it was interesting. i had no intentions of staying up until 4 am watching movies; but somehow that's exactly what happened. what is stranger still, all of the movies centered around one thing: love. without concious effort i proceeded to watch "Pay it forward", "The Notebook" and "Moulin Rouge". now, two of these movies i'm not a big fan of and would probably not reccomend them or watch them again; but it was just strange how three completely different movies could center on the same thing and come to the same conclusion: life is junk, so love. it could be said more eloquently, i know. but each film showed the nitty gritty and filthy side of life; messy human beings who struggle with their own fatal flaws. each film resolved that those things will not change, the problems of life (which, though the movies do not say this, seem to allow for a sin nature in man), but the way to make life bareable - to change the world, is to love people.
in the "Moulin Rouge" a quote that perplexed me was "the greatest thing you can learn is to love and to be loved in return" -- sounds rather "Beauty and the Beast"-esqu, no? it was strange that something should come out of a film rooted in sensual lust that seemed so close to truth that you could feel it. each film, though, resolved that the fleeting moments of pleasure on earth; the love you experienced, were all that a person could look forward to. the embraces, the loving words, the companionship, the sex -- all of that, to Hollywood, is love. it's a warm feeling which transcends all of life. but if that were all that it should take to keep people together for a happily ever after, why is the world so ravaged by broken hearts and divorce? if the feelings were enough to last a liftime, then why don't they?
Questions to ponder...
