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jenni_blog) wrote2019-02-22 01:42 pm
jenni_blog) wrote2019-02-22 01:42 pm
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Roma
I thought I'd watch Roma, one of the Oscar-nominated movies that's on Netflix. I've paused it but fully intend to go back and watch the rest later.
Some people have remarked that they found Roma to be boring, but I felt refreshed by what I've seen of it so far. It does slow one down a bit though and is far from the more exciting fare like Black Panther or Bird Box.
In the opening sequence, a young girl is washing a tiled floor. She's very thorough, but when she's finished, she takes the mop and bucket through a door which could have used a thorough cleaning, but she didn't come back to do that. I kept mentally yelling at her, "Go back and wipe the door! There are cobwebs all over it!"
I found that little scene very unsatisfying, but upon further reflection I realized that instead of feeling frustrated that she cleaned the floor so well yet left the door untouched, I should have realized that this is true to life where things don't satisfy us all of the time.
Just this morning I washed the tiled part of the floor downstairs (front entranceway, hall and kitchen/breakfast room) and while I was doing so I noticed a handprint on the sliding glass doors leading to the backyard. But I left said print alone because I couldn't be bothered to go get the Windex and paper towels and clean it at that time. However, it's bugging me an hour or so later and unless I go do it soon it will ruin the rest of my day.
Such is life. It isn't perfect, and there is a lot going on that we don't deal with perhaps when and if we should. This is probably the beauty of the movie. It's a slice of imperfect life.
Some people have remarked that they found Roma to be boring, but I felt refreshed by what I've seen of it so far. It does slow one down a bit though and is far from the more exciting fare like Black Panther or Bird Box.
In the opening sequence, a young girl is washing a tiled floor. She's very thorough, but when she's finished, she takes the mop and bucket through a door which could have used a thorough cleaning, but she didn't come back to do that. I kept mentally yelling at her, "Go back and wipe the door! There are cobwebs all over it!"
I found that little scene very unsatisfying, but upon further reflection I realized that instead of feeling frustrated that she cleaned the floor so well yet left the door untouched, I should have realized that this is true to life where things don't satisfy us all of the time.
Just this morning I washed the tiled part of the floor downstairs (front entranceway, hall and kitchen/breakfast room) and while I was doing so I noticed a handprint on the sliding glass doors leading to the backyard. But I left said print alone because I couldn't be bothered to go get the Windex and paper towels and clean it at that time. However, it's bugging me an hour or so later and unless I go do it soon it will ruin the rest of my day.
Such is life. It isn't perfect, and there is a lot going on that we don't deal with perhaps when and if we should. This is probably the beauty of the movie. It's a slice of imperfect life.