The interesting thing about the movie was the candidness of feelings and actions of the characters that they never shared with another soul before but they shared them with each other there and then. The ironic part was that not everyone at the table knew one another well if at all. Perhaps the reason they were so candid was because they didn't know one another well and didn't think they'd run into those folks again. Surprise. They were more connected than they knew.
It made me think of our own raw emotions and thoughts and tendencies. Just thinking from a Buddhist perspective how much our ego really does rule us when our consciousness is on auto-pilot. Even if you're not buying into a Buddhist philosophy on life, just how much we can do without conscience and may not even realize it was thought provoking. There were startling revelations in the movie between characters - which made the story even richer. Now, it wasn't Academy Award stuff, but the way it was pulled together was done very well - made you think.
One thing that came from the movie was how much we suffer in our minds. (also tied to Buddhism) That suffering of what we think we want or what we think we need or what we think we can get away with, no matter how small or significant, we would still be dissatisfied and want for more. Whether it is more power, money, sexual relationships, material things - most of us keep grasping for them. The grass always appears greener on what we don't have or can't have. I think all of this is to fill the hole left by fear. If we cling to those things then maybe we can push out of our minds that we eventually will die and those things we own or the people we want to be with will not be with us. We come in alone and we leave alone. That is scary shit. What better way to keep our minds off of that morbid subject than to think about that woman or that man or that car or that TV that you simply MUST have - even if on some level you know it's temporary.
The ending of the story leaves a married man having an affair with a woman he met on a business trip, a single man who ends up standing up for himself with his married girlfriend and not being her doormat any more and a woman who finds strength for herself. Nothing easy - no big red bows and definitely not a nice, neat happily ever after. I liked that. Showing that life is not black and white - it's all shades of gray. Life is messy and complicated. It is often hurtful and joyous. We take great risk opening ourselves completely to others but what we learn and gain is immeasurable. Even the painful experiences can be a blessing to us in the long run. Who knows?
Perhaps I read more into the movie than the writer intended or perhaps I hit it right on the head. Either way, I enjoyed it. If you ask me now I couldn't even tell you the name of it, but that's okay. It was just a glimpse in the lives of people you or I could possibly know. It was the nature of reality. It was life.
Go live it! Soak it up. All the juicy and complicated parts. The parts where your heart bursts wide open and the ones where it breaks and feels it will never heal. Either way just be there. Ride the waves. Who knows it may end up being the best thing that ever happened to you!
Enjoy :)
~Peace
Michelle
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