Movie Madness
As i'm reading through my blog - i notice that my last two posts have very little to do with healing or writing. The serial killer post i added because i couldn't believe that in Spain you can only spend 20 years in prision no matter how many people you kill as long as it is not an act of terrorism. That's crazy.
Here it is saturday a.m. i'm at work! yes, that is a sentence. not a good one like that one that follows it but one nonetheless. watched two very different movies last night:
Duel - Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about an innocent motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg’s first full-length movie, Duel helped jumpstart the director’s big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that “...belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers” (Dailey Variety).
Deul was not good! Perhaps it is only because it has been done so many times since. but maybe back in the day it was viewed as a great movie. There's a point in the movie when he gets pushed off the road by the truck and ends up in a diner/gas station type establishment. While he's in the bathroom 're-grouping' and cleaning up, he starts to think about how a couple of minutes can change your life forever. I believe he refers to his last life-altering 16 minuntes. After those momments does anybody actually change the course of their life? Do people change? I think back to little mona - have I changed or have I just altered enough to be considered 'a grown-up'? What shapes us? all this from a movie? could it be the movie wasn't as bad as i had originally thought?! nah, i'm never wrong! hahahaha. I'm certain I could prepare a list of 16 minute life affirming mommments. it is on our daily living that we so often forget those days, hours, minutes, etc... that keep us grounded. Perspective is everything.
and...
Garden State - Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown in New Jersey after a decade away to attend his mother's funeral. Having just weaned himself off antidepressants, the young man begins to see his life in a new light, which leads him to confront his psychologist father (Ian Holm) and forge a connection with a new friend (Natalie Portman).
Here it is saturday a.m. i'm at work! yes, that is a sentence. not a good one like that one that follows it but one nonetheless. watched two very different movies last night:
Duel - Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about an innocent motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg’s first full-length movie, Duel helped jumpstart the director’s big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that “...belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers” (Dailey Variety).
Deul was not good! Perhaps it is only because it has been done so many times since. but maybe back in the day it was viewed as a great movie. There's a point in the movie when he gets pushed off the road by the truck and ends up in a diner/gas station type establishment. While he's in the bathroom 're-grouping' and cleaning up, he starts to think about how a couple of minutes can change your life forever. I believe he refers to his last life-altering 16 minuntes. After those momments does anybody actually change the course of their life? Do people change? I think back to little mona - have I changed or have I just altered enough to be considered 'a grown-up'? What shapes us? all this from a movie? could it be the movie wasn't as bad as i had originally thought?! nah, i'm never wrong! hahahaha. I'm certain I could prepare a list of 16 minute life affirming mommments. it is on our daily living that we so often forget those days, hours, minutes, etc... that keep us grounded. Perspective is everything.
and...
Garden State - Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown in New Jersey after a decade away to attend his mother's funeral. Having just weaned himself off antidepressants, the young man begins to see his life in a new light, which leads him to confront his psychologist father (Ian Holm) and forge a connection with a new friend (Natalie Portman).
Good movie! I know it has been out on DVD for awhile but I'm catching up on all my movies now that the Oscars are over and everyone has stopped talking about them. The acting is really good and the plot is fantastic. Every movie has a little predicatibility, this one keeps it to a bare minimum. You like the characters - you root for them. They learn, they grow, they are dynamic. Zach Braff, re-iterates one point throughout the movie - families are dysfunctional. All of them. No spoiler here - I was tempted because some of the juicy bits are really amazing. Definitely you should see this movie.
...i haven't really been living in the abuse as of late. I need periods of time (however brief) to not deal with all that heavy stuff. My emotional baggage is plentiful and it exhausts me. I'm old enough to realize I can not bury it all inside myself but with that wisdom has come the realization that I don't have to 'deal' with it everyday either. Yes there is a daily struggle of sorts but it's not everyday or maybe it's just become so much apart of me. Of who I am.
