It’s a balancing act, and getting lost in it is unhealthy for you and others.
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The main difference there is Amélie projected her own desire for love onto the two of them in an unhealthy way, whereas in the rest of the movie she’s pushing people towards desires that she already knows they have for the most part.īasically, it’s okay to encourage someone to do something they tell you they want to do, but you should never presume to know what that is for them. The movie definitely doesn’t present that as a good thing, and it isn’t. The fact is Amelie’s behaviour in the movie IS unhealthy she’s too wrapped up in the outcomes of other’s lives that she forgets her own, and her fantasies about seeing love flourish in others rather than her own life and playing Cupid is what leads to her setting up her coworker with that total control freak.
That’s a very good point, but also is kind of part of what I was driving at in the OP. I don’t see that as controlling, more just encouraging people to do what’s right for them when they might not do it otherwise.
In real life it translates more into encouraging a friend to act on a crush, or suggesting someone go for that job interview they wanted, or trying out that hobby they talk about maybe doing, or buying that thing they want but don’t feel like they deserve, etc., just the little things people express desire for, it’s heartwarming when you watch someone tell you they want something and seeing them eventually get it, and knowing you maybe had a small hand in it behind the scenes. The whole movie’s about the main character picking up on the desires of those around her that other people aren’t seeing, and finding creative (albeit obviously exaggerated to what one would do in real life) ways to fulfil it for them without them realising she had a hand in it. I think when you’ve seen the movie it makes entirely more sense what I’m trying to get across. You have to find the strength to let life happen to you too. It’s easy to live in your own head forever, and to live through others, but that’s not truly all life is. That’s just not a message I’ve really seen in any media before, and I think for a lot of introverts it’s really touching to think about. And while improving the lives of others is noble and great, you can’t use it as a crutch to hide from life and love and your own happiness. You want to leave the world better than you found it, but you don’t want it to be known.īut life comes at you no matter what you do, and you can’t escape things like falling in love no matter how much you might want to run from it. You just want to run away back to the sidelines and hope nobody notices you, not in any real way. In fact, when life knocks at your door and all the daydreams you’ve had have a chance of creeping into reality, it’s terrifying. I’ve always thought that making others happy is one of the only things worth doing in life.īut when you’re that kind of person, off in your own head and living to see what happens in the lives of others, you kind of neglect yourself. I’ve always been the type of person to float through life kind of in my own head, and for a long time one of my kind of main sources of joy in life has kind of been just making others happy in small, understated ways, nudging them towards what I know would be good for them and feeling contentment when I see the fruits of it. Man what a beautiful movie, it really spoke to me.
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