i watched the movie "transamerica" right after i saw "brokeback mountain." both films dealt with gender bender roles but they tackled very different storylines. while brokeback mountain tells the story of two souls who found an enduring love for each other, transamerica talks about one transexual's quest to complete his procedure and leave all that is man about him behind. things get complicated when he finds out he has a son from one indiscretion back in his school days.
i'm writing about it because i remember reading trixy's blog regarding the film "beautiful boxer," which talks about a gay boxer in a different, yet similar situation. what makes transamerica touching is that it shows the desperation and the strong desire of the lead character (played excellently by felicity huffman) to surpass all odds to be able to make it to his scheduled operation. you can see there is no hesistation in his eyes, that his only wish is to finally become a woman (physically that is). how lucky the people who really know what they want in life, who know their purpose and who know the road that will take them there. too many of us live our lives day-to-day, not knowing where we are and what we want to accomplish in life. we go about our everyday duties not mindful that life is slowly passing us by. we tell ourselves that life can wait a bit, that we are busy and we have no time to start really living. in transamerica, everything that happens in between are just a prelude to what ultimately is the fulfillment of one man's lifelong dream.
starting today, we need to start living and fulfill our destinies. there are endless possibilities, its time to choose our paths.
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