Movie 2009.01.29 - Revolutionary Road

I was afraid this is going to be another romantic movie between Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet, just like Titanic. Actually, it's the reverse. Most of the time, the couple are arguing and screaming at each other. You see, the couple met in a party and it was love at first sight. Later on, reality sets in. April realizes she's not going to be the actress that she wants to be. Frank works for the same company his dad worked for, doing the same boring job his dad did. When the couple moved to Revolutionary Road, they thought they could be different, that they could rise above the banality of it all. Day by day, they're finding out that they're just like the rest.

One day, April suddenly got this crazy idea that Frank could quit his numbing job, they'll sell the house, skip town and move to Paris. Frank won't even have to work (for six months). April will take on a high-paying secretarial job at one of the government offices, while Frank can contemplate what he wants to do with his life. Just when preparations are going well, comes the bad news. Frank's big boss is offering him a big fat promotion, which Frank keeps a secret from April. April is 8 weeks pregnant, which puts their Paris trip seriously in doubt. The couple argue and fight some more. I guess April got tired of it all so one day, after preparing a very nice breakfast for Frank, she goes up to the bathroom and aborts the baby. The operation didn't go down well, and she dies at the hospital. As for Frank, he loses the plot and never came back to Revolutionary Road.

It's kinda sad because in the end, no one is at fault for all the tragedies that happened. That's just life. You just need to learn to deal with the hand that life gives you.