margo’s review published on Letterboxd:
“do i just keep doing it?”
“yes.”
“without knowing anything?”
“yes.”
“isn’t there supposed to be some kind of an answer out there in the cosmic wilderness? woodrow’s line about the meaning of life.”
“‘maybe there is one.’”
“well, that’s my question. i still don’t understand the play.”
“doesn’t matter. just keep telling the story.”
i will forever be grateful to this movie for teaching me that not everything has to mean something. as a chronic overthinker, making decisions has always been hard for me. no matter how small of a decision, i would always be concerned with how it would affect my life in the long-term. but what if it doesn’t? what if life isn’t a bunch of puzzle pieces put in place? maybe it’s just a series of random events with nothing tying them all together.
this movie isn’t for everyone and i understand why. it’s random and pointless and can be seen as boring at some parts. but it’s authentic. it shows life as it really is.
the alien takes the asteroid and everyone freaks out, trying to figure out why. later, he returns the asteroid exactly where he found it and leaves without saying a word. it seems pointless and instead of telling us the reasoning, wes anderson doesn’t say anything about it. we don’t have all the answers and we never will. maybe the answer is that we don’t know.
i don’t know if it’s just me or if it’s universal but i can’t stand the fact that i don’t know or understand exactly how the world works. how did the universe go from absolutely nothing to something in such a small amount of time? how did mold on our planet turn into such sophisticated creatures like ourselves? how does time work? how do we know how to breathe when we’re born?
what i love about this movie is that it doesn’t give you any answers. it tells you to stop questioning everything and to just live your life. sure, i’m still a big overthinker, but my mind has really calmed down ever since i watched asteroid city for the first time a year ago.
“what’s the point of committing suicide when there’s nothing left to escape?”
“maybe that was the problem all along.”
