I sat down and watched this movie last night in the dark. I have been wishing to begin watching movies again. Not just movies, but movies like this. Slow, quiet, serious and contemplative, movies that make me think and examine life. This was exactly what I was looking for last night. In my attempts to slow down and to find the simple life I'm looking for, I thought watching movies might help to slow my mind down and take my mind off life's troubles. I have been thinking that relaxing and watching a movie in the evenings will be a part of the simple life plan I long for. Instead of working every night or running around, how awesome would it be to just curl up on the couch each evening with your one true love and a bottle of wine to watch a movie in the semi-dark? I can only imagine how wonderful that would be. And how cool would it be to spend an entire weekend just slumming on the couch with your one true love, watching movies all day, while the snow comes down. This movie was just what the doctor ordered last night. There were so many underlying tones in this movie that were so similar to so much of what I've been thinking lately. I will watch this again soon.
These lines from Tommy Lee Jones at the end of the movie really struck a nerve. I'm not sure yet what it says or how it relates to me, but there is something there.
I don’t know. I feel overmatched.
…I always thought when I got older
God would sort of come into my life
in some way. He didn’t. I don’t blame
him. If I was him I’d have the same
opinion about me that he does.
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