Anomalisa

Not that I think of myself that way. It's just interesting. My brother recently brought up that Good Will Hunting was that therapy session that he needed to go back to every so often. This is that movie for me. There's a lot that I feel that I have or had in common with Michael. I'm drawn to this film nevertheless because when something speaks so personally to your own past identity and to your personal fears, it feels good to go back to something like that . To go to something or someone that understands you in some personal way. Perhaps it is unhealthy to go back and stare into a mirror of things you don't like about who you were/are, but I personally find a great bit of relief in knowing that someone else out there understands these same issues. It helps to cope with those exact things you are afraid of to know that you're not alone (for me anyway). It reaches a not wholly optimistic outlook for Michael, which some may say could make me feel like I, too, have little hope. For whatever reason, this feeling doesn't connect with me when I watch this. I'm not sure what exactly I subconsciously pick up from the message the film ends on, but I suppose it's one of understanding, empathy, and hope to be better than Michael as I get older. Now to make it perfectly clear, I don't go around and see everybody with the same face and with Tom Noonan's voice. I also don't deal with Fregoli syndrome. I mean more that I share a lot of the same kind of abstract sentiment of Michael's state. Or, to put it simply, go back up to the quote.