{"id":4630,"date":"2011-04-11T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=4630"},"modified":"2011-04-11T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T17:14:08","slug":"hot-tub-time-maching-day-thirty-three-40movies40days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/hot-tub-time-maching-day-thirty-three-40movies40days\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Tub Time Machine – Day Thirty Three – #40movies40days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hot-tub-time-machine\"<\/a>From the sublime to the ridiculous and back again– that’s where this project has taken me.<\/p>\n

Netflix, for some unknown reason, recommended Hot Tub Time Machine<\/em>. \u00a0I took the bait and discovered a raunchy but ultimately sweet tale of friendship, past regrets, second chances and how our past can haunt us.<\/p>\n

The movie opens just as Adam (John Cusack) has been dumped by yet another girlfriend. \u00a0His anti-social video-game-obsessed nephew Jacob (Clark Duke) is camped out in his basement. His friend Lou (Rob Corddry), a burned out alcoholic party guy, has just tried to commit suicide. Another friend, Nick (Craig Robinson), has a dead-end job at a dog spa and an unfaithful and controlling wife named Courtney (Kellee Stewart).<\/p>\n

When they check Lou of the hospital they all go back to the Kodiak Valley Ski Resort, a place the guys remember as representing the best and worst times of their lives. \u00a0A particular evening at the resort seemed to be a turning point for all of them. \u00a0They arrive to find the present Kodiak lodge in the last gasps of decline, despair and irrelevance– Much like their own lives.<\/p>\n

\"hottub-time-machine\"<\/a>A night of drinking and empty bravado results in a spilled can of an illegal Russian energy drink “Chernobly” on the hot tub’s controls. When the friends are jolted awake from their watery hangovers it is 1986.\u00a0\u00a0The band Poison is playing at the big Winter Fest ’86 Weekend. \u00a0They all have a chance to relive the night that changed their lives.<\/p>\n

An interesting issue in the film for me was how we misremember our past. \u00a0We weave a story about what an event means and then that story takes root in our lives and changes us. \u00a0Perhaps the event never happened that way– or meant something different– or meant nothing at all (it really wasn’t about you but about someone else). \u00a0We revisit the past constantly (in the Time Machine in our minds). \u00a0Some things we can change– some things remain the same but we change. \u00a0It’s all about perception.<\/p>\n

What story memories have taken root in my life? \u00a0How has what I misremember or have misinterpreted in my past changed me? \u00a0Can I revisit the past yet again and emerge richer and stronger than before because I have the power to make clearer choices or choose the stories that I want to take root in me?<\/p>\n

\"382_large\"<\/a>Byron Katie is an author who talks very powerfully about those things. \u00a0She calls it The Work:<\/p>\n

