Some of my favorite movie scenes

1. Babel: Ecstasy in Tokyo
I've never tried e before, but after watching this scene, I feel like I don't need to. I think this scene represents everything I believe in at this point in my life--living life to the fullest, having fun, meeting new people, but at the same time, I sympathize with the main character in that this is the time where I feel the most vulnerable and insecure about who I am as a person. I can cover up confrontation with reality by getting inebriated every night,and surrounding myself with lots of people, but at the end of the day, reality creeps its way into my thoughts and my dreams and my nightmares. As cliche as it sounds, you really can't escape it--it's in the air you breathe, all the way down to your soul. The main character in this clip is deaf, but I feel just as deteriorated as she does.

So what does this mean for me? Perpetual conflict between the binary oppositions of my youth? Fuck that. I need to learn to love myself and "...Move. Move. Move." And maybe, in due time, someone will love me and sweep me off my feet, and then I can finally shout out to the world that reality can be happiness! And happiness can be reality! But that's just me.



2. Once: Glen Hansard singing "Say It To Me Now" on the streets
Like this clip mainly because he sings well. But also the passion and sorrow one man can exude from his vocal chords is fucking heartbreaking. He only sings this song in the middle of the night when no one is watching because people like to hear happy songs not sad ones. At least Glen's not a pussy about his feelings, he shouts it out to the world.