Sunday, November 29, 2015

THE FIVE TIMES I MET MYSELF * DOPE

This book and this movie couldn't be more different from one another, and yet, maybe they are the same in that the main character has a dilemma that keeps getting worse.

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The Five Times I Met Myself by James L. Rubart - The cover promised something new and different for me, but the pages delivered a fable about a well to do man who seemingly has it all. Except of course for these areas in his life where it could be better. It's a good story, and it keeps moving, and although it's about dreaming and time travel, the author is careful to keep his reader on track. I don't like to label too much, however this is Christian Lit and God is referenced as the one who can put things right if one prays along with figuring out what to do and doing it. Lucid dreaming is the vehicle and although it's not explained I wonder how possible it is to lucid dream ones way out of the woods.

Image result for dope movie posterDope - I loved this movie about a high school senior named Malcolm and his friends and the situation they find themselves in when they decide to live outside their box just once. It's funny but there is this underlying thing about where the movie takes place that makes it scary and edgy. Are these kids going to be OK? Malcolm and his friends and their band camp buddy and the music and all of it are rough and sweet.

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