I was watching "Wonderful Life" and it became almost inevitable that I wrote this blog entry. First off, if you haven't watched that movie, you absolutely must watch it. It's not perfect, it has it's short-comings and flaws, but it's a good movie in general that must be given a chance to survive in these movie sharks that seeks just superficiality.
Secondly, the protagonist of the story, Ben Singer is perpetually unhappy and has cacooned himself from happiness by focusing all sorts of negativity, like controlling society he calls the man, genocide, nuclear war and other devastating realities that are coming more real and alive with each passing day. His pessimistic outlook in life seems somewhat genetic, which has passed onto his young daughter and also has left her somewhat depressed, confused and socially awkward as her mother mentions many times that she doesn't have many friends--if at all. It's a great story about our short comings individually and the attitude our American societies has opted out to adapt. The big corprorate culture, where money and money alone talks and where we gradually lose our hearts and freedom of thought in the process.
There is a lot of truth to the things Ben says continually throughout the day. But he is also a guy who once wrote songs of children. That's right, he is a kiddie singer! Which I really thought didn't fit him at all. But, nonetheless, he is mainly pessimistic, because his heart has been severely broken by his ex wife, who has decided to leave Ben to marry her current husband, who is much richer. We get the point of his angst at the society.
It's a good movie to watch, because all doesn't end well. It ends, just as Ben is beginning to heal, though we won't know if he will fully recuperate, or fall into his old habits once again.
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