music as connection, music as function of spirit and expression of joy

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2008)

What I really wanted to do was let the authors, directors and musicians (etc) know how much I enjoyed what this movie 'did' for me. Of course, the story itself was magical and near the end I was tensely awaiting the culmination of the characters' hopes. It was driving me crazy. But the very, very best part for me was when the boy was first playing the guitar with SO MUCH JOY! It was palpable. It touched me. When he was in the church, what he did then reminded me of the symphonies I used to hear in my own head, but shut down because I couldn't get them out. I woke to a drum beat this morning and the music has begun again. I feel the joy and wanted to thank all concerned for giving that back to me. Besides the musical part, that kind of love is SO romantic. I guess you could say the magic of the music leapt (this IS a real word--leaped sounds too much like a child saying 'keeped' in this instance) from the screen into reality and my hope is it does such for anyone who is open to the possibility. May music unite our spirits and draw us closer.