You could think about your life in its entirety, or any short term aspect of it.
Right now I'm watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind again, and I am reminded how brilliant it is (very unique directing, writing, and acting), and how difficult the pain of love lost is. (I wouldn't say this encapsulates my life, but it just got me thinking. I'll have to think further about my own question and answer...)
I LOVE that movie. I'm a big fan of Michel Gondry's style and Charlie Kaufman's writing, which I discovered from this movie. Michel and his brother created these amazing short stories in 2018 in a series called Las Vegas Love Stories. It's so crazy to me to see all that was created into about 8 seconds each. You've probably seen it already-- I know you're a film buff. adage.com/.../949506 And then Charlie Kaufman is publishing a book in 2020, which I want to read to get in his mind. First on Eternal Sunshine, then Adaptiation, and Synecdoche, I just really enjoy his thoughts, dreary and dark as they may be.
I'm not sure if there is one that fits my life. I'll give it some more thought though.
Don't forget "Being John Malkovich". That is one of the most original movies I can bring to mind. And I've read the original screenplay. It is even weirder and darker than the movie.
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This is hard for me because I don't watch a lot of movies - my philosophy is unless a movie is very very good - its not worth watching - so I never view Netlfix since the best movies rarely appear in their selection pool.
I would say the movie about scrooge describes my life - I used to be stingy and proud and greedy but my fear of hell changed me - now I dream all day long about doing good things - most of the time I don't have the time or energy or freedom to help everybody I want to help but I fantasize about doing good deeds.
Perhaps "Say Anything"? Hard to say, really. I can identify with the outsider who is admired by many yet that's just not enough. And how life is pretty arbitrary.
Eternal Sunshine is an excellent film, very thought-provoking. It catches the essence of pain and regret in romantic relationships.
Yes, life is often arbitrary, isn't it. I've seen Sunshine probably four times now, since 2004, but I have a shit memory and I tend to be quite dark so once again I forgot that it ended with hope! They realized their memories had been wiped, and that the pain would inevitably come again, yet they both agreed to do it all again. So nice.
Is it good? Never saw it. I don't feel very strongly towards her one way or another, but she's really good in a lesser-known film 'Long Shot'. I like the odd combination with Seth Rogen. Way better than I thought it'd be. But I am a Seth fan. I think he does very modern comedy writing.
It's ok but it's about the fact of being an older adult stuck in limbo which is about where I'm at and I was tempted to which long shot which I will now at your recommendation
I've always had a soft spot for Good Will Hunting. Probably because I'm a smart kid who holds himself back due to some childhood trauma. But instead of having someone hug me and tell me it's not my fault, I've got my little internal voice telling me it's all my fault.
Lost in Translation. No doubt about that. Lonely, living abroad, no idea what's happening around me getting a one night stand every once in a while despite actually liking someone else
Aww, I love that movie. So beautiful. Sophia Copolla did an outstanding job, making it quiet and not overblown. Yes, I don't know how people move away by themselves. It must be terribly lonely.
I have never actually finished the Ethernal Sunshine... I have tried watching it twice with two different partners and they both just started falling asleep in a middle of the movie. I dont like watching movies on alone but the only person I know I could finish this one with is my mum who lives 1500km away from here
It's worth finishing, imho. Watch it yourself, and next time someone wants to watch it with you, your attention can wander a bit, because you'll already have experienced it fully once. It's so visually stunning, the camera tricks and editing, hard to look away. I turned it on last night when my husband was supposed to be packing for a trip, and he couldn't focus, as it got later and later, up until 11pm, so I turned it off, to release him. We are big film enthusiasts, so rare gems like this hold our attention.
That is a hard one. Maybe someone has a movie recomendation. The closest I can think of is "Where is Hannah" or that one with that trash robot almost wining in the robot boxing league. My life's been like - lonely and bullied in school - knocked down and thrown away by everyone, picked up by myself, fought back, achieved some dreams, still lost in the end and am still lonely. Now pack to picking myself up. Next goal is to move to a different country and restart again.
Anything with rebellion against the America gov, including it's corrupt police and medical system. If you don't think the KKK/nazism is still running in the background of America, you're not paying attention.
The organization I work for has some turmoil and it may or may not have to do with defense issues. There's still some power conflict and possible mutinous intentions.
My life is a disaster, Im a loner, probably Stalker or Mad Max but in Mad Max someone like Golden Youth or some poor bastar dying in the wasteland, but Max is very broken and suffer too much, and he is like a deadman, very empty till the ending of the sequel: "And it was here, in this blighted place, that he learned to live again."
I would have to say the movie "Risky Business" Mainly because I have a tendency to live my life according to the credo "Sometimes you just have to say what the fuck!"
Maybe Mud (2012) for a one I watched recently, except I am every character in that one: Mud, Juniper, Ellis, Neckbone, Tom, Senior, Mary Lee, Galen... all of them. I am a combo of all the characters.
Yep thats them, I love the old Francis the Talking Mule movies https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cX_tE0M3ZCI Francis was a mule character who became a celebrity during the 1950s as the star of seven popular Universal-International film comedies
It flew by, but there is hope at the end ("I'll never starve again"). It seems like I made a lot of mistakes and same ones over and over..."Scarlet". And that I was shot to hell a few times "Rhett". Seems directionless washing through time, Forrest... I've yet to find my Bubba Gump shrimp.
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