Click ... and fast forward your life
Click ... and fast forward your life
Pastor B mentioned in one of his sermon about this movie "Click" played by Adam Sandler, and AA happened to bring along his VCD on our CG movie night, so I got to borrow and watch it =)
"Click" is about a workaholic, Michael Newman who doesn't have time for his wife and children, and as an architect took on more and more projects not only to impress his ungrateful boss, but along the same time hoping to earn well-deserved promotions. Michael was frustrated by the little interruptions and hic-cups which he faced in life, and had hoped for a device (universal remote control) which could allow him to skip certain parts of the day/routines/irritation and interruptions, and let him move on with a breeze to other parts of his life that he desired for. As he happily click on this universal remote control which Morty, a loopy sales clerk he met, recommended to him, he found himself loving the device more and more, as he mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends. However, the remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him, to a point where Michael was horrified at how much he had missed out with family and friends - especially passing by the years where he could and should have watched his children grow, where he missed being at his father's death bed, etc, etc. At one point where Michael became horrified at how his life began to be controlled by the remote, he pleaded to return to where things left off, only to regret and be further traumatised by the fact that he cannot shake off the remote anymore, which is now programing him and his life.
I guess every movie has some take-home lessons, if you are ready to watch it with an open mind to allow God to teach you some lessons from it. From this movie, I'm reminded about a few things:-
1. Living life each day is most of the time, not a breeze, maybe sometimes an "agony" - more so if there are great demands placed on us and we struggle to satisfy people around us, make time for them, do well at work, create a balance between family and work, etc, etc. And for some people, they probably have it "worse" than the others - life probably agonizes them than bring them joy, and maybe secretly they had hoped that they can also "skip past" some of these moments or some of these people and move on to where they hope they can be. "Click" reminds me that while perhaps most of us had at one point or another, hoped that we can skip unwanted moments in our life to the next chapter or future, when we "skip" past all these moments, we lost out a great deal more than we thought. We skip past moments where we could learn and grow from painful and hard knocks - most of the time necessary to shape us into better people ... we skip past moments where we should be spending time with family and friends - especially some moments/events where bonds are deepened and relationship strengthened ... most importantly, we skip past memories we could have opprtunities to retain and hold into our memory bank ...
2. Learn to appreciate people around us - Michael lost 2 persons he loved dearly as he zoomed right into the future. He lost his wife whom he loved dearly, yet ironically took so much for granted, to another more loving/devoted man. He also lost his father whom he "dreaded" spending time with because of his busyness, and as he used the remote to look into the last moment when his dad came looking for him at his office, he saw how harshly he treated his dad with his words, cutting him off because of the concentration he wants to give to his work. As a result, his dad left ... sad and hurt. Soon after, his dad had an accident and died. Many times, people around us - those closest to us, be it family or friends, are those we took for granted the most often. We don't think twice or thrice before saying anything to them because we think they knew us and accepted us too readily, and as a result, they are often the ones bearing with most of our hurts and putting up with our harsh treatment. And these are also often the people we make the most promises to - only to leave them with disappointments over and over again, as we attend to more "urgent and important things". Family and friends are sometimes not even placed in as important position compared to work and promotion ...
3. As we allow other devices to control our lives, we will gradually end up being controlled by them. Just like Michael who initially was having much fun playing with the remote, gleefully skipping and scanning moments of his life which he "hated" (showers, traffic jams, time over at dinners, etc) ended up being controlled and programmed by the remote instead. The Bible always remind us to make the most of every opportunity because the days are evil (Eph 5:16). If we don't control our lives, we will end up being controlled by other whims and fancies that can't wait to overtake us ...
Great lessons, great reminders.
Pastor B mentioned in one of his sermon about this movie "Click" played by Adam Sandler, and AA happened to bring along his VCD on our CG movie night, so I got to borrow and watch it =)
"Click" is about a workaholic, Michael Newman who doesn't have time for his wife and children, and as an architect took on more and more projects not only to impress his ungrateful boss, but along the same time hoping to earn well-deserved promotions. Michael was frustrated by the little interruptions and hic-cups which he faced in life, and had hoped for a device (universal remote control) which could allow him to skip certain parts of the day/routines/irritation and interruptions, and let him move on with a breeze to other parts of his life that he desired for. As he happily click on this universal remote control which Morty, a loopy sales clerk he met, recommended to him, he found himself loving the device more and more, as he mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends. However, the remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him, to a point where Michael was horrified at how much he had missed out with family and friends - especially passing by the years where he could and should have watched his children grow, where he missed being at his father's death bed, etc, etc. At one point where Michael became horrified at how his life began to be controlled by the remote, he pleaded to return to where things left off, only to regret and be further traumatised by the fact that he cannot shake off the remote anymore, which is now programing him and his life.
I guess every movie has some take-home lessons, if you are ready to watch it with an open mind to allow God to teach you some lessons from it. From this movie, I'm reminded about a few things:-
1. Living life each day is most of the time, not a breeze, maybe sometimes an "agony" - more so if there are great demands placed on us and we struggle to satisfy people around us, make time for them, do well at work, create a balance between family and work, etc, etc. And for some people, they probably have it "worse" than the others - life probably agonizes them than bring them joy, and maybe secretly they had hoped that they can also "skip past" some of these moments or some of these people and move on to where they hope they can be. "Click" reminds me that while perhaps most of us had at one point or another, hoped that we can skip unwanted moments in our life to the next chapter or future, when we "skip" past all these moments, we lost out a great deal more than we thought. We skip past moments where we could learn and grow from painful and hard knocks - most of the time necessary to shape us into better people ... we skip past moments where we should be spending time with family and friends - especially some moments/events where bonds are deepened and relationship strengthened ... most importantly, we skip past memories we could have opprtunities to retain and hold into our memory bank ...
2. Learn to appreciate people around us - Michael lost 2 persons he loved dearly as he zoomed right into the future. He lost his wife whom he loved dearly, yet ironically took so much for granted, to another more loving/devoted man. He also lost his father whom he "dreaded" spending time with because of his busyness, and as he used the remote to look into the last moment when his dad came looking for him at his office, he saw how harshly he treated his dad with his words, cutting him off because of the concentration he wants to give to his work. As a result, his dad left ... sad and hurt. Soon after, his dad had an accident and died. Many times, people around us - those closest to us, be it family or friends, are those we took for granted the most often. We don't think twice or thrice before saying anything to them because we think they knew us and accepted us too readily, and as a result, they are often the ones bearing with most of our hurts and putting up with our harsh treatment. And these are also often the people we make the most promises to - only to leave them with disappointments over and over again, as we attend to more "urgent and important things". Family and friends are sometimes not even placed in as important position compared to work and promotion ...
3. As we allow other devices to control our lives, we will gradually end up being controlled by them. Just like Michael who initially was having much fun playing with the remote, gleefully skipping and scanning moments of his life which he "hated" (showers, traffic jams, time over at dinners, etc) ended up being controlled and programmed by the remote instead. The Bible always remind us to make the most of every opportunity because the days are evil (Eph 5:16). If we don't control our lives, we will end up being controlled by other whims and fancies that can't wait to overtake us ...
Great lessons, great reminders.
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