Captain Fantastic
Oh my God! I do not know which is crazier: the concept of the movie or the possibility that this could actually be happening somewhere, right now. Imagine that somewhere in the greenness of the non-assuming forest you pass by every day on your way to work or to school there exist a man, living with his family, restricting the lives of his children, human beings, to just and only the wisdom of words imprinted on pages. Consciously engineering an outstandingly impressive physical and mental upgrade far from the usual. It’s almost unreal to think that people actually have lived like this in the past - in the old, old, old days and here we are today making a big fuzz about what used to be the reality of things.
There isn’t a better name out there for this movie than the one already giving – Captain Fantastic! It takes a certain degree of “fantasticness” to pull this off almost perfectly if not for one small missing detail – they were creeps, mostly geeks.
The kids were smart alright, but they lost a very crucial ingredient in their pursuit of enlightenment – they didn’t know how to live, it wasn’t in a book. They weren’t able to communicate as normal people would. Watching this movie I got to realize that being ridiculously smart could be frustrating because every other person reasons on a different level that’s just two bits lower than yours – imagine an old man explaining the concept and complexity of life to a five year old. In that same way, these overbearingly smart kids could explain to a doctor why humans die and even though they are right it still doesn’t make sense.
But really, I cannot say that I completely approve of Bens methods (captain fantastic) or if I don’t, I just know that his family beats thousands of families in the world today. I mean, I love my family and all but you don’t see us going mountain climbing or going for early morning exercises or having regular self-defense classes. The children would literally rob a bank if their father told them that it was possible and that it was the right to do. He never lies to them, never pretends – treats them as human beings and not as children. The bond between them was one so spectacular, so extra ordinary that one would assume God should naturally be the center of such a family. If you thought that, you thought wrong.
On their first family trip out of the forest they made a stop at a hospital and found that almost everybody there was kind of ‘over-sized’. Here’s what they said: as Ben approached the corner where they sat, he saw the look on their faces and asked “now what” and Leslie answered “what’s wrong with everyone” “are they sick” Kielyr said. Ben, with a seemingly puzzled look, answered “what do you mean?” Zaja wasted not even a second nor truth when he said “everyone is so fat” “yeah, yeah” ben replied and before he could say another word Zaja interrupted “fat like hippos”. “That’s not a nice thing to say” Nai said. “But look!” Zaja shouted authoritatively. As everyone took a moment to once again observe the fierce looking, physically damaged homosapiens that laid before them with such horror in their eyes Kielyr said “okay, you can think that, but we don’t make fun of people. Right dad?” “That’s right, we don’t make fun of people” and just when I thought it couldn’t get any more discriminatory Vespyr replied “except Christians” and it was funny, even though I am a Christians. You have to be a hypocrite to deny the believe that there’s a celestial being governing an organized civilization of celestial beings somewhere in the clouds and has the power to manipulate your life is a tiny winy bit funny.
There is lot to learn from this movie, especially for families. The concept of a family might be beautiful in theory but otherwise just too complex and difficult sometimes. When it gets to that point and survives the wave of horror that comes with it, it could never be more beautiful. And seriously kids – read your books. I love you mom, love you dad. See ya!!
There isn’t a better name out there for this movie than the one already giving – Captain Fantastic! It takes a certain degree of “fantasticness” to pull this off almost perfectly if not for one small missing detail – they were creeps, mostly geeks.
The kids were smart alright, but they lost a very crucial ingredient in their pursuit of enlightenment – they didn’t know how to live, it wasn’t in a book. They weren’t able to communicate as normal people would. Watching this movie I got to realize that being ridiculously smart could be frustrating because every other person reasons on a different level that’s just two bits lower than yours – imagine an old man explaining the concept and complexity of life to a five year old. In that same way, these overbearingly smart kids could explain to a doctor why humans die and even though they are right it still doesn’t make sense.
But really, I cannot say that I completely approve of Bens methods (captain fantastic) or if I don’t, I just know that his family beats thousands of families in the world today. I mean, I love my family and all but you don’t see us going mountain climbing or going for early morning exercises or having regular self-defense classes. The children would literally rob a bank if their father told them that it was possible and that it was the right to do. He never lies to them, never pretends – treats them as human beings and not as children. The bond between them was one so spectacular, so extra ordinary that one would assume God should naturally be the center of such a family. If you thought that, you thought wrong.
On their first family trip out of the forest they made a stop at a hospital and found that almost everybody there was kind of ‘over-sized’. Here’s what they said: as Ben approached the corner where they sat, he saw the look on their faces and asked “now what” and Leslie answered “what’s wrong with everyone” “are they sick” Kielyr said. Ben, with a seemingly puzzled look, answered “what do you mean?” Zaja wasted not even a second nor truth when he said “everyone is so fat” “yeah, yeah” ben replied and before he could say another word Zaja interrupted “fat like hippos”. “That’s not a nice thing to say” Nai said. “But look!” Zaja shouted authoritatively. As everyone took a moment to once again observe the fierce looking, physically damaged homosapiens that laid before them with such horror in their eyes Kielyr said “okay, you can think that, but we don’t make fun of people. Right dad?” “That’s right, we don’t make fun of people” and just when I thought it couldn’t get any more discriminatory Vespyr replied “except Christians” and it was funny, even though I am a Christians. You have to be a hypocrite to deny the believe that there’s a celestial being governing an organized civilization of celestial beings somewhere in the clouds and has the power to manipulate your life is a tiny winy bit funny.
There is lot to learn from this movie, especially for families. The concept of a family might be beautiful in theory but otherwise just too complex and difficult sometimes. When it gets to that point and survives the wave of horror that comes with it, it could never be more beautiful. And seriously kids – read your books. I love you mom, love you dad. See ya!!
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