The Bridges Of Madison County

          Yesterday while washing my clothes, I've watched a classic movie "The Bridges Of Madison County". It was the best love story I've ever seen. I never stopped crying till I fall sleep. The story was marvelous though it broke my heart. I've heard before that the movie was good and yesterday was my chance to watch it. After watching the movie, I prayed to the Lord saying "My Lord from now on I want to fall in love only once. And I want that love to last forever and I want to send it to only one man whoever he is. I want that man to be my partner till eternity. I am asking you to give me the right one because I only want to give him all my love. Don't let me fall in love with the wrong guy my Lord. And I pray that man will feel the same love I have for him. I am willing to wait as long as I will end up with the man that is really meant for me. The one that will come from you."

          The movie really saddened me but it was very touching and inspiring because of the love Robert and Francesca have for each other. Till now everytime I think of it, I can't help but cry. It is so great, a movie worth seeing. Heartbreaking but such a wonderful movie. There was this one line that struck me and it said "This kind of certainty comes but once in a life time." The movie will allow you to reflect on your own life without becoming sickeningly sentimental. Oh well, it's better to go through the searing pain and being tormented than to never love at all but I am praying that the guy that I will love and spend the rest of my life with will be the right man that will come from the Lord.

Movie Summary:

          The Bridges Of Madison County is one of those rare examples of a movie improving on the book it was based on. Adapted from the monster, if purple-prosed, best seller by Robert James Waller, the film tells the simple story of an Iowa housewife, Francesca Johnson, who meets a traveling National Geographic photographer named Robert Kincaid, who has arrived in Madison County, Iowa to shoot its picturesque covered bridges. The two begin a four-day affair while her husband and children are out of town that reawakens long-lost passions and yearnings in Francesca. Kincaid, meanwhile, confronts his own roving, rootless nature; he asks Francesca to come with him, but they both know that after their brief interlude, they can never be together again. A framing story follows Francesca's children, after her death many years later, as they discover their mother's secret and take stock of their own lives. Eastwood and Streep deliver masterful, touching performances, while Eastwood's subtle direction and Richard LaGravenese's screenplay build the film into a deeply moving reflection on the choices one must make in both life and love.