THE BUCKET LIST
3 out of 5 stars

aww... this movie made me cry so much... :’( i think this was marketed as a comedy, but it’s actually really dramatic sprinkled with some comedic moments. it’s light-hearted, but then it’s not... this is definitely a movie that makes you wonder: what is on YOUR bucket list? ;)

the characters of carter chambers (morgan freeman) and edward cole (jack nicholson) could not be any more different. carter is a history-loving, jeopardy enthusiast, mechanic family man with three loving kids and a caring wife, and edward is a hustling, kopi luwak (most expensive coffee in the world) drinkin’ businessman/CEO mogul who has no family but TONS of $. the commonality between these two men is the fact that they both have lung cancer... both men end up in the cancer ward of one of the hospitals edward cole helped build, and while they battle their cancer, they inadvertently become...well, friends. then, one day, edward picks up a scrunched up piece of paper...carter’s “bucket list”. of course, edward convinces carter to go on an adventure of crossing certain items off, and they travel to france to eat the finest caviar, wear silk suits in hong kong, ride a motorcycle along the great wall of china, skydive, get tats, visit the taj mahal in india, see the great pyramids of egypt, and even go on a safari in south africa! i mean...if you’re going to die, you must as well go out with a bang, right? ;)

as ridic as this plot sounds, it’s a good story about how two men bond over their conditions. they both know that the clock’s ticking away, and that it was time to get life by the balls while their cancer was in remission... the ending is very sad yet a good ending, and it reminded me a lot of my dad and the way he lived. i’m sure if he had millions in the bank, he would have been a total edward. R.I.P. dad... :’)