And there was much... Stuff

[anigo]

My sister and I went to a movie last night. Just as a reminder, my sister's going through a divorce right now. It's not *particularly* messy, but it is very emotional.

Anyway, we went to a movie that, OBVIOUSLY, the universe needed my sister to see.

So here's the full story. Bear with me, this is long.


There was much weirdness.

First, Richard, The Kid and Lucy the Lovable Retriever all were going to spend the night at Gwamma's house, leaving me completely batchin' it. Free to do whatever I so desired. This has happened (aside from when I'm sailing) maybe 3 times since the Kid has come along. It just doesn't happen.

So I IM'd my sister and asked her if she wanted to see a flick.

There are NO flicks out there, people. Let me tell you.

Neither one of us have seen The Notebook, and it's something I wanted to see, so I recommended that. My sister, being in a somewhat... less than desirous state to see a mushy romantic movie, didn't much care for that idea.

Neither one of us wanted to see Alien vs. Predator, Spiderman, Guns and Killing and Stuff, People Getting Cut Up 2, Scary Horror Movie of the Century, or any of the other gazillion violent, non funny movies out there. Our choices were very limited.

So we decided on Garden State. Never heard of it. Didn't know any of the actors except Natalie Portsoimethingorother, and I've only seen her in Starwars Episode 33 1/3 or something.

Anyway. The plot summary goes something like this...

Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. Returning to his hometown in the Garden State, "Large" finds old acquaintances around every corner living quite unique lives as grave diggers (Peter Sarsgaard), fast food knights and the panderers of pyramid schemes. By a twist of fate, Large meets Sam (Natalie Portman), a girl who is everything he isn't. A blast of color, hope and quirks, Sam becomes a sidekick who refuses to ride in his sidecar. Her warmth and fearlessness give Large the courage to open his heart to the joy and pain of the infinite abyss that is life.

Sounds fun, huh? Friends who are grave diggers? Sam who is a blast of colour and quirks? A sidekick who refuses to ride in his sidecar? I mean, how much less deep can you get. Ok, true, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle might have been slightly less deep, but I needed a *bit* of a plot line.

So. The evening went like this.

I came home, played a bit of The Sims waiting for my sister to call me to tell me she was home so I could pick her up. While doing so, I bulldozed one of the houses by mistake. I'm new to the Sims, and I didn't know how to bring it back. My sister called, and I said I'd pick her up in 15 minutes. Well, It was closer to 45 mintues because the stupid Sims house thing had me baffled, and I hate being baffled.

Then I have to go pick up fatty666" who is going to a LAN party. My sister was going to pick him up, but as we're going to a movie together, I'll pick him up. We get there, and his watch is broken, would we mind taking him to Walmart to get a new pin for the band. He also needs to go to the grocery store to get munchies for the party. I am watching the time. The plan was to get supper and go to the movie, but this is an unexpected delay and we may have to cut out one or the other. Oh well, nobody said the plans were in stone. So we take him to Walmart. Luckily he's able to get munchies there, so two birds with one stone. We take him to his party and head to town.

We get to a restaurant with only an hour before the movie starts at 9:10. We order food, and think we might very well be able to eat it and still make it to the movie.

The waitress is slow.

When my sister's pizza comes, it's a cheese and pepperoni, as opposed to the garlic feta that she'd ordered. My chicken strips come, but the waitress points out that I don't have enough, and they're going to bring some more out to me as soon as they come out of the fryer. (WTF? Couldn't you have waited?)

Do we still want to try to see the movie? We might end up being a few minutes late... My sister says she won't watch a movie unless she gets to see the opening credits. She just won't do it.

Hokay then.

Well, it's 9:07, and the movie theatre is just across the parking lot, so let's give it a try, shall we?

We get there, buy our tickets, and find that the movie starts at 9:15, not 9:10. That five minutes made all the difference as we actually walk into the theatre as the opening credits are rolling.

The movie that followed was unlike any I have seen before. Comedy it was not, though it had some very odd comedic bits to it. A love story? Perhaps... A story of finding oneself? Ya... Regardless of genre, it was just REALLY REALLY deep.

My sister is completely overwhelmed by the story. It touches her in a way no movie has ever touched her before. The similarities in the movie to her own life are totally uncanny. My sister crys uncontrollably through much of the movie. After the movie's over we leave the theatre and my sister continues to cry for a good long time.



So here's the short story.

1. I NEVER get a night out.
2. This is not a movie I would have normally picked.
3. All these odd delays happened so that we ended up at the theatre at EXACTLY the right time.

In my mind, the universe wanted my sister to see this movie. It had a message in it that she just needed to hear, and no matter what, it was going to make sure she got to see it. It was just too odd.

I've sent my sister the link to this post and disabled anonymous posting in case any of my friends have any comments. If, however, I get any messages about the Passion of the Christ, I will be sorely ticked.

Comments

[tigermorph.livejournal.com]

This movie could not possibly be as deep as the Passion of Christ.

TBird ducks and runs, leaving behind a tube of Pringles and a bag of rice cakes to distract you...

[anigo.livejournal.com]

Bitch.

(Said in the nicest way possible, of course)

[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

It sounds like the universe did indeed want her to see it

***Gina's Sister***

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Yup, the universe has a way of smacking you upside the head from time to time, just to make sure you're paying attention.

Thus it is written, in very big hot-pink letters, in my credo.

"There Are No Coincidences In Life."