click - 8.5/10 universal remote controls

so, was i surprised. yes. i wasn't expecting such a moving story as this one. perhaps because it is a social commentary on the state of affairs today for most people from 30-45 who are working their asses off, with their life passing around them, and not knowing when to call it stops, hold the phone, put on the breaks. i'm in there. we are the kind of people who take on too much - for what? the good of our health. no. because we don't have enough to do during the day. no. and i don't even have kids, so i can't imagine how much faster life would go if i did.

click shows us that no one can escape death (wrapped in a bobby ewing shower-esque scene). no matter how hard we work or don't work, that's where we end up. so, i have to ask the larger question (and i can because i'm in that age range that STARTS to ask the big questions)....what does all this mean? what is all this crap that we buy for each other, and all the money driven things we do really mean in the end. why are we so driven by money (or other things of seemingly equal value). will we continue to sacrifice ourselves for the "man". one of my frineds calls it FU money. we slave to get paid the big money (bankroll) so we can do what we want. is that enough?

getting back to the movie. i was expecting to be disappointed with the lame-ish kinda jokes at the beginning. stereotypes mostly depicting the nagging wife, the approaching senility parents, the bratty kid who if he didn't play with his neighbour wouldn't have any friends and the horny dog.

what i got instead was a funny, topical story about a man not realizing what he has, and eventually wanting more for himself than the next promotion.

i see people on their crackberries, and wonder - do i really want to be a part of all this?

i don't think so.

technology will kill you. i'll never get a universal remote. i prefer to have all the different parts of my life seperate, that way if i ever want to slow down, i'll have the option.

rent click. i think you'll like it.