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read between the lines
the talented mr. damon "I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody."i'd practically forgotten that memorable and thought-provoking quote from the movie until i saw it again yesterday. and, after watching it yesterday, several years on, i still came to the same conclusion. matt damon is really talented! and i forgot how good-looking he was, hahaha. cos i mean these days in the movies he's mostly in a crew-cut hairstyle so i kind of forgot his old softer look.  mr. 'chio' before his haircut but back to talent. i mean, wow, he's really good at playing such a versatile character. and his acting has passed the test of time haha. he did some really convincing impersonations in the movie, and he did really well playing two totally different people. to elaborate, he plays this nerdy, homeless, nobody kind of guy called tom ripley, who kills a super-rich, carefree son of a shipping magnate called dickie greenleaf and eventually assumes his identity, hence the quote above. at first i thought like, man, he really does scream like a girl and is a bit of a nerd when he plays tom ripley everytime there's a scene where he kills someone, but i noticed that he acted totally different when he took over dickie greenleaf's identity. and he looks nothing like a nerd when he plays dickie greenleaf. amazing talent. and that quote above, yeah, that is one thought-provoking quote. is it really better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody? my stand on it has changed, now that i'm older (and hopefully wiser haha). when i first saw the movie when i was young(er), somehow or other i felt that being or trying to be like someone else who's a great role model or something could actually be more beneficial than being just plain old you. ah, those adolescent years of trying to find one's identity. but er, since i was never good at faking, i resigned this opinion to a mere theory that i never really put into practice (except maybe in front of the authorities). but now, yesterday, when that line came out during the show, i realised i feel totally different about it now. there is not one part of me now that would rather shadow as someone else if could. and a great deal of that has to do with knowing how much god loves me. knowing that even if i was a nobody, i no longer am once i step into the light. and that i am someone in god's eyes even if the world does not recognise me. i suppose i could sorta relate to that character's insignificance in the movie when i was young. but i guess i've come a long way since then cos i don't feel like i'm anything like that character now. haha, except the one part in the movie when the real dickie is fighting with tom in the boat and dickie says, "You can be a leech -- you know this..." (actually that's the beginning of how pissed-off he makes tom and how that eventually leads to tom unintentionally killing him.) i mean currently, i can say with confidence i am not a leech, but i was one not too long ago. so yeah. that's something i'm still i'm still trying to work out with god. |
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