Sep 20 2008
Spread too Thin OR The Social Breakthroughs vs. The Meaningless Dribble as a Result of Wine? OR “Doesn’t Anyone Know Anyone Anymore” OR The Go-Getter
(That title was so Sufjan).
(Let me preface this by saying that this blog post is written with a a few glasses of red wine… I feel so chatty but I’ll pare things down!)
I finally got around to watching The Go-Getter (starring the lovely, dryly humorous, and interesting Zooey Deschanel) and while I haven’t had the time between watching the movie (which ended ten minutes ago) and stewing over it (which Wordsworth or Blake think is necessary in which to write something decent – I don’t really care to look up which right now), I still have the audacity to say that I thought it was a very good movie. Not great. Not great, mind you – it was no Donnie Darko; nor The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; nor Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, nor Wuthering Heights (1939 ONLY). But it was good. And it featured the music of M. Ward… to be honest, I still can’t tell if a movie becomes great in my mind solely because of the music (hence my admiration for Marie Antionette) or because it’s truly a good movie… I guess I need to continue on my ongoing work of being objective (at what price?).
Between the humble/beautiful cinematography and the music – music by M. Ward! – and the movie’s theme – it was really good. It touched on familial ties, existentialism (“doesn’t anyone know anyone anymore?!?”), and offered a ‘slice-of-life’ scene of life today.
For me, it was a bit sad, hopeful, and true. It wasn’t witty or breaking, but just true in its way.
The movie starts with the premise of freedom… which I would really like… only I don’t know how or why (right now). I mean… I love my family, my church, music, playing piano, like my job, my hobbies, and my online business… but I think I like too many things, I’m stretched a bit thin (or just feeling that way right now) and feel like I need to free up some of my time – give up something… only it’s a difficult choice that I can’t really go into the details of in a personal blog (fie!).
Anyway, stay tuned to see what I drop. And watch The Go-Getter.
And Appreciate M. Ward.
Last I heard, ‘Thin is In’.