Descendant

The Descendant is a cup of bitter coffee to keep you awake. It seemingly is such a simple movie but the films keep rolling on your mind.

It was a story of a loser who searched for the man who got his dying wife. Well, the story line was so simple that you might get easily asleep. And yet, with the Hawaiian music as the background, the atmosphere was blue and kept me going through all the scenes with Matt King.

All Matt wanted to do was to know if the man loved his dying wife. After all, he could not do anything to get his wife back: being diagnosed brain stem death and incubated for survival, she is technically dead. No matter the answer it would be from the man, it would resolve the lock of Matt.

The man said no, when Matt asked him. It was so unfortunate to Matt and his wife. His wife loved the guy and would divorce for him. Matt was defeated by the man who did not love his wife.

And Matt forgave the man. It was the heart of the film. Let the power of forgiveness override every emotion and judgement. Let the past go.