I first watched the movie 2 years ago on cable during one late night that I felt so much on a personal level: I have been socially inept myself for almost all my life: I was very shy and had those social anxiety syndrome as well, and all through high school I studied hard, not even laying on a pretty girl in high school to go through college, but once in college, I didn't even get a chance to speak to girls and had so no luck in creating romantic sparks...probably it was due to the reason of studying behind those piles of books around the corner of my library with my heavy pair of glasses and unattractive apparel. I admit I didn't get along with crowds too well.
Then something transformed me after I graduated from college and went to study animation in a private school, I met a very attractive girl in my class. She was actually a korean girl studying abroad for 1 year and she was very amazingly artistic, but did not realize her potential until she came to my school to study film. We didn't even catch eyes at first, and it seemed she was very shy as well. I was shy but I decided wat the heck, I gotta be the one who’s aggressive…since I got nothing to loose…It wasn't until she needed help in buying some furnitures that I asked if I could help out with the car ride to the shop.
Things went magically smooth later on, as we gradually got to know each other...She was quick to judge things and went wild like a little kid in the big department, whereas I was calm and guided her through her adjustment to “cultural shock”. Nevertheless, I kinda rushed too much at one moment when I asked if she wanted to go to the movies with me. She hesitated and replied no...which totally broke my heart...and things cooled off for some moment b/w me and her until christmas break came...I mean didn't have much experience in chasing girls...all crazy thoughts rushed through my mind. I mean was she just using me to drive her around to buy things…why is love so hard to find and maintain…blah blah blah…and at that moment when I met her I thought she is the one for me. I took the courage to phone her again, trying to break her mold…because I was starting to see that she was holding something back…I was not going to give up that easily since we both knew we did make connection deep inside. Then on a fine beautiful day we went on a little trip to an amazing beach, where we really shared our intimate thoughts. Then she told me about her little secret: she had had trouble with her heart, taking medication all through high school.
So that kinda coincided with the character in the movie, except in reverse. She was very sensitive and afraid of letting people to know her inside and hence the real her… And she was blindly fooled by her former ex-bf...That’s where we shared our understanding and became romantically involved. I guess that’s what’s love is about: compassion and understanding, and courage and persistence…
Even though we went on several dates later on, we each knew that a relationship couldn’t be maintained since we had our own separate “destiny” to follow: she was an exchange student and I am pursuing my dream to become an animator. We both have to commit to our education (maybe too much education minded at stake) during our stay so we didn’t become too romantically involved…
Nevertheless, we remain good contact after graduation. In a way, it was still sweet since we had too much fun just being in the presence of each other…I mean who knows for the future lies for both of us…maybe I’ll relocate to Korean to find her…hehe…Anywayz, she taught me how to love a person with total honesty…what better ways to win a girl’s heart with sincerity. Too bad in the modern day era, it’s all about fast-food love (I dunno if there’s a term for it in English) and money being totally being the biggest factor...
I guess in every relationship there is a lesson to be learned: even though this movie presents sort of unrealistic love on several levels: normally people rarely make connection with each other, and as our society progresses into more of an IT based phenomenon, where computer trascends from a tool to a liability, might we become so trapped within our little space (maybe it’s cyber space) that we’ve lost the courage to pursue true love…ok…now I’m getting off-topic.
Anywayz, I consider this movie to be my one of favorite since I can relate to the character on many levels…good thing that in reality, I didn’t get stabbed and she didn’t cry out for me.
If you want to see more this rare honesty shy guy beating out ruthless bad boy to win a beautifully understanding girl movie…I highly recommend this recent 2005 Japanese movie, called Densha Otoko…I won’t give it away too much but it is similar to Untamed heart, except a happy ending. It is actually based on a true story about a nerdy good-hearted bachelor (year of living=year of no girlfriends) meets a young beautiful office lady on a train…and their turbulent romance. It is ideal if you want to bring some napkins since the ending is tear-inducing…If you love anime you’ll dig it for sure as well.
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