About Schmidt

Yesterday this movie was on my mind, mainly because i used to fall asleep with it on at melissa's all the time. We were too lazy to get a new movie to watch and her tv could only play movies. Anyways back to my thoughts, this movie is actually really great for those of you who havent seen it.

The movie starts off with Warren Schmidt(Jack Nicholson) going into retirement and shortly after his wife dies and while coping with this he has to deal with his daughter marrying some lowlife who he doesnt approve of at all. Early into the movie we realize behind his apathetic front theres a very angry man whos fed up with a lot of things. But instead of letting everyone know how angry he is he decides to express it in letters to his foster child in Africa, Ndugu. But after his wife dies he realizes how much he really misses everything about her and how hes basically accomplished nothing in his life, and how his big plans have turned into nothing without him even noticing. This turns Warren into a very distraught emotional wreck, one of my favorite scenes is where hes finally starting to break down in front of us, not just in the narrative, he is going to shave and hes just rubbing shaving cream all over his face and you can tell he doesnt know what to do with himself.

Thing about this movie is that i can understand somewhat how he feels. Its usually in relationships where you see someone sooooo much and you spend so much time with them that you start to notice their quirks. Like you notice they make funny noises while they sleep, they chew with their mouths open just weird quirks that shouldnt matter but thing is youre with them so much it starts to get to you and you forget all the good times, the perfect moments where you notice how much you love that person. I'm an attentitive person so all these little things get to me just because I like to listen. Then out of nowhere you lose this person to death, addiction or just breaking up, then you get thrown into a rut where all you can key in on is the good times when they were there in your life and if you can you try so hard to get them back usually to no avail. Human thought and emotion are so interesting to me, the way they can work together and work against each other all in the same situation.
I dunno...
this is just one of the many things i get to think about while riding my bike at work, i think of so much while on my bike i dont always get it all down in the blog but im gonna try.