So the other night I couldn’t sleep. It was about 1am and I thought, maybe some TV will put me out. So I turned on the TV and there was only one thing that sounded good… well two, but “I came, I saw, I blew” cost extra.
The other was the movie “13 going on 30″. And I figured, Jennifer Garner is hot, so it isn’t too gay if I watch it.. especially if I have a beer while I watch…mmmmm….
Now, this movie is a blatant ripoff of “Big”, and no slight to Tom Hanks, but Garner pulls of the clueless adolescent adult better than him. Which may explain how she could even consider having a baby with Ben Affleck.
Now the premise of this movie is pretty typical: All kids want to be older. But the “hook” is that this little girl gets to experience her future. There is an interesting scene where she asks her mother “If you could do one thing over, what would it be?”, Her mother answered “Nothing”. This brings up a point, which I would bet the director/writers and the teenie boppers never got. How would the mother know about her mistake(s)? The only reason why Garner thought she made mistakes was because she skipped over the time when she made them and the future wasn’t what she would have expected. If “time” had played out normally, would she have thought her mistakes were mistakes?
In the end of course (Yes, I am going to spoil this movie, because if you didn’t predict the ending from the 1st 5 seconds of the previews before it even started you are too stupid to be reading this blog) she ends up with the guy of her dreams. But it took a trip to the future for her to realize this was the guy of her dreams.
I think this just goes to show human stupidity. Everyone meets someone who is “perfect” for them, but we are too busy looking for something else to realize it. Garner as looking for popularity, and almost lost the “perfect guy”.
If I could jump 15 years into my future, would I find a “mistake”? If you could jump into the future would you realize you lost someone or something because of an error in your judgement? A very interesting thought…. Especially in a time where divorces are about to out number marriages…
Maybe why people don’t have regrets is because they aren’t aware of what they SHOULD regret?
….and this is why I can never sleep.
Wow Stoss. This is borderline deep – What are the Brits doing to you over there? I had a similar experience this weekend… I ordered a pizza (I was too lazy to cook) and watched “The Notebook” (it was on TV). I, unfortunately, did not have any deep thoughts while watching it. All I could think about was, “Is this what my Sunday nights have come to?”
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-R
P.S. – I received your MSN message of, “Hey”. I chose to ignore that message. Just thought I’d tell you.
P.P.S – 6 lines != 400 words!
Thanks R (and apparently your same named son) I appreciate the ignoring. I sometimes message people “Hey” for no reason, it is a little pleasure of mine that makes me giggle. Also, the 6 lines thing was something I was testing and forgot to take out, thanks for bringing it to my attention.
What the hell? Don’t respond to my comments in your own blog comments… That would require me to check back on YOUR blog. That is not convenient for me… and I am all about the convience.
-R
I can respond in my blog if I want to, besides you didn’t leave an email address, so how do I even know how you are *shrug*?
There is a fine line between convenience and laziness… Which do you honestly think you are in?