The111 1 #1 March 26, 2004 Wow. That's all I have to say. This is by far one of the best movies I've seen in my life. I left the theatre teary-eyed and I'm still getting over it. I found the following on some website about skydiving a long time ago: I have wanted to try to get in words why I skydive, and it seems to me it has to do somehow with both sadness and love. How is that? The more we allow ourselves to love, the sadder the leaving. We can't allow ourselves to love too much, then; and it's hard to love too much with one's spirit blowing lightly in the wind. There is a sense as one grows older that pridefulness and excessive ego are misplaced-- there is a tendency towards humility, in the face of knowing how much of what we do is vanity. Skydiving is three things: It is a submission after years of willfulness; it is wholly absorbing, and therefore distracting from our cares; and it is the rational, peaceful contemplation of death, and eternity made less fearsome. As skydivers, we can feel less deeply the anguish of knowing the impermanence of love, and of those we love. Skydiving celebrates life's impermanence with a brilliant brightness, floods it with a blinding light. Ultimately, it reminds us that life is very fragile, but very brave. I've always loved that passage, especially the part in bold about celebrating life's impermanence, and those of you who have seen the movie can probably agree with me that this is one of the central themes to the film. It's a theme I've always needed help with - relationships and life in general I always want to be perfect and last forever. That's not the way it works though and the only way we can be happy is to embrace what we have now. If you haven't seen this yet, and you enjoy a movie that will make you think rather than simply entertain, do yourself a favor and watch this ASAP.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wzettler 0 #2 March 26, 2004 Thats an awesome quote. Thanks for sharing it... I think when Jesus said "love your enemy" he probably meant don't kill them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luv2Fall 0 #3 March 26, 2004 Love the quote - thanks, man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
panzwami 0 #4 March 26, 2004 I like it. Should make a good away message. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi 0 #5 March 26, 2004 yeah...that movie was amazing.. i left with shivers...it was the best movie I have seen in a long time as well, I would even venture to say my new fav movie. (inside his head jsut reminded my of inside mine)_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
