beginners" for the second time in few days , it got me thinking about whole relationship we share with our parents with our partners , & how actually we live our lives for ourselves not for what people will say not for how society would react to our relationship if its doesn't fall in the category society has set up for us do we always have to follow the rules can't we make new set of rules for ourselves only for our own happiness nobody else just us .
Beginners has very simple story yet its very unique story Oliver ( Ewan Mcgregor) comes to know after 45 years his parents were married not happily but married after his mum's death due to cancer his father one day tells him that he is gay !! it was shocking to him as it would be to everybody else , but best part of the story is how he reacted to it ,, he accepted it he also accepted the fact his father now has a boyfriend who is way younger than him , this revelation didn't change his relation with his father but it did change his prospect to looking at life.. the movie often went to flashback to show or explore his Oliver's relation with his mother or glimpses of relation between his parents .. his father 's relation & death ( cause of cancer too ) how it affected his relation with Anna ( Melenie Laurent) how they find the meaning of being together share the life with the influences they are having in their life since childhood their parents , previous relations even friends & random people in your life how much impression they make in our lives .
This movie also bring a question to me why we look at people differently when they just follow the set of rules society has set .. a relationship between two people regardless of the gender is same does our human emotions change in different ways from a heterosexual relationship to homosexual relationship my views says no it doesn't & in this movie also it says no it doesn't it carries a strong message that if a man loves another man it doesn't change him as person he still is your brother or father or best friend at then end we all are human .
the last prospect to look at our lives or in this movie life of Oliver from the prospective of his Dad's pet Jack Russel Arthur it was unique feature of this movie , our pets dogs or cats they share our life a very constant in our life they see everything going around us they feel they might not say it but they understand , this movie explored that part with very amusing sort of way we all have conversation with our dogs or cats here Oliver or Anna did too unique thing we audience saw what Arthur was thinking with little lines written on screen .
Beginners is kind of movie which you don't watch it for mind numbing entertainment but to enjoy a good script, strong acting & at the end it makes you thing what sort of life i am living ? what kind of relation i share with my parents .. if you love good movies its a must watch .
