Precious

"Move Along" - All-American Rejects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQg-TzmAr0

Yeah, so I've already put this up, but it's only the intro into this:

Tonight I saw the movie Precious, which I have anticipated since the Summer. It won many awards and I expected something special. Usually when my expectations are high I am slightly disappointed like with District 9, while when my expectations are blank I am quite surprised like with V for Vendetta. This time I was shocked to have actually beaten my high expectations. I was sent on such a roller coaster ride and the emotional turbulence was incredible. I felt like I could feel the pain and feel the struggle of Precious while still being comfortable in my theater seat. It was an odd feeling of connection yet detachment that made it so powerful.

I think the most important theme was that life is life. Throughout the movie we see her go through so much struggle, and I think I am more depressed than she was sometimes. Despite the utter misery of her life, she wasn't dead. She kept moving along. And all the support systems, pluck that had to move her forward. There is no happy ending. But there is a future. And that discontented, unraveled completion of her story struck me. It was so real. I realize that the petty struggles of life are so inconsequential. I realize how we all go up and down and how we just have to accept it. But I also realized that while I am in this state of comfortable living I should enjoy it. I shouldn't worry so much about what people think or what people say because I have food. And I'm not pregnant with my father's child. And life is just generally good.

"Destiny" - Mary J. Blige



The problem in life is that we spend so much time trying to figure out how to be happy. We just have to live and discover happiness within ourselves. There's no panacea. There's no drug.


But there is the human spirit.