ADSactly Movies - Lessons from Movies #2: In Time (2011)
ADSactly Movies - Lessons from Movies #2: In Time (2011)
In Time
This movie is many things, and boring is not one of them because the action will continuously keep you hooked, new conflicts being created at all times and its philosophical meaning will always give you something to think about.
If people only look at the surface, they will probably consider it a love story where the good guy tries to save the world, fighting the villains and meeting a girl that is going to help him thrive in the end. But as you get closer and look past the exterior, deep down at the heart of this movie you will be able to see the relationships between that world and ours and you may get a better understanding of how things work.
Disclaimer: I have to note that these are my opinions, what I took from the movie, but I advise you to watch it yourself, maybe you will feel differently or pick up on something I missed.
Jobs
I see this movie as the perfect metaphor for our world because in the film, people have to work for their time, which is also currency and if they run out of it, they are dead. You only have to watch with the right set of eyes because, in a real job, we are giving away our time (eight hours every day) for money, for a currency that we can later buy things with.
Time is now the currency. We earn it and spend it.
Even if people run out of money, in our society, they are not necessarily dead, like in the movie, because there are programs that can help people in need giving them food and maybe a place where they can temporarily stay. But in the long term, having no money may reflect a particular type of death, the death of your dreams and wishes.
Immortality
The whole movie is built around the principle of immortality, a fantasy that may seem like a blessing for some and a curse for others. In the film, you live for as much time as you have on your clock, and if someone can acquire great fortunes, they can live forever.
This is somehow similar to what’s happening in our world because the wealthy few have more money than they can ever spend, so they have financial immortality because they will never run out of money in their lifetime.
For a few to be immortal, many must die.
To put this into our world’s parameters, for a few to be rich, many must be poor. Everybody cannot be rich because then we would all have the same amount of money thus the definition of richness would not be valid anymore. There is enough money so everyone can have a decent life but that, as in the movie, is not possible because it would put the world out of order creating a new one, which doesn’t seem like such a bad thing after all but the rich will never let it happen.
The cost of living keeps rising to make sure people keep dying.
In a world where everyone has the possibility of being immortal, such a thing seems impossible because, in the movie, the poor are mistreated working for pennies while the cost of living keeps on rising so they can’t break their limitations.
Death
Even if the idea of living forever may sound appealing for some, it is never a good idea because we as humans are beings that probably have both a body and a soul, and at some point, we all have to meet “our creator”.
This thing is well stated in Sylvia’s quote “The clock is good for no one. The poor die and the rich don’t live. We can all live forever as long as we don’t do anything foolish”. She dropped a real gem here. Most people can live for a long time as long as they have a safe and decent life which is not bad if that’s your thing. But you see, tasting all life’s wonders comes with a price and most of the times it may just mean that you can’t have a life of security anymore and that you have to get out of your comfort zone.
Lessons Learned
By now, you were probably able to see the similarities between the world described in the movie and the world we live in, influential people abusing the weak so they can have an abundant life.
The most significant lesson I learned from this movie is that, as Will Salas was the hero of his world, spreading the wealth and helping the poor, you can be the hero of your inner world, helping yourself to get in a position from where you can help others.
No general structure can help everybody because every community has its needs, but if we all make a small step every day towards better times, maybe we have the chance to change our society too.
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Although it was critically panned, I enjoyed this movie when it came out. (since when did a critic actually know what they were talking about?)
Wow. I love this movie. Just like you said, the movie depicted immortality as long as you have so much time. I saw it like 3 times in the cinema :). Justin timberlake did justice to his role. It a great concept. The whole idea of the world revolving around time not only as money but as life too that right there shows awesome creation and imagination. It was a shame his mum died or rather ran out of time right in front of him. This really show that life is time. The more time you spend on relevant things, the more impact. The movie really is cool, time acts as money and life. The proverb 'Time is Gold' is not a proverb in that world. It is real. In a sense, the main two characters' behavior is absurd. However, the astonishment I felt at the main plot covered it. I could think of the importance of time.
My greatest lesson here is that time management is the key to success. It allows you to take control of your life rather than following the flow of others. As you accomplish more each day, make more sound decisions, and feel more in control, people notice just as Justin timberlake was noticed. Beautiful one @adsactly. I enjoyed reading and reminded me of that year i saw the movie. Great memories indeed.
