The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Was watching this on tv today. Yesterday was housebunny but i'd rather not talk about that. (cos it's just a dumbblondeflick)
With Button, it was a thought provoking experience I should say. Do you recall watching this advertisement about a car (can't remember which company) which posed the same question : What would it be like to experience life in reverse? You start old and die young.
I gave it some thought but till now I'm still undecided.
Starting old, would mean having to weather through all the sickness and defects whilst learning the workings of the world. But the mid years would be a smooth ride as you transit from middle age to youth and feel fit as a fiddle.
Then the central problem would appear. Growing young as you grow old. Whos to take care of the dependent? The young-old? or the old-young?
Then theres the problem of estimating your lifespan. With age, you can live on forever. But if you grow young, then when you look 7, you'd know there's only 7 yrs of your life left.
And what about, like the movie, if such rare conditions were to only happen to a selected few? We'd be forced to make difficult decisions. Looking at our loved ones age as we go reverse. What's the feeling of seeing your child grow older each day as you become more child-like?
Overall, these are just some of the questions the movie posed la. I like a certain quote which goes something like" It's natural that you lose people. If not how else would you know how important they are to you?"
and oh yeah. the quote below quite cool as well.
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