Comments on: Revolutionary Road: Hopeless Emptiness http://mattfrizzellonline.com/2009/03/02/revolutionary-road-hopeless-emptiness/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark http://mattfrizzellonline.com/2009/03/02/revolutionary-road-hopeless-emptiness/#comment-509 Thu, 20 May 2010 11:57:23 +0000 http://mattfrizzellonline.com/?p=363#comment-509 People see what they want in this movie. Many say its proof that that America, and the suburbs, somehow destroy people and their spirits. As if people are not unhappy in Paris. The key to this movie is that all they needed to do was THINK about moving to Paris, and they were instantly happier. Life is about choice. People feel trapped. They WANT to be trapped, since being trapped is easier than being free. But you cannot be truly happy until you are free. A house in the suburbs has nothing to do with this. As for the affair, note that only the woman involved in the affair remembers how Frank Wheeler had a dad at Knox, and how he would be proud of Frank. In an odd way, she gives him what April cannot. April is a modern woman, who wants a career and is not happy as a housewife, or a person whose sole job is to take care of her husband. Her motives for wanting to move to Paris are not just to free her husband from a job he hates, but to free herself from a life she hates.

So go on, blame it all on the American flag and apple pie and houses with yards. Its about empowerment, the advancement of women in society. We are advancing as a people, as a society. Changing. For better and worse, its happening. This movie, based on a book written decades ago, is a commentary on it.

]]> By: Jami http://mattfrizzellonline.com/2009/03/02/revolutionary-road-hopeless-emptiness/#comment-130 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:07:12 +0000 http://mattfrizzellonline.com/?p=363#comment-130 I can’t wait to go see this movie… you have piqued my interest even more!

I’ll comment also after I’ve seen it. :)

]]> By: Stefen Isaac http://mattfrizzellonline.com/2009/03/02/revolutionary-road-hopeless-emptiness/#comment-129 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:17:41 +0000 http://mattfrizzellonline.com/?p=363#comment-129 Yo Frizzer-

Caught up with D- missed your call, been working graveyard shifts…laid off… looking to head back east. May be wiring a new studio in Chicago, keep that plan in your prayers, it would be lovely to be near you and the family for the length of that work.

I look forward to seeing this film now that youve primed the well for me with this excellent write up-

ROCKNSOUL’

JYPSYEYE

]]> By: mattfrizzell http://mattfrizzellonline.com/2009/03/02/revolutionary-road-hopeless-emptiness/#comment-128 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:56:27 +0000 http://mattfrizzellonline.com/?p=363#comment-128 Hey KB, would love to hear your reaction to it. The movie affected me deeply. Saw it in real life growing up.

]]> By: graceshaker http://mattfrizzellonline.com/2009/03/02/revolutionary-road-hopeless-emptiness/#comment-127 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:33:48 +0000 http://mattfrizzellonline.com/?p=363#comment-127 now i have to see it. will comment again after.

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