the namesake

i watched this movie "the namesake" and i definitely recommend it.
its basically about this indian couple that are arranged to get married, then move to new york. once they're there the movie focuses on there relationship. the husband lived in new york, but his wife has never left india so everything is completely new to her.
they soon have kids who grow up in this american world seen as just indian kids. the movie focuses more on the son.

its a beautiful movie, i felt very close to the character of the son. i could identify with her struggle to be seen as an american instead of the indian kid. i guess no one understands what its like unless your parents are from another country and your first generation american born. sometimes parents are so use to things being done a certain way, and here in the states its not the same. thats something i constantly struggle with my parents. i get so mad sometimes that they cant just see that we're not in mexico and things are diffrent here.

i hate when people use the term white washed. im mexican and proud of it, but i was born and raised here so its obviously had an effect on me. your race shouldnt be what identifies you, but it should be something that can drive you. i dont like that people use race to chatagorize and seperate all of us. we're people.

but any who...

i love how the movie shows the couple coping in this new country. ive always admired my parents for what they have done, for being brave enought to come to a new country alone with nothing.

but besides the whole cultural aspect of the movie. its just a great story about family, growing up, drifting apart, but always coming back together.

i cried, yea i said it. i did.

heres a trailer.
theres so much more to the movie then they show but take a look anyways.