If you haven't seen Marley & Me, you should. It covers a lot of the tradeoffs of marriage and parenting, but shows how in the long run being the family guy pays off.
The Movie is really about how life side swipes you and once it has you off balance, rarely do you get it back this side of the grave..... Hilarious right?
Did I mention people cried for most of the movie?
It reminded me of my childhood dog: Baron. A big golden retriever that was dumb as a post but sometimes very brave. He once dug up the backyard's electric fence and chewed through it. I'm sure it shocked him pretty good, but his self satisfaction as he sprawled on the once unreachable driveway was evident. I loved and sometimes felt I hated that dog and I identified with that part of the movie - the universal part. But the rest of the movie's really about young, ambitious creative fathers who have no idea how they were passed up in the rat race but find themselves in the middle of a large family over night. The dog is simply someone who shared that journey unscathed. Somehow, dogs are perpetually 20 something, and we eventually slow down and are old.
But, as the film shows, its worth it.
And as Mick Jagger has demonstrated, we may eventually look our age, but the true fans will always love us.
(Non Sequitor Image: Yes, I have a mini pinscher. Yes, she has little outfits. Yes, even a bathrobe with a hood and a matching rubber duck. And yes, this is this christmas, and that was her special gift from my mother in law.)
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