I\u2019m not a movie expert because I like Netflix. All of the people of my friend\u2019s list can attest to the fact that I have some, um, interesting taste. It\u2019s just that the last couple of years I\u2019ve been seeing this funny tune pop up in movies touting the proper way to measure a worthwhile life.<\/p>\n
No, the tune isn\u2019t about violence or sex, though it may use those two to play a minor key in support of it. Cave-paintings recorded graphic violence and sex long before movies so that\u2019s nothing new.<\/p>\n
I labeled it the Existential National Anthem. Its a few notes, peppered throughout movies underscoring that a life must be measured in love. With a nice catchy tune, powerful performances or painful tragedy a movie like Rent could easily play the Anthem full blast and the message comes through loud and clear. People can live tragically horrid lives but its okay if they had love.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the notes: it\u2019s not about tomorrow, it\u2019s only about today. It\u2019s not about what other\u2019s think or the repercussions thereof it\u2019s about us. How is a life measured? Measure with love. It\u2019s not unique to Rent.<\/p>\n
Saved: It doesn\u2019t matter what you believe as long as you believe and stand on that. Intolerance is in contradiction to love. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: enjoy now\u2026ignore the consequences of our problems. Love will thrive and fail\u2026but it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014it\u2019s all about the moment. Matrix Trilogy: Revel in your humanity because you choose your destiny by what you do now. Doesn\u2019t matter who gets hurt in that quest. Life is a simulacrum anyway\u2026you decide how to define it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got this Schaedler ruler at work. It\u2019s a nifty mylar ruler, precisely cut so that you know when it\u2019s resting flat against whatever your measuring. Fantastic tool working in picas, points, metric and inches (fractions or decimals). The thing can even tell you font sizes!<\/p>\n
Some people at work look at the thing and refuse to use it resorting to rulers of wood (which gets nocks), metal (which get dings), or computer monitors (which is variable if your on screen and resolution. Now, where you\u2019re looking for precision you should be using a Schaedler\u2026but some people ignore it or resort to their own way of measuring things.<\/p>\n
This whole measure of love bit gets me because it\u2019s so relative. On Prisonbreak a child molester criminal momentarily became a sympathetic character when a boy he loved died. Neo cuts through hundreds of innocent people who are plugged into the Matrix for the sake of his girl Trinity. A measuring stick is no good if it changes sizes in different conditions.<\/p>\n
Well, every movie doesn\u2019t have this tune\u2026it kind of just plays a note here or there. And man it can make any of us feel good when we look at the screen and measure our own lives against those on the screen. \u201cI have a husband and stayed with him.\u201d Or, \u201cat least I love my kids\u2026doesn\u2019t matter how I spend my weekends\u201d. Log onto myspace and see how many of your church-going teenagers spend their evenings and weekends. It\u2019s fine that we\u2019re dressed nice on Sunday but the rest of the week is my time.<\/p>\n
Our measuring tools are all off. I wonder if we\u2019re singing the Anthem too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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