DarkJade’s Films of Meaning – Jerry Maguire

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Choice, Courage, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire, Love, Renee Zellweger, Tom Cruise

DarkJade’s Films of Meaning – Jerry Maguire

by DarkJade

Never Compromise Who You Are… Or You May End Up Way Down A Road, And Not Able To Recognize The Person You See In The Mirror

Jerry Maguire…

I remember when the previews were out for this Film back in 1996. The way they were selling it, at least in America, was in my Opinion a Sports Film (In Order to get the Guys to come see it), and they knew they could get the girls just by having Tom Cruise in it.

 

Well Let Me Tell You Right now, this Film was much more than this.

At First a lot of Guys got in there and were like “Oh man, This is a Romantic Comedy”…

But that’s not right either.

This Film is about several things…

First of all, the Utter Collapse of a Human Being… I know what you’re thinking, that’s a bit Deep for a Smiley Tom Cruise Film… But that’s exactly what it was.

And How Would I Recognize this through all of the Comedy, Charm and Snappy/Sharp Whit?

Because as Fortune would have it, I was going through the “Exact Same Thing”…

Yes, two years after this Film came out, I Walked away from the Good Paying Corporate America Job Forever… And began the Quest of My Own Personal Dreams…

But that’s another Story… For Another Time.

Now Don’t get me wrong for a Moment… Cuba Gooding Jr. Was Frigging Brilliant…

I Laughed so damn Hard when I saw that Scene… And I still do, Lol

But The Truth was, Jerry Maguire’s Life was Falling apart…

And Right in the Middle of this Utter, Borderline Dysfunctional Collapse, and Gigantic Identity Crisis… He met a girl…

That’s one of the other things this Film is About… “The Importance of “Timing” When Getting Involved with some.”

Now Don’t get me Wrong… They definitely Love one another in this Film…

But for the First 2/3’s of This Film, The Beam of Light that is Her Love for Him, is what basically carried them through Friendship, and into a Heart felt Passionate Love Affair…

But then the Bottom Fell out… And he was lost and Spinning… And she was taking cover, well he spent some time Truly Coming Into Himself, who he had only Now Gotten Back in Touch with…

The other thing this Film is about, is Heart…

And Man… It has a lot of it

Love…

Courage…

Choice…

Be Your Dreams… Live, Your Dreams

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DarkJade’s Films of Meaning – The Karate Kid

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Courage, Ralph Macchio, Simplicity, The Karate Kid

DarkJade’s Films of Meaning – The Karate Kid

by DarkJade

Some Meaningful Films Come In The Simplest Of Packages… Some Challenges Merely Take Focus…

The Karate Kid…

Maybe it’s because I was a kid growing up in the 70’s and 80’s that this Film really hit home for me… Or maybe it’s because I was brought up by a Single Mom that didn’t have a lot of Money… Like Daniel. Though I had a Brother Around, so I was not a Single Child. I also had two sisters, but they weren’t around much.

Whatever it was, “The Karate Kid” had a very Profound Meaning to me.

There is an Abundance of Messages in this Film… Take that Scene Above.

Bullying is something that has never gone away for kids in schools… Never.

Making that Scene, and many of the scenes, completely relevant, even now.

I Was a Shy Kid Growing Up… And My Brother and I missed a lot of School in Junior High… Mainly because My Mom was fairly “Anti Public” School…

Though She couldn’t afford to send us to Private School.

And so kids harassed My Brother and I when we’d miss a few days in a row on occasion.

Mom meant well… But in the end, it made going to School pretty terrible.

On the flip side, we had an Amazing, Creative Childhood.

Beyond the Bullying in this Film, there’s also the Idea of “Simplicity”… Which is shown by the Miyagi Character.

Simplicity… Focus… Dedication.

All Immensely Valuable Lessons, that can be Used in Every Area of Life.

Daniel wasn’t just some “Gifted” Martial Artist who merely needed to be shown the way…

He was a Normal Kid, with a Huge Heart, and his Pain and Suffering mainly acted as a Catalyst to Improve Himself.

Granted, The Music is a bit Dated in this Film, Lol

But The Ideals of Simplicity, Focus, Heart, Dedication and Belief in One’s Self that “YOU” can Achieve things in your life, and overcome Obstacles, and/or Hindrances on your Path, Remain True.

This Next Video Clip is of the Final Scenes in the Film, if for some reason you haven’t seen the Film, you may not want to watch it.

Like I say, maybe it’s just because I was a Kid in the 70’s and 80’s, as I Loved The Original Rocky As Well… And this Film Definitely Caught some of that Triumph that was felt in that Film as well.

Nuff Said

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