I very much enjoyed this movie.
I like Geena Davis's character because she really seems to care about the man and want to help him. I guess, Don't we all? But so much of the time we're just waiting for someone to notice us and want us and want to help us, we don't look for a way we could actually help someone else. I mean, sure, she's probably lonely and wants a man, and she wants a dad for her son, but still I think her first thought is that she could help this man - first with his dog, then with his life. And she's so persistent. Makes me think about how marriage is a choice, but like most choices, there are things we have to do to make them, and to achieve the wanted result.
I don't desire to live like G.D.'s character, jumping in on a man so quickly after his separation and stopping at nothing to get her way. But I do think I could learn a thing or two from her, mostly that she plays the head writer in her life, and in contrast the dude totally doesn't learn how to do that till the end.
Also, the scene where the kid (Alexander?) is getting picked on by the other kids and the guy sees him and wants to help him. That was my first cry. I don't know what it is about kids getting picked on that just makes me so sad and so angry at the same time. I seriously hate it.. in real life, in the movies (when they're done real), in theory, whatever. There are so many kids in this world that need love and encouragement, I almost feel like I should spend my life helping them, rather than bringing new ones in.
I love the opening scene (was it the opening scene?) where the large man is sitting next to the guy and he's like, "I'm sorry I'm fat, I'm So-and-So, who are you?" or whatever. Hilarious.
Rose and Julian were weird but funny. Everything was so quirky and interesting, and the acting was phenomenal. Seriously, how can you show that kind of depth of grief without really "showing" or "acting" it, you know? It's amazing. Like are they really feeling that pain, or are they thinking of some similar pain from their real life, or do they just know how to make a certain kind of face, and people believe it? This is what I want to know (and learn how to do.)
**movie from Roger Ebert's four-star reviews, PG set
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
The Adjustment Bureau
I'm definitely more motivated to beat down my obstacles now.
This movie reminds me of all the people in the Bible that "fought" with God or bargained with him or whatever. That's how people in the Bible prayed - like it might actually make a difference, like God was real and had reasons and could listen to your reasons and could respect you.
Does God respect me? This is a weird question I have never thought of before. What does respect mean? According to Google, it is "a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements."
I usually believe God loves everyone just the same and it's not what we do that makes him love us more or less. He loves us because he made us. Everything we are is from him, so maybe he does love us for who we are, but who we are goes back to him anyway. So maybe he does respect us, but it all goes back to him anyway.
This is all a little bit mind blowing.
I still don't really understand free will.
Also, I often think a guy is going to steer me off the path I'm supposed to be taking. Or if I do anything even a little bit wrong, it's going to ruin everything.. all the good things I could have had or been. But sometimes I think nothing I do can change what's supposed to be.
That's sort of why I like this movie, because it plays with the idea that it's a little bit of both.
I do have free will, but it is God's number one plan for me that I am obedient to him and seek him first because then I will truly fulfill my purpose and have the most abundant life.
And I think our hearts matter even more than our actions. Is Matt Damon chasing this girl for purely selfish reasons, or does he really care about her and want to love her for her good? Well I think the second one is true, which is why Thompson used the threat of him messing up her life in order to make him give her up.
This movie was good because it made me think about things, but it really doesn't know anything about what it's talking about.
We can't be satisfied by a lover any more than we can be satisfied by achievement and applause. You could even feel it at the end of the movie, how now that they're allowed to have each other, it's not quite as exciting. They'll just go back to their normal lives, and when they can see each other everyday all the time whenever they want, it will become usual, and they'll start to look for the next pop-up bathroom experience.
The only thing we can be satisfied by is God, and what's awesome is he brings us those refreshing girl-in-the-bathroom-type moments all the time, but so often we worship the moment instead of the creator of the moment.
The Creator never changes, and if we seek him, we'll see him in our everyday, and we will stop caring so much about achievement and applause and about lovers and potential lovers. Our purpose will become something greater. It will become about something bigger than our life on earth, and then we can really be free to be who we are and serve who really matters, and that is the freedom and journey I long for.
**This was not a Roger Ebert movie. It wasn't four-star quality (I agree), but my acting class was talking about it forever last week, and I can see why.
This movie reminds me of all the people in the Bible that "fought" with God or bargained with him or whatever. That's how people in the Bible prayed - like it might actually make a difference, like God was real and had reasons and could listen to your reasons and could respect you.
