Settling down with the movie Chance at Heaven, the boy was still not certain what it entailed. Both the title, together with the image on the poster aroused one’s suspicion that it was going beyond romance or drama. but something to do with choices, missed opportunities and hope for something better. – being 18 and a movies enthusiast = He wasn’t new looking below the surface; he already began appreciating the metaphors and themes that went hand in hand with reality. Soon, he understood that this movie was not only about love. It rather referred to the multitude of relationships, the myriad of choices available and how often, and where such choices lead you.
Right from the start, the boy was impressed by the personality of Jeff. Jeff was a normal man, happy with himself and only running a small garage and thinking that he would have a healthy and stable life someday. Many people whom the boy had come across were just like jeff, people who wanted to do everything and anything to ensure they had a safe and predictable life. However, there was more to Jeff than met the eye, a more restless and unfocused man than what his calm was trying to portray. That all changed when Jeff met Glory, a young woman full of life, ambition, and dreams, who literally swept him off his feet. The boy could sense how Glory helped Jeff change his outlook towards life as well as how much of a romantic pursuit she had brought into his life.
The boy knew that this was a dangerous affection and yet he found himself drawn to glory’s outrageous character. She was fully alive, thorough in her pursuits and full of energy pursuing every action as though it were her last and no, she wasn’t going to accept that peaceful life below Jeff’s ideals. Sheesh! She was amazing! Her energy was so contagious that he knew why Jeff liked her. But even in the bloom of their torrid affair, he could feel the relief of contradiction in her words with aspiration and her body with a want.
It was not merely a matter of love; it was a fact that they were caught in conflict between what they actually were and what they wished to become.
As their relationship progressed, the boy found himself more often than not preoccupied with the thought of how people are willing to give up so much for their loved ones. In this case, it was even Jeff who had to make some hard decisions about what to do, whether to pursue Glory with all her flaws or stay behind in the known and ever-comfortable life he has always lived. The boy felt Jeff’s inner conflict to be a common plight that everyone has when they have to choose between love and obligations. And it was not for nothing that Jeff made up his mind to cross the lines and get together with Glory man and woman with no spite. Love has its power and people can go beyond reasons when it comes to relationships. Still, the boy was curious to know perhaps why Jeff had to go through so much for his woman. For many, giving too much of one self for someone else is rather exteme.
Everything changed about the movie when Mary, Jeff’s friend in his childhood, came into the scene. Unlike Glory, Mary was the one devoted to Jeff, mentally fighting for him for years without even thinking of surpassing him. The boy was able to relate with the character right away. Mary was that kind of love that did not shout of its existence or possess the ability to light any flames but could stand the test of all storms. She was the type of lover who did not have to seek validation of her affection from anyone; her actions alone were reasonable enough to endorse her love.
Many people around Mary and Stephen, even handsome young boys in girls’ clothes, hung on the forensic’s every word. He saw that sometimes it was just the people close to you whom you did not appreciate at all. It made him reflect on the bonds he cherished and how he was so used to people being there for him that he took them for granted.
But as events progressed, Jeff and Glory’s romance began to change for the worse. Those aspects of their relationship IQ that were once tantalizing and passionate turned out to be the exact reasons for separation. The boy understood how Jeff felt when he realized that love, regardless of intensity, was not enough to make two reasonably different people stay together. For Jeff it was a gradual yet harsh realization of inner self and the boy understood such weight on a higher level. It was easy to fall in love with someone without rush and burning even if they felt love quite differently. As a result it turned out that such intimate space never belonged to somebody who adored you and proposed all sort of wild adventures but stayed faithful instead.
Jeff struggled to switch his attention to Mary. It was not a seizing moment of affection, but a realization of love that has been. This made the boy emotional at the scene of the movie. To marry Mary was not like coming to terms. It was more important for him than that. For Mary and for the boy himself. The bushy boy thought how often excitement was chased only to be disappointed at the absence of boring and solid fundamentals.
After watching Chance at Heaven, the boy was struck with the realization of how one’s decisions could define his or her future. The point of Jeff’s quest was not just to get a ‘good’ girlfriend; it was about understanding what life it was that he wanted to build and who he wanted to spend it with. Glory, full of fire and charm, was the epitome of youthful intensity and adventure, while Mary was the calm, uncomplicated, steady love that provided Jeff with a true chance at heaven. The boy perceived this as a valuable lesson of moderation – appreciating the dramatic and the calming aspects of love, and the importance of finding a partner who adds rather than subtracts to one’s life.
With the credits rolling, the boy’s mind wandered again to the price people pay in the name of relationships. The boy contemplated about how one can easily get lost in the awe of love and not even begin to think about how to settle down with this person. He looked up to Jeff’s character development across the film.Good thing he learnt that one does not marry love, it is making decisions based on one’s values that will earn them love.
To the boy Chance at Heaven was not just another romance story, but it was a poem depicting love and life’s realities. It further taught him that while there is a place for romance and adventure, it is the calm, constant love that brings real joy Lewis’ education was not merely looking for romance but rather a deeper appreciation of desire and emanating from that appreciation, the relevance of making choices to construct a future anchored on reasonable trust. When the movie ended, it was simply not love in the outward sense, where a woman is wooed or duly courted, but it was a journey in search for fulfillment from a woman who makes available in the husband unrealised ecstasy.
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