I Never Know

By: Euan on 6:11 AM

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I never know that I love Robin Williams films. Well, I think most of Robin Williams films were stories about life in general. Yesterday, I was able to watch Jack, a 1996 movie where Mr. Williams played the title role - a person who olds four times his age. Jack Howell was able to finish high school at the age of 18 but with a body of a 72 year-old person. He was the class valedictorian and delivered this short speech: 

I don't have very much time these days, so I'll make it quick -- like my life. You know, as we come to the end of this phase of our life, we find ourselves trying to remember the good times and trying to forget the bad times. And we find ourselves thinking about the future. We start to worry, thinking, "What am I gonna do? Where am I gonna be in ten years?"

But I say to you, "Hey, look at me." Please, don't worry so much, 'cause in the end none of us have very long on this earth. Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky, when the stars are strung across the velvety night, and when a shooting star streaks through the blackness turning night into day -- make a wish think of me. And make your life spectacular. I know I did.

I like the content. Where am I gonna be ten years from now? What am I gonna do? The same questions I asked when I left my high school and college life. Goals fulfilled but still searching for the right path.

Another movie of him that I can watch all over again is the Bicentennial Man, a 1999 movie. It's a story of a robot who learned how to have emotions and worked himself to be accepted as a human being. He can appreciate beauty, make sculptures, and can feel love. Naturally, he was mistakenly created to develop feelings and behaviors of human. He is intelligent and was able to formulate ways on how he can achieve the body of a human being. 


Sunday, August 9, 2009