You got it right: In this movie time becomes an aspect of measuring life; but not controlable.
true words
Time management has tremendous importance in anyone's daily life because we only have so much time on our hands every day and it would be a shame to waste it. Also, prioritization is essential too because it's always good to know what's one the first place and what's not.
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I've watched it at least 10 times. Now I will watch again. A metaphor beyond spectacular. I never respect someone who does not like this movie. Because he does not know how to think. In fact, he does not understand that we are right now. This is the first time I've had my fovors (the first 3 LOTRs). Nobody should blame this film for a while. Direct 2-3-4-5 ...... films must be drawn.
By the way, the casino scene is perfect.
Thanks for sharing
Ten times? Huh, that is quite a lot, how did you manage it? I think I watched like three or four times maybe; I enjoyed it every single time. The casino scene was impressive. Indeed, it was so close. Thanks. :)
Great movie!
And the explanation was pretty clear and very insightful!
Maybe you could feature this movie:
A Beautiful Mind
A 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles. The story begins in Nash's days as a graduate student at Princeton University. Early in the film, Nash begins to develop paranoid schizophrenia and endures delusional episodes while painfully watching the loss and burden his condition brings on wife Alicia and friends.
The film opened in the United States cinemas on December 21, 2001. It went on to gross over $313 million worldwide and won four Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress. It was also nominated for Best Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Best Original Score.
It was well received by critics, but has been criticized for its inaccurate portrayal of some aspects of Nash's life, especially his other family and a son born out of wedlock. However, the filmmakers have stated that the film was not meant to be a literal representation.
That is a great suggestion, I watched this movie a long time ago and as far as I can remember I enjoyed it. I will consider it and maybe write about it sometime in the future. Thanks for your recommendation, it is well received. :)
I really admire this post, in our world only the rich people taste the good life while the poor suffers the consequences of the outcome of life. Take for instance if war should spark up right in a country or I mean the rich have the resources to get to somewhere safe meanwhile the poor have to face whatever outcome the war brings. They rich try to make sure the gap between them are really far keeping distance away from the poor, they rich have the nicest things, beautiful houses, spouses, cars and all of that and people tend to familiarize With them just to get their share of their wealth. The society is growing everyday and the wound is cutting deeper where the poor are being segregated and maltreated. We can stop this we can try our best. Thanks for sharing , for supporting good deeds to be done but sadly they will always be the rich and the poor.
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I really like this artical, your each and every word that you have written about this movie is really very true.
I really love this movie @adsactly.
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this film is not without its shortcomings, but its main idea is simply magnificent.
In our world and in our time everyone knows such a famous formula: "Time = money". This film is literally based on this idea. The main resource that each person is allocated to the earth is time. And that's how we manage the time, talking about our solvency. You can sit on the couch or mzuchat advanced technology - in the end you will spend the same amount of time, but you will achieve different results. So I see the regularity of using time as a resource.
In the film, time is the main calculation unit (similar to money in our world) and the one who is richer has an almost unlimited amount of time. The poor as always remain without everything. It's sad, but it's a fact that needs to be accepted. I like the basic concept of the film and the comparison with the money that we are shown.
My subjective opinion is that the main resources of any person are time, information, personal qualities (charisma) and money. But as we know that the difference from the film is that death can not be defeated for any money. And time in our real world is an irreplaceable resource. It is valuable in that it can not be restored. Therefore, it is priceless.
I believe that in the future, thanks to technological progress, humanity can turn time into sleep (it will be either robotic technology or genetic engineering). But now we can enjoy time and such good and meaningful films.
Thank you, I liked it :)
Nicely written:)
Time Out or In Time is first and foremost a crazy idea, original and rather well exploited in the whole film.
The origins of the replacement of money by time, its consequences on the population, the different social castes represented, and the worries engendered.
All in all, the actors are doing pretty well, without making big sparks, and even if it's not much, seeing Pettyfer in a role other than the nice hero of the story is a pleasure. The film does not escape banalities, love story and near-dead among others.
That said it is a good entertainment, perfect for a quiet evening.
I like a lot how the actors performed; it comes off very naturally for them even if I like more how people acted in Birdman. I wrote about that one on ADSactly too, a while ago.
Anyone should watch it at least once. :D