Blog #23: A Movie Review
As I write this, I am laying on my bed amongst a pile of clean clothes that I’ve been meaning to fold for a week. I have one kitty resting her head on my hip and another one at my feet. My bedroom is cool and dark, but it’s a warm spring day outside. There’s still no other place I’d rather be.
A week ago to the day, I watched a movie that spoke my language in a way that’s never been articulated on screen before: “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” As the title suggests, this movie is quite literally about every little thing that makes up our existence on Earth (and beyond). It’s about what it means to be a free agent in the Universe. To choose our own adventure. To live in the present without regret.
The movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is as juvenile as it is complex. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, yet it has some seriously profound messages to convey. It had me laughing my ass off, then crying profusely in the matter of minutes. I felt so overwhelmed in the best way possible. And an all-Asian cast to top it off? Pure relatable and down-to-earth magic.
When the movie ended, Matthew and I were flabbergasted. We described the feeling as “what it must feel like to do shrooms.” We felt a deeper connection to our own existence on this plane and cried to each other about how we wouldn’t want it any other way.
Like the husband in the film says to the wife in an alternate reality where they don’t end up together: “In another life, I would be happy just doing laundry and taxes with you.” I told Matthew that I must have chosen the right path because I’m lucky enough to experience the mundanity of life alongside him. Laundry, taxes, and all.
I reflected on the concept of a multiverse, how plausible it is that we are living only ONE option of a million different alternate and parallel realities. Every decision we make has a consequence and opens up a pathway to the new reality we are constantly creating.
At the end of the day, I think the film is about healing our generational trauma so we can center ourselves in the present and remember the important things in life — coming together to protect the fragility of this existence, right here and right now. And not taking ourselves too seriously in the process, because after all, nothing really matters when we’re going to expire eventually.
I left the theater with a deep sense of gratitude for the life I was gifted. I thought about all the beautiful people and places and things that have shaped me into who I am. I was happy to be living in the moment with the love of my life. I had the fleeting and comforting feeling that my life is perfect, exactly how it is. My life is perfect because it’s mine.
I’m thankful for this movie, for giving me that important reminder.
10/10
