Ok... I think it's about time I came out of hiding. I'm probably one of the most long-lasting lurkers around here... I first discovered this forum last October when I bought the DVD (yes... it wasn't released earlier in my country! Can you imagine to wait that long...?! You probably can't...
) I saw the movie at the theatre in February (just twice... which might make me a bit of an outsider here
) and had all the usual symptoms but was too stupid to find this place on the internet. After I finally got the DVD and had seen the movie some more times (a lot more times, actually! I guess I'm not that much of an outsider after all...
) I found this forum and have been following a lot of these threads ever since. I never got round to posting myself, though... First of all because I was too busy reading what you had already written (which was quite a lot by October, mind you!) but also because English isn't my native language (as you will have noticed by now
). That wouldn't have bothered me on any other forum but here most people are so eloquent and have such a great way with words.
And since I find it hard to put in words how BBM has affected me even in my own language, it's even more difficult in English. It's been almost a year since I first saw it and I've never before seen a movie that wouldn't let go of me for such long time. It made me so sad (well... for obvious reasons!) but also hopeful because it seems that true love does exist! There have been times in my 33 years on this planet where I have pretty much given up on that idea... So I need a reminder every now and then!
ven if it's just fictional and probably happens very rarely in real life. I found that to be a very small but important positive message of the movie despite all the depressing circumstances and the tragic ending (...don't even wanna think about it! I'm one of those people who haven't watched the end of the movie in a long time...)
Apart from that, I'm still trying to to find out why this movie has affected me the way it has... ?!?! I honestly don't know. It made me want to change something but I've no idea what. I'm not making much sense here, I know!
Anyway... this is just to introduce myself and to let you know that I enjoy reading what you write very much. I particularly like several of the scene-by-scene threads, Planet Heath (since he was the reason why I went to see the movie in the first place!) and of course all the heartbreaking stories that people share. I will continue to read as much as possible - unfortunately I've got a job which requires me to actually DO some work every now and then...
- and I might even post again. Maybe it gets easier after the first post?