My Reaction: Time Enough at Last

My Twist: All The Time in The World

by Edissy Claudine T. Ramos

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The short video reminds me of ‘In Time’, the 2011 science fiction action thriller starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. In a way, they are comparable.

In ‘In Time’, time has become the ultimate currency. It was a disturbing, yet a very profound theme in which you can stop aging if you have enough time, and you can have enough time if you have enough money to buy time. What struck me the most  was the character of Matt Bomer, a very time-rich old man who said, ‘But the day comes when you've had enough. Your mind can be spent, even if your body's not.  Everyone can't live forever.’

But in ‘Time Enough at Last’, someone was given the chance to live forever. It explored the story of Henry, a bank employee and a total bookworm who was the only one left in the world. He thought of ending his life since it was miserable living alone but then he saw the ruins of the library. It was the biggest collection of books he ever saw, he rejoiced and he had all the time in the world to read all the books he wanted. The movie ended ‘tragically’ when his reading glasses fell and was shattered to pieces.

Both videos make us realize that time is very important and should not be wasted. Yes we have priorities like our job, our studies but everything happens in its own time and its own season. The story of Henry is a perfect bittersweet plot of what everyone wants to have, all the time in the world to do all the things we love.

If I am to give an ending to Henry’s story, it goes like this. When  his reading glasses broke, he realized that no matter how long he lives, no matter how many book he has read, life will never be the same without the people he loved. He mourned not just the death of an everlasting happiness from literature, but also the death of his wife, his family, his co-workers. From too much sorrow and loneliness, he woke up. It turned out to be just a bad dream during his break inside the vault. He went on to change his life for the better.