Dana Levine -- Week 12 -- Movie Recommendation: “Clouds”

     On Sunday afternoon last week, with the storm quickly approaching, I decided to watch a sad movie--I love storms and rain in general because I love to snuggle up in a cozy blanket in bed and watch a movie or tv show. I have heard about this new movie called “Clouds” and did not know what it was about prior to watching it--all I knew was that it made everyone cry who watched it. So, I decided to take Zoey’s advice and go into it knowing nothing about the plot.

    Let me tell you...If you need a good cry, this movie will sure help you with that. I began crying 20 minutes into the movie and continued throughout. There were a couple scenes where I was sobbing, but I won’t give any details so as not to spoil the movie.

If you don’t want to know anything about the plot, then don’t read this last paragraph--I will not give anything more than what the trailer gives away: The movie is based on a true story--which obviously always makes it so much more sad--and it shows the life of a child cancer patient, Zach Sobeich, and how he acts upon finding out he's terminal. His dream was to be a musician, but upon finding this out, he realizes his dreams will never be able to come true. He tries to make the best out of what he can and savors every new day he is granted.

I cried the most at the end in the closing scene, and then the clips of the real Zach Sobiech really triggered the ugly crying.

This movie makes you really reimagine life and how fragile it is. They say in the movie how everyone assumes that they will get tomorrow, but once you face mortality, you become less enveloped in the physical world and instead do what really matters to you--you start living every day like it’s your last, because you are more aware that it very well could be.

I definitely recommend this movie to everyone, unless you really do not like sad movies. Let me know if you watch it or if you’ve watched it and what you think of it!