"There's a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost, that the ship has sailed, and that only a fool will continue. The truth is, I've always been a fool."
-Big Fish
Now if that's not an inspired quote, idunno what is. It's amazing how movies can impact us. Especially when they hit us in just the right way, at just the right time. And for me lately, it's been movies about everyday Joe's who end up doing extraordinary things - or at least find themselves in extraordinary situations. And some of those people are the ones who never did anything with their life. They've never sought adventure, and they've always been a boring little piece of paper in an empty scrapbook. And then there are those who always planned to do amazing things, to travel the world, and it just never...quite...happened. But movies like Big Fish, Stardust, and the Secret Life of Walter Mitty all do this.
Honestly, I'd never made that connection until just now. I have genres i gravitate towards. There is the tragic but romantic hero(Cyrano deBergerac), the average girl who finds a life and/or romance greater than anyone ever thought she could(Ever After, Mulan), the hit man with a moral dilemma - and that has a lot to do with looking at the real man behind his occupation - (Grosse Point Blank, Bourne Identity, Assassin in Love, etc) and now there is this one. And perhaps its because i feel like I'm not doing anything with my life. Perhaps because i have friends in great jobs, my brother who is accomplishing wonderful things in Europe, a classmate who is on Saturday Night Live, people i know who are creating art and music and getting well known for it. And then there's me. Just me, working at a little shop, with stories locked inside my head that refuse to be written. I guess i just need to try and trust that there's more for me out there. I just need to find my way to it. And so I'll leave you with another quote:
"There are shop boys, and there are boys who just happen to work in a shop for the time being. And trust me Tristan, you're no shop boy."
-Stardust
