Netflix had another movie going away soon, so I watched it with Clarice today.
Downsizing lands on the premise of the world being overpopulated, and humans being the world’s biggest issue. The solution was to shrink humans down, to the size of a cup, and that way our footprints would literally be shrunk down. It followed the progression of society from the lens of a man called Paul, played by Matt Damon.
The tone of the comedy lends more towards black humor. A lot of dark jokes, and about how society and humanity are not in a good state at all, and yet it’s quite hilarious. There are moments of righteous clarity, where doing the good thing is done by Paul, and the people around him want him to do good, even though they might not be doing the best.
I enjoyed the general tone of the movie, but it’s not a super great movie. Didn’t move me to want to downsize for the sake of humanity. Also did not help me feel better about humanity and its goals. But it was an interesting thought concept to play with.
With our planned pregnancy, I guess a question is what I hope humanity will continue with my child, and hopefully their children too. I don’t know what life will bring, but hope is a key concept. There was definitely a lack of hope, leading to the downsizing. Or perhaps, a very strained view of what would work. I think there should be a Christian response, and maybe, just maybe hope is right answer. I personally have the hope of Christ, and heaven. I lean on the CS Lewis logic flow of “if it is true, then it is the most true, and if it is untrue then it is the most ridiculous.”
But in any case, the truth of Christianity does provide a good historical basis, along with daily providence that God does actually show me in my everyday life. That’s a story for another day.
But another day closer to my birthday, and another day closer to the day I expire, which will be some day.
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