My Favorite Movies To Reflect On Life With

     This movie is one of my all-time favorites, but having been recently going through a movie watching binge, I noticed more details about it this time through then I did on previous views. Office Space manages to look at the monotony of an average persons daily life, the continual struggles, the holes that we perceive ourselves to be in, while managing to keep it comedic.

     It's these little things that everyone can relate to, in some way, which is what gives the movie its hilarity. I also found myself in deep thought by the end of it this time, thinking about how the characters are stuck in cycles of living to work instead of working to live. A rather big insight to look into ones own life with!

     Limitless also takes a long hard look at the work life, but it throws another element into the mix which is why I simply love it. Creativity! As someone with a million little projects to get started on and work with, this movie really struck a chord with me. Motivation, creativity, enthusiasm, working, ethics, and the thought that there might some “trick” that if we just learned from somewhere that all these vague concepts would crystallize into the life that we can weave together only in our fantasies... Ah, alas ye cruele fates!

     I also found it quite funny when, right as it was coming out, that many persons were comparing the theoretic drug in the movie (the one that makes all of the previously stated concepts turn into actual actions for the main character) to adderall. It really makes you wonder what will be possible during our lives- how we will be able to enhance our lives and alter ourselves (even if it is medically) to be the best we can be...

     A spiraling out of control government that turns into totalitarian machine on the verge of enslaving its citizens? Seems to be a horror story, but there are quite a few startling parallels between the British empire in the movie and countries of today. It saddens me to think that the American Dream has been effectively stomped out by today’s current fiscal and political situations.

When we see movies like V for Vendetta, I like to think that it makes a person more appreciative of the things that we DO have in our lives, and the freedoms that are available. Stop thinking that the glass is half-empty (or not even there!?), and start seeing the silver linings.

     The Union simply blew my mind when I first saw it. There. Its out in the open now! Although I am half-afraid that even by saying I like a movie about marijuana and the ongoing prohibition, I will be consequently labeled as a hippie. Le sighe~ But seriously, The Union takes a good hard look at the dozens of different ways that marijuana, and its current stance by the US government, effects so many different facets of our lives. From local businesses to pharmaceutical companies, ethics to international disputes, from the bad to the good.

The Union is one of my favorite movies to philosophize after, and it provides a much needed view on a topic that is often slandered and looked down upon by bigger news outlets (Which is terribly unfortunate!).