Monday, Monday Oops Tuesday, Tuesday
I don't want to talk about the Mamas and the Papas. I really don't like the song Monday Monday anyway. Maybe Tuesday Afternoon, which would be more fitting for today. I would rather talk about a classic Jim Carrey film Liar Liar.
My son hooked up the VCR last night and put in Liar Liar. I hadn't seen the movie is quite a while it being on tape instead of DVD. Amazing how we have obsoleted an entire technology in such a short time. Talk about product life cycle. But this is not about the march of consumerism. That is more meaty and a topic for a rainy day.
Liar Liar has held up to the test of time. It shows that Jim Carry can be funny and send a solid message at the same time. For my son, his favorite part is "The Claw. No one can stop the claw." I enjoy the court scene when Fletcher is cross examining the boyfriend. I can still hear that turkey. It also shows how much we can hurt the ones around us by one simple irresponsible action; telling a lie. The movie shows how many different forms this takes. From promising to be somewhere, to complementing someone who obviously needs to be counciled, to lying about a gift or a raise. Even if we think it helps, it eventually creates hurt. When we turn lying into an art form, which Jim Carry's character Fletcher had perfected, it can consume our lives and blind us to what really matters in life. And the truth will set you free.
That is the true message of the movie. We need to be honest not only with others, but with ourselves. Truth is not an option if we are to develop solid foundations in life. Be true to yourself, to your family and above all else, your God. And unlike VCR's, it truth does not go obsolete.
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Cobb
My son hooked up the VCR last night and put in Liar Liar. I hadn't seen the movie is quite a while it being on tape instead of DVD. Amazing how we have obsoleted an entire technology in such a short time. Talk about product life cycle. But this is not about the march of consumerism. That is more meaty and a topic for a rainy day.
Liar Liar has held up to the test of time. It shows that Jim Carry can be funny and send a solid message at the same time. For my son, his favorite part is "The Claw. No one can stop the claw." I enjoy the court scene when Fletcher is cross examining the boyfriend. I can still hear that turkey. It also shows how much we can hurt the ones around us by one simple irresponsible action; telling a lie. The movie shows how many different forms this takes. From promising to be somewhere, to complementing someone who obviously needs to be counciled, to lying about a gift or a raise. Even if we think it helps, it eventually creates hurt. When we turn lying into an art form, which Jim Carry's character Fletcher had perfected, it can consume our lives and blind us to what really matters in life. And the truth will set you free.
That is the true message of the movie. We need to be honest not only with others, but with ourselves. Truth is not an option if we are to develop solid foundations in life. Be true to yourself, to your family and above all else, your God. And unlike VCR's, it truth does not go obsolete.
Icool
Cobb
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