Legends of the Fall

One of my unforgettable Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins film, very remarkable movie it is but Oscarless...ah no, they got 1 I think. But, is this what will really happen if all brothers fell in love with the same woman and suddenly things turned out like hell? Goodness gracious the father didn’t desire her too. I guess he sanely reserved himself seeing an ugly future this woman will bring into their home, knowing his sons went gaga after meeting this lady. Ok, from the eldest and very responsible but nobody’s favorite Alfred, the wild, long-haired Tristan who happens to be everyone’s apple of the eye (including a little indian girl who eventually became his wife), and lastly ET’s ex-best friend Samuel, the smart but naïve. The brotherhood of Ludlows were tested in war, torned by passion and guilt, then later ended-up when the most favorite was ripped-off by a bear.

Tagline: “After the Fall from Innocence the Legend Begins”. Fall of innocence from the brutality of war when they almost lose their sanity? Or sanity was loosened already when they met susanah even before going to war? Ok maybe they’re all insane since birth and they were put together to see how cruel life is when you’re too emotionally attached to almost everyone. But what made Tristan so favorite? From the father, the youngest ludlow, susanah, and the two-decker Indian…they all love him. Tristan is fearless. From cutting off a bear’s claw when he was young, cut open his dead brother’s chest, and lately broke his big brother’s heart when he won susanah’s heart. What a man he is! Or was.

All of us aren’t just tested on failed relationships, a loss of people we love, nor from the horrors of violence we experienced, but the test continues as we moved-on with our life after dealing with these. From the very first heartache to the last date we had, we are still running our own legend. It may be hard sometimes but an unexpected “Fall” is always a ladder to a new chapter of legend, not a loss of innocence but a rebirth indeed.

Not all unfortunate endings are really sad as it seems. It may not have a good ending, but it made a good story, a good legend.