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Seven Pounds

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Yesterday on a quick move we decided to head to the movies. Feeling keen to see the new Will Smith movie " Seven Pounds" (btw it’s German title is "Seven Lifes"), to be honest, I wasn’t really aware about what I would see.
But having heard about it a bit I didn’t really expect an easy to consume movie though.

The movie does start somewhat confusing and it really needs a while for you getting an idea about what is going on here. And believe me or not, I really can’t imagine some thoughtfully and caring person not leaving the cinema later on feeling "touched" by the story.

The movie is as fascinating as scaring at the end. And the idea behind about balancing something bad you have done or forced earlier with something good now - however good it might be - is something "rather" strange. Especially as for we all know about it doesn’t work! Nothing in world can make something not having happend first.

It is our fate or luck …. however you like to see it …. that our brain is made to forget about bad things quickly and instead thend to store nice and pleasant memories even more "pleasant" as they might have been really.

As a commited organ donator this story touches me in several ways. First of all seeing what can be done is great and encourages me in my thinking. But on a second look, it is very deep touching as well and I can’t ommit me thinking that such doing (story or not) would turn the whole tingy into an absurdness???

I really can say this movie keeps me busy thinking about! It is a touching movie – not sure I would call it "good" movie though!

The Pursuit of Happyness

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Given by the title of this posting- Don’t worry!!

I’m not actually sticking in some crisis and I’m also not in front of some critical birthday (passed my 40th birthday already a while ago :-| ) ….

This weekend  the movie  “The Pursuit of Happyness” with Will Smith was shown here on TV and even I have seen it already two times, I couldn’t resist to watch it again.

There are a lot of movies worth to watch them a seconded time for sure.  And I do not really know why, but this one is special for me …. I can feel that this movie it is different and I’m aware it touches me directly.

I never had heard about the story of Chris Gardner and his son before and I very well remember that when I went into cinema, I had no right idea about the story of the movie and what would expect me.

But the feelings I had when I left the cinema later on were deep …. I felt touched and my brain was very busy processing the things I had seen.

“The Pursuit of Happyness” …. “Pursuit” …. don’t we pursuit, hunt, chase, quest or search for something … anything … all day long?  Something we sometimes might get …  but also things we often don’t get? Perhaps we not even know about what we are looking for?

How often do we get “what we pursuit”?

Happyness? Are we happy? …. What does it need to be happy?

Money? A big car or house? Success? Staying healthy? Real friends? Or of course better the “right” friends …. Or basically just the feeling of being “Happy”?!

Living a happy life! …. Feeling happy for a day? …. a hour? …. Perhaps just a second! …. Happyness?!

How do we know we are happy?

Whenever I see this movie my brain starts to spin about all these questions. Thanks got I can stop it again after a while! ;-)