my coworker let me borrow the movie 'up' a few weeks ago and we finally got around to watching it today. it's a story about an elderly man named carl fredrickson who embarks on an adventure after losing his wife ellie and the threat of also losing the house they had shared. the fredericksons had made a promise to each other to someday travel to paradise falls and build a house there, but ellie passed away before they were able to go.
ellie had started an adventure book as a little girl, leaving blank pages to fill in after "stuff i'm going do when i get there" (there being paradise falls). as carl leafs through the book, he comes upon the page and is struck with regret about not being able to take his wife there before she died. later in the movie, he discovers that she had filled the blank pages with pictures of the 2 of them throughout their lives, thanking him for the adventure and telling him to start a new one.
this part of the movie reminded me of my favorite scene in '500 days of summer' -- expectations vs. reality. sometimes what we want and believe to be true isn't the case. things happen. things don't happen. things are not the same.
sure, life has its share of downs, but it also has its ups. so we might as well enjoy the ride (even if it means in a floating house).
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