Pleasantville August 2, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , add a commentRecently, Jay and I have been able to, gasp, watch tv at night. Usually it is between 10-midnight. We used to do this pre-kids. The movie Pleasantville has been on lately. This is an amazing movie.
If you have never seen it, I will give a recap:
Boy loves 50’s tv show called "Pleasantville". He is getting ready for the 24 hour marathon. His sister is getting ready for an MTV date with a hottie from school. They fight over the remote, break it and Don Knotts shows up with a magical remote that sends them INTO Pleasantville.
Slowly, they change the town from the black and white glory into living Technicolor, complete with the "unpleasant" parts of life, and the "more than pleasant" parts too.
This movie gets me thinking about personal growth, passions, routine and the world around us. Since I have seen it recently, I am thinking alot about life in general. How my depression is coloring my world and how I am trying to cope with it. Slowly I see that things are getting better, and it helps when I reach out for the help instead of keeping it all within. I see that if I keep things "pleasant" enough to function, I may never get to find that side of me again that pushes to find those passions I have in life.
Is this a period of growth? I am not sure. But my brain is wondering…
