{"id":4303,"date":"2024-01-10T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","slug":"movies-and-reframes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4303","title":{"rendered":"MOVIES AND REFRAMES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t remember the last time I added a movie to my personal Top Ten list, but I was ready to bump an old favorite to make room for\u00a0<i>Everything Everywhere All At Once<\/i> after watching it for the first time a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Please note that if you are offended by the use of certain words and references to crude sexual practices, this is not a movie I can recommend to you. It&#8217;s a shame &#8211; those things are involved in 1% of the run time and none are necessary to the story.)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie has a lot going for it otherwise as it deftly blends sci-fi, action, comedy, and drama. It&#8217;s a compelling and imaginative story filled with emotion. The casting, directing, and acting are all top-notch.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What gripped me most, though, was the means of the resolution to the main character&#8217;s central problem. Evelyn, a Chinese American owner of a failing laundromat finds her dissatisfaction with life turned into contentment and peace through nothing more than a new outlook.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon some reflection, I realized <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once<\/i> shares an important quality with several of my other favorite movies:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><i>A Christmas Carol &#8211; <\/i>A miserly man comes to see the joy in caring for others.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><i>Big Fish &#8211; <\/i>A resentful son discovers the truth contained in his father&#8217;s fantastical stories.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><i>Local Hero &#8211; <\/i>A self-absorbed oil man comes to value friendship over wealth.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><i>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life &#8211; <\/i>A frustrated man learns the impact of the sacrifices he has made.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all of these movies, the protagonists&#8217; problems are solved by a change of heart &#8211; resulting from a fundamental reframing of their view of reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is reframing as a solution to life&#8217;s major problems! These movies say solutions are readily available, if only we could see them!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is true to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it is at the heart of the Christian faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t remember the last time I added a movie to my personal Top Ten list, but I was ready to bump an old favorite to make room for\u00a0Everything Everywhere All At Once after watching it for the first time a week ago. (Please note that if you are offended by the use of certain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4304,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}