The Bucket List

Times Watched: 1
Watched With: Nobody @ The Cathay (05/04)
Snacks: Potato Wedges & Green Tea

people used to ask what you'd like to be when you grew up.
well. but what do you want to be when you die?
(i'll ask again later.)

Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) is a mechanic, husband to a loving wife, father of 3 & diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) is a filthy rich tycoon, diagnosed with cancer, and ironically owns a number of hospitals when the business philosophy is "I run hospitals, not health spas. Two beds to a room, no exceptions."

and it is this philosophy that Cole is placed in a room with Chambers in the other bed while the 2 are in hospital for respective treatments.
and over the months, a strong bond grows between the 2 and after a bit of thought they decide to do up a 'bucket list'.
that is, things to do before they kick the bucket.

they do everything from skydiving to racing muscle cars.
and it's all good and fun.

but this gives way to more serious matters.
and things on the list that aren't going to be struck off by throwing money around.

i (surprisingly) really loved this movie because it really pulls at your heart-strings from both ends.
because on one hand you have Chambers, the family man who has everyone around him and has lived his life to common expectations.
and on the other hand you have Cole who may have riches and all that but is ultimately alone.

i always enjoy Jack Nicholson's performances and Morgan Freeman and he have a great chemistry in this movie. tie it in with Cole's long-suffering personal assistant Thomas (Sean Hayes) and cap it all off.

so what you want to be when you die?
what would like to have accomplished?
which of these 2 men would you like to be?
no need to think so hard my friends.
but if you need help, then watch this movie.
it might just push you in the direction you'd want to go.

and in the movie it's said,
"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round."

amen.

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