124. The Movie Gush Episode: Favorite Films, Nostalgia, Multiverses & Musical Magic

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Welcome to Mind Power Meets Mystic. You are here with me. Michelle Walters, I am the mind power, the hypnotherapist of the equation with my podcast partner and pal. Cinthia Varkevisser, our show mystic, we have had a lot of things going on, and we've decided that this is going to be a gush episode about movies we like, because there's so much other stuff going in in the world that it seems like a good choice, just to make it simple and to talk about something you know, like movies, because most people like movies. So

you ready? Cinthia, absolutely, absolutely. Okay. Okay,

so before the break, let's talk about an old movie that is on your favorite list. What is an old movie that is on your favorite list? Cinthia,

okay, the first thing I'm going to do is tell you that Goonies and Princess Bride do not count, because that's just, I mean, I don't know about you, but I could talk about that all day long, and then I will end up quoting, and we'll be doing all that stuff, I would have to say those are just brilliant movies. So I'm going to go to Joy Luck Club. Amy Tan. Amy Tan, and I it was one of the times where I saw the movie before reading the book. And to be honest, to this day, I haven't read the book because there's a family story that goes with it. So toilet clubs, an amazing story about, you know, these, I think they're four women, right? And and their in their in their relationship with their family and culture. And the reason that it was so amazing to me is that it was the first time that I could see my family represented in a movie someplace outside of my immediate family. Now, having said that you could see my, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and there's, there's pieces of it in there, because it's about extended family. However, the the beauty of it, and that women were seen in a different way. I remember being young and my grandmother, my OMA, my mom's mom, being really upset because my mom was not serving my dad his dinner. You know, there you go, yeah, yeah. And it's really not that long ago, you know, when you think about it, at least not in my lifetime. God forbid, if I told my kids about that, it would be, you know, a completely different conversation. But the the the storyline was strong, it was Lush. The cinematography was really good, and you'll see the running theme and it's, it's these relationships with women as and apologies, oh, with women and their mothers, women and their culture, it's just incredible. And I know you saw it, how? How did you like it?

I saw it years ago, and I had read the book before I saw the movie, and I remember when I saw the movie, being upset, because I know this is going to come back and flip the other way in a little bit, that the movie didn't follow the book, but, but I liked it. I thought it was a great story. I thought it was really, it was well done and it was well made, and it was, it was novel to see a story like that being told on the cinema, you know, in the in the big screen of, you know, really a bunch of Asian women and their relationships and their families and what that all looked like. It was a great body. It was

a great movie in the part. The reason I didn't read the book is we I was so impressed with it that I wanted to take all the women in my family to go by the time we got there. This is before you could pre order your tickets, right? You pre order your ticket spent go early and buy them ahead of time. So we we went out, we had some lunch, and then found out that the movie was sold out. When my family saw it. We all saw it separately. Here's what I realized. I am a first generation American in which my mother had huge ties to her Asian roots. My mom has a sister that's only two years younger, and her roots to the Netherlands and to Indonesia are not as strong two years what a big difference, right, right? It wasn't. And so my mom had this, this thing that she held on to, and then being, you know, raised by Mom, mom with these, with these cultures and superstitions and things like that, completely different from my aunt, which means completely different from my cousin. And then the other women were sister in laws, and you know, they had their own experience, and so, because no one really identified, I lost the I lost the taste, I think, to to dig a little bit deeper. So I know that wasn't about the movie, but just had to wrap that, that piece up. But I was okay, yeah, so let's hear about your story, your movie. So

my favorite old movie is sliding doors with Gwyneth Paltrow in it. And I guess I like it for a number of reasons. I I like it because I lived in London for a while, so it kind of connects with that piece of me. There's part of me that really always has loved London, but the part of it that I I just love, and I watch it, maybe not every year, but maybe every year or two, is that the whole story. So the idea, if you haven't seen it, is that there's a there's a short setup at the beginning, and then there's two parallel story lines that happen for the bulk of the film. One is where she makes it through the sliding doors of the tube and heads off to work. And one is where she doesn't make it through the sliding doors and she's left there on the platform. And the two the two different trajectories, are flipping back and forth all the time between the two stories and the two lives that materialize out of these different one, you know, same, same person, just two different circumstances, one on the train, one off the train, come out very, very differently. And it is one of those things that helps me to realize or I just like it, and that you kind of like you never know what, what one, one seemingly small happening, or decision could make a change that changes a lot, a lot of things in your life. And and the storylines, you know, without, without spoilers, the storylines don't really necessarily come out the way you think they're going to come out. And but it, it just, it's very sweet, it's very well, it's very well made. It's not a big movie by any means. But it, it brings up this idea of, you never know. And I think that's, that's part of who I am. I

