Back in Time!

Just checked out Hot Tub Time Machine. Overall, a pretty funny flick that had its moments. A few too many gross out things but hey, what are you gonna do? I think the movie was a bit rushed. There could have been a little bit more characterization in it to make these guys really seem like best friends who had lost touch with each other. For me, it was a pretty good 2.5 out of 4. If they worked on the character bits instead of trying to skip from one funny scene to the next, it probably would have been a 3 or higher.

The movie did make me think, however. No, not in the way that Inception did. Or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I was trying to boil think of a pivotal moment in my life that I would go back to and relive and possibly change. Would it be some moment in High School? Probably not as I generally dislike that period of my life, save for my senior year, which was awesome.

Would then be some time in college? I'm not too sure about that either as I generally really liked college. I mean, even the bad spots were better than some of those in High School. Plus, I'd met some really great friends then, friendships that I still hold dear today.

I dunno. Maybe I'm just not old enough to be able to look back on my life and find a "What could have been if..." moment. What did John Cusack call it in Say Anything? A "dare to be great" moment. Or maybe I didn't have any of those types of moments. How sad would that be? Living my life still waiting for that "dare to be great" moment that may never come.

Or maybe it's simply that I am happy and content where I am right now. And I realize that everything leading up to this point was simply prelude to this exact moment. That regardless of if I grabbed that "dare to be great" moment or not, it still led me to this exact time and place. And this is exactly where I want to be.

Have I don't some stupid things? Of course. We all have. And I will probably continue to do stupid things. But I've also done great things. Sure, maybe not "Oscar worthy" great, but great nonetheless. And I would never trade those for anything, not even for the opportunity to erase the bad stuff.  So please, you can keep your time travelling Hot Tub to yourself. I'm cool.

Well, how about that DeLorean?