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The Invention of Something Wonderful

February 25th, 2010

We had been striking out lately, hubby and I, with our movies. Tonight, we were especially glad and pleasantly surprised by what we saw in “The Invention of Lying.”

I wasn’t sure what to expect. The commercial highlighted one of the biggest throwaway jokes in the movie. (Gervais tells some hot blond that she needs to have sex with him to save the world.) And honestly, I was scared it was going to be a lot of that stuff.

It wasn’t. This movie actually had a lot of heart… and insight.

There was a wonderful scene where Mark (Gervais) is sitting with Anna (Jennifer Garner) on a park bench. He points out what he sees when looking at people. What he shows her, by sharing what he sees, is how easy it is to look past the obvious to see something more — to see the beauty in people.

Mark asks Anna to look at a couple sitting on another bench in the park and tell him what she sees. Her reply is cut and dry (not to mention cynical) “Two nerds in hats on a bench… losers.”

“Look again,” he says, “they’re holding hands. They’re happy. They’re in love.”

She later says, “I like how you see the world.”

It’s a challenge to see the good…but this movie points it out in the most simple and beautiful ways.

–Sue

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