May 2, 2012

IN TIME (Andrew Niccol, 2011)

Rich people - no matter of what kind of coin is the one needed to be so - are the only ones who are able to live with no worries. If there were no money but time, I mean, if people paid their food, their hobbies and so one with time instead of money, life would be maybe more complicated, but at the end the result is the same. Rich people would have all the time for them to have fun whereas poor people would need to work hard, even to steal, not to eat some days... just with the purpose of surviving and get more time. And that is all. This movie could be perfectly considered a kind of metaphore of our real world. A perfect calm for those who were born surrounded by money and luxury and a fight for those who must make an effort everyday if they want to be happy or at least to be. Nowadays, quite movies are based on the same topic probably because it is a question that worries many of us. Why are there so many people with unthinkable salaries and who live in enormous houses with many people working for them while others die because they do not eat enough and work from early in the morning until late for a miserable salary? Is this really fair? I do not really think so. But, that is life and this movie represents so very clearly. That is why I like it although it is a recurrent theme in today times.

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