Do you really want to know the truth? Investigate each of your statements using the four questions and the turnaround below. Leave out any statement beginning with \u201cbut,\u201d \u201cbecause,\u201d or \u201cand\u201d. Take only one negative judgment at a time through the process of inquiry. Often you will have several negative judgments about one person. Take each judgment separately through the inquiry process. The Work is a meditation. It\u2019s about awareness; it\u2019s not about trying to change your mind. Let the mind ask the questions, then contemplate. Take your time, go inside, and wait for the deeper answers to surface.<\/div>\n
The Four Questions<\/div>\n
1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it\u2019s true? 3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? 4. Who would you be without the thought?<\/div>\n
Here is an expansion of how the four questions apply to the statement \u201cPaul should understand me.\u201d<\/div>\n
1. Is it true? Is it true that he should understand you? Be still. Wait for the heart\u2019s response.<\/div>\n
2. Can you absolutely know that it\u2019s true? Ultimately, can you really know what he should or shouldn\u2019t understand? Can you absolutely know what is in his best interest to understand?<\/div>\n
3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? What happens when you believe \u201cPaul should understand me\u201d and he doesn\u2019t? Do you experience anger, stress, frustration? How do you treat Paul? Do you give him \u201cthe look\u201d? Do you try to change him in any way? How do these reactions feel? How do you treat yourself? Does that thought bring stress or peace into your life? Be still as you listen.<\/div>\n
4. Who would you be without the thought? Close your eyes. Picture yourself in the presence of Paul. Now imagine looking at Paul, just for a moment, without the thought \u201cI want him to understand.\u201d What do you see? What would your life look like without that thought?<\/div>\n
The Turnaround<\/div>\n
Next, turn your statement around. The turnarounds are an opportunity to experience the opposite of what you believe to be true. You may find several turnarounds.<\/div>\n
For example, \u201cPaul should understand me\u201d turns around to:<\/div>\n
\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/div>\n
Paul shouldn\u2019t understand me. I should understand me. I should understand Paul.<\/div>\n
Let yourself fully experience the turnarounds. For each one, find at least three genuine, specific examples in your life where the turnaround is true. This is not about blaming yourself or feeling guilty. It\u2019s about discovering alternatives that can bring you peace.<\/div>\n
The Turnaround for Number 6<\/div>\n
The turnaround for statement number 6 is a little different: \u201cI don\u2019t ever want to experience an argument with Paul again\u201d turns around to:<\/div>\n
\u201cI am willing to experience an argument with Paul again,\u201d and \u201cI look forward to experiencing an argument with Paul again.\u201d<\/div>\n
Number 6 is about welcoming all your thoughts and experiences with open arms, as it shows you where you are still at war with reality. If you feel any resistance to a thought, your Work is not done. When you can honestly look forward to experiences that have been uncomfortable, there is no longer anything to fear in life: you see everything as a gift that can bring you self-realization.<\/div>\n

Do you really want to know the truth? Investigate each (part) of your statements (the stories that have take root inside of you) using the four questions and the turnaround below.<\/p>\n

Leave out any statement beginning with \u201cbut,\u201d \u201cbecause,\u201d or \u201cand\u201d.<\/p>\n

Take only one negative judgment at a time through the process of inquiry. Often you will have several negative judgments about one person (or one situation in the past). Take each judgment separately through the inquiry process.<\/p>\n

The Work is a meditation. It\u2019s about awareness; it\u2019s not about trying to change your mind. Let the mind ask the questions, then contemplate. Take your time, go inside, and wait for the deeper answers to surface.<\/p>\n

The Four Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Is it true?<\/p>\n

2. Can you absolutely know that it\u2019s true?<\/p>\n

3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?<\/p>\n

4. Who would you be like\u00a0without<\/em> the thought?<\/p>\n

Here is an expansion of how the four questions apply to the statement \u201cPaul should understand me.\u201d<\/p>\n

1. Is it true? Is it true that he should understand you? Be still. Wait for the heart\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

2. Can you absolutely know that it\u2019s true? Ultimately, can you really know what he should or shouldn\u2019t understand? Can you absolutely know what is in his best interest to understand? \u00a0(Can you be sure he doesn’t understand you? \u00a0Do you fully understand him?)<\/p>\n

3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? What happens when you believe \u201cPaul should understand me\u201d and he doesn\u2019t? Do you experience anger, stress, frustration? How do you treat Paul? Do you give him \u201cthe look\u201d? Do you try to change him in any way? How do these reactions feel? How do you treat yourself? Does that thought bring stress or peace into your life? Be still as you listen.<\/p>\n

4. Who would you be without the thought? Close your eyes. Picture yourself in the presence of Paul. Now imagine looking at Paul, just for a moment, without the thought \u201cI want him to understand.\u201d What do you see? What would your life look like without that thought?<\/p>\n

The Turnaround<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, turn your statement around. The turnarounds are an opportunity to experience the opposite of what you believe to be true. You may find several turnarounds.<\/p>\n

For example, \u201cPaul should understand me\u201d turns around to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n

Paul shouldn\u2019t understand me. I should understand me. I should understand Paul.<\/p>\n

Let yourself fully experience the turnarounds. For each one, find at least three genuine, specific examples in your life where the turnaround is true. This is not about blaming yourself or feeling guilty. It\u2019s about discovering alternatives that can bring you peace.<\/p>\n

More on Bryon Katie’s The Work here: \u00a0http:\/\/www.thework.com\/index.php<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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