Movie: Edge of Tomorrow

Yesterday night I watched the new release movie, Edge of Tomorrow. It is starred by Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Like what the tagline tells: live. die. repeat, the movie itself shows us the repetition of the same day all over again. After William Cage (Tom Cruise) dies in the combat, he will wake up again and repeat the same day. He doesn't know what happens to him until he meets Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) who has once experienced it. 

This film is about an invasion by alien called Mimics. William Cage has to fight in the battle but it is not easy. He dies and as always will wake up and repeat the same day. Pretty much it looks like playing a video game. If we dies in the fight then we will repeat the game. The same thing goes with Cage. He dies, he repeats the day. The good thing is that each day he wakes up he learns new thing and manages to go further in the invasion. 

There was one scene that catch my attention. In order to live longer in the invasion, he has to learn how to fight the Mimics. That's why Rita puts him in a place to fight fake mimics. He is not someone trained to go for war. For sure, he got killed and has to repeat the day. I am not sure how many times he wakes up until he stopped that training. But he grows stronger and know the techniques after those repeated training.

 

At last, when he thinks that he has lost the power but still has the desire to win the invasion, he tries to do different thing and keep on going to the final end with the thought that there is only one last chance. Either Cage or Rita do their best in that battle.

First point that we can take from the film is that "practice really makes perfect". We always feel bored when doing times over and over again, but without our realization actually we are being better each time we repeat the process. When Cage is in training with Rita, we can't count how many times he fails. What we know for sure is that after the training, he becomes cleverer than ever because he has known what works and which one doesn't. 

Second point is we never know whether to get another chance or not. Therefore, we have to do our best in every chance we get. How if we mess up our last chance. Cage and Rita can't miss that last time of theirs. If they mess up, their struggle from the beginning is useless. Of course none of us want to mess up with our things, right?

To sum it up, if you still have the time to practice, practice more. If you have to repeat the same process, repeat it and get the points. Eventually, you'll get the hang of it. You'll figure out the things that work and which don't. There will be one time you might need it. It will prepare you to face the bigger battle in your lives. After all, you will need those experiences later. Pay attention to the details. Good luck!

Thanks for reading :)

-Jess-