"The first day of the rest of your life"

1.

"The first day of the rest of your life".

The first time this phrase caught my attention was when I watched "Adaptation".

Then yesterday I watched another movie with exactly this title, and I put it on my status.
A friend asked me what it means and whether it is someone's birthday. I told her "No, this applies for anyone, and any day"

Everyday is the first day of the rest of your life. It's a fact.

Now tell me. Would you wake up every morning with that thought in your mind? The thought that today, like any other day, may just as well be the fresh start of a part of your life, of sth totally new?

Everyday is a new start. It's a fact. It's not a philosophy.

2. Now that the post above reminded me about Adaptation...

Can remember that it was recommended to me by Frog (jeez, just another geeky guy XD )

Ok, firstly, it's not suitable for impatient people :| (Allan asked me after 20 minutes into the movie: "how can you like such a boring and sleepy movie?" T___T)

But if you want sth strange, sth that intrigues you, try this please. It is a very different movie, smart and original. If you have watched "Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind" or "Being John Malkovich", you would expect the same level of originality from this whimsical scriptwriter.

Acting wise, you've got Nicolas Cage, you've got Meryl Streep and you've got a guy that won an Oscar for his supporting role in this movie (I don't remember his name, sorry XD). So, I think I won't need to describe the acting here.

Script wise, it's weird and crazy. And got a whole lots of quotes that I like so much.

Lastly, it's got a lot of interesting trivia facts that you don't get to see in the movie itself, but at that time I liked it so much that I went Google it XD. To name a few interesting trivia:

- The script writer actually wrote himself into the script, accompanied by a fictitious twin brother.

- The credits include this twin brother as the co-writer, and the movie is dedicated "In loving memory" of Donald (the name of the imaginary twin brother).

- And because the credits include this imaginary scriptwriter, he was also nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar, despite the fact that he doesn't exist at all :| and "Academy made it known that, in the event of a victory, the two brothers would have to share one statue." Well, they didn't win, but if they did, I don't know how they would share the prize :))