Does God respect me? This is a weird question I have never thought of before. What does respect mean? According to Google, it is "a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements."
I usually believe God loves everyone just the same and it's not what we do that makes him love us more or less. He loves us because he made us. Everything we are is from him, so maybe he does love us for who we are, but who we are goes back to him anyway. So maybe he does respect us, but it all goes back to him anyway.
This is all a little bit mind blowing.
I still don't really understand free will.
Also, I often think a guy is going to steer me off the path I'm supposed to be taking. Or if I do anything even a little bit wrong, it's going to ruin everything.. all the good things I could have had or been. But sometimes I think nothing I do can change what's supposed to be.
That's sort of why I like this movie, because it plays with the idea that it's a little bit of both.
I do have free will, but it is God's number one plan for me that I am obedient to him and seek him first because then I will truly fulfill my purpose and have the most abundant life.
And I think our hearts matter even more than our actions. Is Matt Damon chasing this girl for purely selfish reasons, or does he really care about her and want to love her for her good? Well I think the second one is true, which is why Thompson used the threat of him messing up her life in order to make him give her up.
This movie was good because it made me think about things, but it really doesn't know anything about what it's talking about.
We can't be satisfied by a lover any more than we can be satisfied by achievement and applause. You could even feel it at the end of the movie, how now that they're allowed to have each other, it's not quite as exciting. They'll just go back to their normal lives, and when they can see each other everyday all the time whenever they want, it will become usual, and they'll start to look for the next pop-up bathroom experience.
The only thing we can be satisfied by is God, and what's awesome is he brings us those refreshing girl-in-the-bathroom-type moments all the time, but so often we worship the moment instead of the creator of the moment.
The Creator never changes, and if we seek him, we'll see him in our everyday, and we will stop caring so much about achievement and applause and about lovers and potential lovers. Our purpose will become something greater. It will become about something bigger than our life on earth, and then we can really be free to be who we are and serve who really matters, and that is the freedom and journey I long for.
**This was not a Roger Ebert movie. It wasn't four-star quality (I agree), but my acting class was talking about it forever last week, and I can see why.
Friday, February 7, 2014
The Age of Innocence
I just really like Winona Ryder. What is she doing these days?
--Scuse me a minute while I look her up on IMDB--
Well, she's still acting but not as much, it seems.
This movie was sort of slow-paced, very talky, and nothing but romance, which is not my number one choice of movie, but I still found it somewhat interesting.
I like how at the end (spoiler alert) he doesn't go in to see her. I guess he just wants to keep her in his mind the way he imagined? Not sure but it's pretty interesting considering he says his wife didn't give him a choice and that's why he stayed, but now he is being given a choice and he's still not being with the other woman.
I think the point is that even though his wife "told him" he couldn't go, she actually was asking because he actually could have done whatever he wanted. So ultimately he wanted to stay true to his commitment despite what he felt he wanted, and he still did even after his commitment was dead.
I think that's cool. Because he should have just not married May in the first place, but since he did, he needed to stay true to his decision, especially considering she gave him an out during their engagement. She wanted it to be longer so he could have time to decide about another woman. That really is "noble," as Michelle Pfeiffer's character says.
How hard it is once you have someone you love to not try to clench your fists around them no matter what the truth may be.
--Scuse me a minute while I look her up on IMDB--
Well, she's still acting but not as much, it seems.
This movie was sort of slow-paced, very talky, and nothing but romance, which is not my number one choice of movie, but I still found it somewhat interesting.
I like how at the end (spoiler alert) he doesn't go in to see her. I guess he just wants to keep her in his mind the way he imagined? Not sure but it's pretty interesting considering he says his wife didn't give him a choice and that's why he stayed, but now he is being given a choice and he's still not being with the other woman.
I think the point is that even though his wife "told him" he couldn't go, she actually was asking because he actually could have done whatever he wanted. So ultimately he wanted to stay true to his commitment despite what he felt he wanted, and he still did even after his commitment was dead.
I think that's cool. Because he should have just not married May in the first place, but since he did, he needed to stay true to his decision, especially considering she gave him an out during their engagement. She wanted it to be longer so he could have time to decide about another woman. That really is "noble," as Michelle Pfeiffer's character says.
How hard it is once you have someone you love to not try to clench your fists around them no matter what the truth may be.
**movie from Roger Ebert's four-star reviews, PG set
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