Driving Miss Daisy

[michiru42]

I just saw the movie Driving Miss Daisy for the first time tonight.  Basic story: an elderly lady named Daisy has to hire a chauffeur when she loses her sight, a black man named Hoke, and over twenty-five years they become good friends.

It was beautifully done, showing all of the skin-crawlingly repulsive casual bigotry of the time period.  Daisy is

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[roguemarch]

All I can think is, the point of life must be to make death worth it. This line is so made of win that I want to tattoo it to my arm.

[flower_ballet]

Seconding this. So hard.

[flower_ballet]

The film sounds wonderful. Haven't heard about it before, but... now you've made me want to watch it badly.

I've often thought about aging and eventually dying... it's still one of those processes of life that I have trouble fully accepting, maybe because I still remember myself being four years old, going to the amusement park with my parents and all in all don't feel much older. >_< What about when I'm 60, will I still identify with that little girl? What about when I'm 80? What about right before I die. These kind of questions really make me... feel uneasy. I have difficulties contemplating what "not existing" would be like, since existence is all I've ever known and what I find comforting. But as you say, only because I've lived a full life so far. I know from myself that in the periods of my life that are darkest, I have felt non-existence must surely be better.

Also, this is me rambling. Sorry. Your review just triggered this idea that I do think about a lot at the moment. Sorry for letting it out on you.

[michiru42]

Not at all; I'm thinking about those issues too, that's why I posted, and I like discussing things I'm thinking about

[russ_ww]

I think this is a fascinating discussion and something that yes is difficult to fathom. I consider myself blessed to have life and to be able to live and I am right now trying to make the most of it. This ideal has lead me down a number of different paths and right now I am on the path of family being the best way to find joy in my existence. It is hard to think that this is all we have but even with the existence of god we can only be sure that this life is what we have.

interesting theory there the omega point...it sounds very similar to the buddist philosophy that through a lifetime of prayer and meditation we can come to understand and become one with god. Instead of evolution buddism sees a life of dedication as the way but this is just my understanding.

Also Driving Miss Daisy is a great movie