The Adjustment BureauOver break, my husband and I saw The Adjustment Movie in the theater. While we originally chose to see it because the advertisements reminded us of The Matrix, I was surprised to discover that it was a good mix of Matrix-like adventure and surreality along with a fantastic love story.
Although the details of the movie are not important, the main character falls in love with a woman only to discover that there are forces determined to keep him apart from her. At first,
he feels that there is nothing he can do, but as the movie goes on he realizes that he wants to
make his own choice regarding who he loves, and ultimately does everything in his power to live his life with her. He also asks her to give up everything in her life and blindly trust him, and she proves herself willing to do so.
I think that this movie makes a great point about the power of choice. While many people feel that love is something pre-destined that will simply fall into place when the time is right, love in fact takes hard work and sacrifice to survive. The Adjustment Bureau demonstrate this perfectly: when the main character finds the woman that he wants to be with, he has to make one difficult choice after another in order to keep her in his life. The woman also demonstrates the importance of choice when it comes to love, by choosing to give up the things she knows and follow him into the unknown.
I found this movie to be an excellent love story because it showed a side of love that involves hard work and determination, two qualities that unfortunately are not associated with love nearly enough.
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