121 - Tomorrowland seriously messed me up
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captain_slinkyToday we went to the 1pm matinee showing of the film "Tomorrowland", and I won't do any spoilers here BUT BE WARNED that the comments here are NOT a spoiler-free zone!
So first of all, I can't say if I liked or disliked it - the movie *changed me*. It felt like it was a message that was sent directly *to me*, a message I knew that very few other people would get. I was physically unable to stop crying for HOURS after the movie was done, and not because of anything that actually *happened* in the movie.
This is really hard to explain.
During the movie I went from excitement to awe to anger to sorrow to shame - oh GOD so much SHAME - to depression to shameful anger depression... this movie has seriously, SERIOUSLY messed me up.
Crystal, on the other hand, saw the movie that everyone else is seeing I guess? They saw a pretty straight-forward sci-fi flick wight black-and-white evil-and-good characters, and it all ended on an optimistic note.
When we compared notes (so i could figure out what exactly it was that had made me so sad/angry/ashamed), we found that MAJOR PLOT POINTS and CHARACTER MOTIVATIONS were perceived in entirely different ways - it was like finding out that somebody thinks of "Star Wars" as "The story of a courageous space-commander who fights off the attacks of an Evil Rebellion as they try to destroy his latest advancement towards peace, a moon-sized space station known as The Death Star". MIND BLOWINGLY DIFFERENT.
It really makes more sense that I saw the film wrong, as I really doubt that Disney would take the chance on making a Summer Blockbuster Film all about vilifying the audience and filling them with crippling amounts of shame and uncertainty, would they?
I've been effected by films before. I have been sad at character deaths, intrigued by scenarios, excited by possibilities... but this movie left a mark on me that I don't think will ever fade.
I'm pretty sure I need to see it again.
So first of all, I can't say if I liked or disliked it - the movie *changed me*. It felt like it was a message that was sent directly *to me*, a message I knew that very few other people would get. I was physically unable to stop crying for HOURS after the movie was done, and not because of anything that actually *happened* in the movie.
This is really hard to explain.
During the movie I went from excitement to awe to anger to sorrow to shame - oh GOD so much SHAME - to depression to shameful anger depression... this movie has seriously, SERIOUSLY messed me up.
Crystal, on the other hand, saw the movie that everyone else is seeing I guess? They saw a pretty straight-forward sci-fi flick wight black-and-white evil-and-good characters, and it all ended on an optimistic note.
When we compared notes (so i could figure out what exactly it was that had made me so sad/angry/ashamed), we found that MAJOR PLOT POINTS and CHARACTER MOTIVATIONS were perceived in entirely different ways - it was like finding out that somebody thinks of "Star Wars" as "The story of a courageous space-commander who fights off the attacks of an Evil Rebellion as they try to destroy his latest advancement towards peace, a moon-sized space station known as The Death Star". MIND BLOWINGLY DIFFERENT.
It really makes more sense that I saw the film wrong, as I really doubt that Disney would take the chance on making a Summer Blockbuster Film all about vilifying the audience and filling them with crippling amounts of shame and uncertainty, would they?
I've been effected by films before. I have been sad at character deaths, intrigued by scenarios, excited by possibilities... but this movie left a mark on me that I don't think will ever fade.
I'm pretty sure I need to see it again.
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Date: 2015-05-24 04:54 am (UTC)The reason we don't have our jetpacks and flying cars yet? Because it's easier to NOT have them.
HAVING them brings up all these questions - How do you keep your legs from frying? WHat about mid-air collisions? No one would insure that, and you can't operate a vehicle without insurance. Besides, you could never get enough lift. It would be impractical at best. Why do you need to fly around like that, anyways?
Nope. Much easier to just NOT have them.
So ashamed of being lazy :(
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Date: 2015-05-24 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-05-25 06:09 pm (UTC)btw, this movie has once again postponed my Disneyland suggestions for you... I've had a hard time feeling "worthy" of Disneyland, like to the point where today is the first time I can even TYPE the word without busting in to tears...
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