Victoria Hinz "Cold Fever"

The movie, Cold Fever, got me thinking about what is truly important in live. Live isn't about who can get the farthest up the work totem pole. In the movie, the main character, has to give up a work trip to Hawaii to do a ritual for his parents. His parents died in a car accident in Iceland multiple years ago and he never went to perform the ritual. His grandfather finally convinced him to go. He was bitter about doing it the majority of the time his was there, but then towards the end his thoughts had changed. At the end of the movie the main character was a completely new person. He no longer cares about as much about work and his more focused on this family and rituals. After watching this movie and writing the paper, I realized that I was focusing on some of the wrong parts of life. My grandmother is getting married this summer and all I could think about before was what dress I would be wearing and what part I would be given. Later I realized that I needed to focus more on the actual wedding ceremony and that a new person would be added into my family. Now, I don't care about as much about what I'm wearing. I am more excited about the wedding itself, and getting to spend time with family members I don't get to see that often.