The movie 50 First Dates is about a man named Henry Roth, starring Adam Sandler, who lives in Hawaii. One day Henry meets Lucy Whitmore, an art teacher, played by Drew Barrymore, in a café one morning. Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other. They plan to meet to have breakfast together the next morning. Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognize him. The owner of the café pulls Henry aside and explains that Lucy suffers from anterograde amnesia, also called 'Goldfield Syndrome' in the movie. The amnesia is the result of a car accident she was in a year earlier. Her condition has left her with no memory of anything between the day of the accident and the present, because she is incapable of converting short-term memories into long-term memories. At the beginning of each day, she loses all memory of the past day. She believes that every day is October 13, 2002, the day of her accident. Lucy’s father, Marlin, and brother, Doug, attempt to re-enact the activities of October 13, every day to prevent her from suffering from learning about the accident. Henry, however, won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.
50 First Dates relates well to chapter 6 in our books which discusses the types of memory. In the movie Lucy had suffered from anterograde amnesia. This type of amnesia, written about in the book, is the loss of memory from the point of injury or illness forward. People with this type of amnesia have trouble remembering anything new, such as Lucy did in the movie when she thought every day was the day of her accident.
The movie shows the effects of someone, such as Lucy, not remembering a new day on family and friends, and how much difficulty they go through to make someone, such as Lucy, not feel completely in pain. Not only does the movie show how the effect of having someone in your life not remember you day to day, it also shows how the person is helped to overcome his or her inability to remember with the help and support of loved ones.
50 First Dates relates well to chapter 6 in our books which discusses the types of memory. In the movie Lucy had suffered from anterograde amnesia. This type of amnesia, written about in the book, is the loss of memory from the point of injury or illness forward. People with this type of amnesia have trouble remembering anything new, such as Lucy did in the movie when she thought every day was the day of her accident.
The movie shows the effects of someone, such as Lucy, not remembering a new day on family and friends, and how much difficulty they go through to make someone, such as Lucy, not feel completely in pain. Not only does the movie show how the effect of having someone in your life not remember you day to day, it also shows how the person is helped to overcome his or her inability to remember with the help and support of loved ones.
this movie was great!
ReplyDeleteI love it. Good movie with very meaning full information we can gain from watching it. Thank u to the Producers.
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