Yes! Yes! YES! I Love Life!!
Today I watched "I Heart Huckabee's" and find myself elated! I resisted seeing the movie, because it came so highly recommended like "Sideways" or any other entertainment that seems prized by the intellectual. Questions like, "will I look good if I see this movie?" would often cross many a mind. Mainly, I questioned whether it was worth watching a movie that had Jude Law in it. I mean, after the disaster of 'Closer' one can only hesistate. There was a movie that made it seem like the world consisted of four selfish individuals, who couldn't see that their inability to be authentic with each other, made their art worthless. How incredibly boring.
Huckabees is one of those spasmic reminders that life is all things and that self-introspection and deconstructing one's self and personal stories can result in horrible and magnificent things. And none of these things matter. The movie volleys between two separate schools of thought. One is Existential the other nihilistic. Is life inter-connected/love and all encompassing or is it meaningless and cruel? And do we have the will-power to over-come the daily drama of life and our existence to entertain these thoughts? Are we able to set aside our personal drama so that we may take on greater things and do great things?
Albert, the main character (almost, but not by much), must let go of his stories about his work, the people in his life and his past, to realized that he is connected to everything and isolated at the same time. He deconstructs his past, confronts his worst feelings about being dominated, made to feel ashamed and his fears of loosing everything by doing just that. It is only when he sees the drama he creates, that he is able to see himself in everything and see how it doesn't matter. With this accomplished, he is able to be intimate with others, and take on what he cares about. He's even able to see himself in his worst enemy and see himself as his worst enemy, and not let that stop him from what he wants to accomplish.
One of the characters who was deconstructing herself was a spokes model for the department store Huckabee's which is supposed to be like a target or a Wal-Mart. Her life came down to, "do I have to be beautiful all the time?" She went from being glamorous to dressing like a dirty farmer, with teeth un-brushed and hair a mess. She lost her job, but she found what she always wanted: true love. So, the answer to her question was no/yes. Ha!
Tommy, a fireman played by Mark Wahlberg, looses everything, too, when he deconstructs himself and takes a look at the big picture in life. His wife leaves him, he isn't allowed to see his daughter, the other fireman laugh at him, when he refuses to ride in the fire truck. Once he takes a look at the big pictures in life which includes, war lords, crimes against humanity for oil, sweat shops in Asia, he can no longer go on with the life he always has. He is perfect, for he represents almost any American. I love Tommy the character for his pursuit of the truth, for his violent stand he takes for those he looks up to, and for being committed to seeing the big picture, now that he has seen it. I also love Mark Wahlberg. Every expression he made was beautiful in emotion. There was so much innocence in his portrayal of Tommy, the average American, the average human being. All of it was remarkable.
No one's deconstruction was more beautiful than Jude Law's character, the conniving, boring, mean-spirited sales executive of Huckabee's. He dominates others, before he can be dominated. He is shallow, self-serving and just about anybody on the street. Hell, if you're reading this, take a look inside. I can see it in me, too. He seemingly has the most to loose (as we all think we do). And in deconstructing himself, in pulling away the layers of who he has made himself into, he is almost unable to confront the choices he's made. When he sees his life, he throws up in the Huckabee's board room in front of all the senior executives. The big picture for him is left incomplete.
Through this journey, there are the Existential Investigators and the Nihilist Investigator, who open up these cases (or cans of worms) for their clients to look at. They are like the third-eye in us all, revealing back to us why we do anything, why things are connected, what we really want in life. In the end everything is united, even the schools of thought.
So, what is it for you? What would life look like if you looked at the big picture? If you deconstructed yourself? What question dominates your life, and in turn dominates others? What keeps you from taking on great things? What do you want your world to look like? Life's meaningless anyway, so choose.
Signing off, World Girl
Huckabees is one of those spasmic reminders that life is all things and that self-introspection and deconstructing one's self and personal stories can result in horrible and magnificent things. And none of these things matter. The movie volleys between two separate schools of thought. One is Existential the other nihilistic. Is life inter-connected/love and all encompassing or is it meaningless and cruel? And do we have the will-power to over-come the daily drama of life and our existence to entertain these thoughts? Are we able to set aside our personal drama so that we may take on greater things and do great things?
Albert, the main character (almost, but not by much), must let go of his stories about his work, the people in his life and his past, to realized that he is connected to everything and isolated at the same time. He deconstructs his past, confronts his worst feelings about being dominated, made to feel ashamed and his fears of loosing everything by doing just that. It is only when he sees the drama he creates, that he is able to see himself in everything and see how it doesn't matter. With this accomplished, he is able to be intimate with others, and take on what he cares about. He's even able to see himself in his worst enemy and see himself as his worst enemy, and not let that stop him from what he wants to accomplish.
One of the characters who was deconstructing herself was a spokes model for the department store Huckabee's which is supposed to be like a target or a Wal-Mart. Her life came down to, "do I have to be beautiful all the time?" She went from being glamorous to dressing like a dirty farmer, with teeth un-brushed and hair a mess. She lost her job, but she found what she always wanted: true love. So, the answer to her question was no/yes. Ha!
Tommy, a fireman played by Mark Wahlberg, looses everything, too, when he deconstructs himself and takes a look at the big picture in life. His wife leaves him, he isn't allowed to see his daughter, the other fireman laugh at him, when he refuses to ride in the fire truck. Once he takes a look at the big pictures in life which includes, war lords, crimes against humanity for oil, sweat shops in Asia, he can no longer go on with the life he always has. He is perfect, for he represents almost any American. I love Tommy the character for his pursuit of the truth, for his violent stand he takes for those he looks up to, and for being committed to seeing the big picture, now that he has seen it. I also love Mark Wahlberg. Every expression he made was beautiful in emotion. There was so much innocence in his portrayal of Tommy, the average American, the average human being. All of it was remarkable.
No one's deconstruction was more beautiful than Jude Law's character, the conniving, boring, mean-spirited sales executive of Huckabee's. He dominates others, before he can be dominated. He is shallow, self-serving and just about anybody on the street. Hell, if you're reading this, take a look inside. I can see it in me, too. He seemingly has the most to loose (as we all think we do). And in deconstructing himself, in pulling away the layers of who he has made himself into, he is almost unable to confront the choices he's made. When he sees his life, he throws up in the Huckabee's board room in front of all the senior executives. The big picture for him is left incomplete.
Through this journey, there are the Existential Investigators and the Nihilist Investigator, who open up these cases (or cans of worms) for their clients to look at. They are like the third-eye in us all, revealing back to us why we do anything, why things are connected, what we really want in life. In the end everything is united, even the schools of thought.
So, what is it for you? What would life look like if you looked at the big picture? If you deconstructed yourself? What question dominates your life, and in turn dominates others? What keeps you from taking on great things? What do you want your world to look like? Life's meaningless anyway, so choose.
Signing off, World Girl
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