Poetic Film Review: Revolutionary Road (2008)

In the realm of time, where reputations sway,
A film's great fame can swiftly fade away.
Titanic, once a box office king,
Now mocked and scorned, its glory lost in the ring.

The passage of time, a merciless guide,
Reveals the flaws that critics once couldn't hide.
A decade later, the same film's despised,
A testament to time's unyielding, cruel surprise.

But what if Jack and Rose had stayed together, free?
Perhaps in Revolutionary Road, we see,
An alternate tale, a what-if scenario played,
Where love and dreams are lost in suburban shades.

In 1950s America, a time of supposed bliss,
We find Frank and April, trapped in a loveless kiss.
Their dreams of art and freedom, lost in the haze,
Of corporate jobs and suburban, middle-class daze.

April's ambitions, cut short, like a dying flame,
Leave her with nothing, but a life of mundane pain.
Frank's desires, too, are lost, in a sea of gray,
As he chooses comfort, over a life of disarray.

Their love, a shipwreck, lost at sea,
A tragedy, that's inevitable, we see.
The film, a commentary, on the American dream,
A critique of the suburbs, where freedom's just a scheme.

But, like Titanic, it's a film of its time,
A reflection of the era, in which it was designed.
The characters, flawed, and hard to adore,
Leave the audience, with no one to root for, once more.

The film, a masterpiece, of technical polish and might,
Fades from memory, like a fleeting, lost light.
For in the end, it's just another Oscar-bait tale,
A story of tragedy, and lost dreams, that fails to prevail.

Yet, in its themes, we find a truth, so bold,
That the American dream, is just a myth, to be told.
And that the suburbs, where freedom's lost, and love's a chore,
Can be a prison, where dreams go to die, forevermore.

(Note: The review in its original form can be read here.)

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