This is My Life......

Went to watch Marley and me with my dear Suling yesterday... despite knowing that both of us will onli knock off at 630pm, we insisted that we catch the 720pm show at downtown east... and ended missing 10 min of the initial part of the movie... well, the whole part on puppy Marley....

Movie Summary:

As the snow falls on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) decide to leave behind the harsh winters of Michigan and head south to begin their new lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. They obtain jobs as journalists at competing local newspapers, buy their first home, and begin to make their way through the challenges of a new marriage, new careers and, possibly, the life-changing decision to start a family.

Unsure of his preparedness for raising children, John confesses his fears to his friend and fellow journalist Sebastian, who comes up with the perfect solution: John should get Jenny a puppy. "There's nothing to it," says Sebastian. "You walk 'em. You feed 'em, you let 'em out now and then."

Then came Marley.

The Grogans adopt the cute, twelve pound yellow Labrador, who in no time at all, grows into a 100-pound steamroller of unbridled energy that turns the Grogan home into a disaster area. He flunks obedience school, chews off dry-wall, takes a bite out of the sofa, overturns garbage cans, steals a Thanksgiving turkey, consumes pillows and flowers, drinks toilet water, and chases the UPS guy. Even a newly-purchased, expensive necklace isn't safe from Marley's voracious antics.

Amidst the mayhem he generates through the years, Marley sees the Grogans through the ups and downs of family life, through job and home changes, and most of all, through the myriad challenges of a growing family. As John and Jenny come to realize, Marley - "the world's worst dog" - somehow brings out the best in them.

I will say that there is lots of chemistry in the movie, regardless it's between Owen wilson and jennifer aniston or with Marley, the dog.. the story is more about the facts of life rather than just a a cute puppy show.... it shows how 2 couple learn to cope with changes in their life... planned or unplanned... my favourite line in the movie was the one where Jennifer aniston said to Owen wilson: "U are always wanting wat u dont have and not appreciating wat u currently have..." it just struck my mind.... am i like that too??.. many a time i am constantly trying to get wat i dun have and forget to appreciate wat i already have.... then how marley come into the story, Marley was a trouble-maker in the family, but the Gorden family learn to adapt to him and to love him more than anything.... it resembles a true family, noone is perfect in the family, when one of the family members made mistakes or is unique in his ways, the family learns to adapt to him and to learn how we can love him even more.... i see myself in many parts of the movie... it's a great walk of life that the movie is taking us through... it carries just the right pinch of laughter and sorrow....

Thumbs up to MARLEY AND ME!!!

glad that i didnt miss this marvelous movie.... shall go and see if i can get the book too... heard from many that the book give a different perspectives of life too....

Yuen signing off.... starry starry nite...