love that movie, and I love that movie. I believe this is who you and I are, right? We are always open to the possibilities from when, from one decision, there become two possibilities, which we come forward, possibilities, exponential, right? And that's and that's what's so fascinating about life, is, is maybe you end up in the same place, probably not, and it's just one simple decision. And so it's fascinating, and it's smart, it's a smart movie. And so I liked that. I was challenged to to think about, you know, possibilities, to think about what's going to happen next, to really sit and think, just even logistically, how hellish could that have been doing the two different storylines in one. It was just so much fun to think about and and it actually, without really playing on emotions. It really does play with your emotions. And that's the other thing I like, right joy, Luck Club. It's nothing but hurt feelings and all this other stuff sliding doors is, is, it's a series of happenings, and you're like, oh.

Oh, you know, well, and one thing is, outlift, you know, like, oh my god, this is so great. And then, oh my God, why is that doing that right? And the characters are are generally the same in the two different storylines, but they do different things because different things happen. And so, you know, you get not just kind of what's going on for the Gwyneth character, and she has two different realities, but, but the people do different things, right? And so it, it, I don't know it's, it's, it's a great film. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. You have been listening to mind power meets mystic with me, Michelle Walters and my co host, Cinthia Varkevisser, we want to tell you about a special gig the two of us have going on. It's called mind power meets mystic, the project, and it starts off on a zoom call with Cynthia. Cynthia tell everybody what they can expect. So

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I have been listening in but not participating in the first half of the call. I have an excellent idea of what Cinthia means when she says something, and I have an excellent idea of quickly getting to what my client is all about and his or her individual strengths. I turn all of this into a 20 to 30 minute hypnosis session on the second half of the call, which, when we're done, I strip off and send you as an mp three that you can listen to over and over again. You also will have cinthias Three point recommendations and the recording of the Zoom call. It is a fantastic one hour offering a great gift for yourself or for someone you don't know what to get such insights, and we've gotten such great reviews. So if you're interested, send me or Cynthia an email. You'll find our contact information in the show notes, and we'll tell you how to get started Cynthia. What is the new movie you want to gush about? Am I new, like, you know, anytime in the last year or two?

Well, I think everything everywhere, all at once, is a couple of years old. Um, I have yet to find a movie that replaces that as my favorite. I love it again. Here's this all Asian cast, excuse me, which is funny because it it doesn't really have to do with the Asian culture that that really gripped me. It is about different dimensions. It is smart in that it also jumps different timelines. There's comedy in there. There are Michelle yo is, like my favorite. I like to pretend that she's that I'm her double ganger and, you know, and she looks so amazing, I can't believe it, and that she has this great scene with who is that? Jamie Lee Curtis, and and, and, okay, now I'm going to bring back Goonies. I forgot his name. It's key, key, hey, key, key, Jay, I can't remember, but data from the Goonies is one of the main characters in that movie as well. But what I love is as as difficult or challenging or complex, all these different scenarios place play out. And if you hadn't seen this movie, it's about characters going into different realities, different worlds, different galaxies, to different versions of themselves and and trying to save, trying to save the universe, trying to save right while they're while they're going through these different realities. At the end of the day, it's again, a movie about relationships, and no matter what you see or what goes through, you'll see that there's a running theme, even in all the ridiculousness of of of everything else. Again, just for the Jamie, Lee Curtis and Michelle yo bit, you'll know what I'm talking about. Here's a hint, hot dog fingers. And again, it's just ridiculous. It boils down to some really simple key ingredients that tugs at your heart time. It's it's timeless, it's classic. It's a movie that had never been done before in that way and and, of course, you know Asian cat. That's fantastic, helpful. Yeah, what do you think that

was positive? I saw some of it, and then I have to be honest, I got confused and fell asleep.

There's a lot. There are a lot of different scenarios that go on. It's, it's crazy how people are jumping through, you know, these different portals to different realities. Yeah, it's, here's the thing. There's, there's, it's, it's not a movie where you're left tepid. You either like it or you don't like it. Can't be mad at that.

That's like what they used to say about Napoleon. Napoleon, Dynamite, dynamite that Napoleon died like Netflix had a really hard time because they were trying to figure out how to create their little algorithm that would say, if you like this, you're going to like that. But what they discovered was that Napoleon Dynamite was, like, you couldn't include it in the algorithm.

You could, I mean, you couldn't. I mean, where would you put it? Was a whole bunch of nothing. Well, it's just weird it was. But here's the thing, is that there was no swearing, there was no, you know, there was a little bit of meanness, but, you know, it was just, it's odd and and even in all this honest, and I think I was told that, and I could be wrong, is it was a done by a Christian group who wanted to prove that they could do a kick ass movie without any swearing or sex in it or violence that I mean, you know, unless you think about Uncle Rico and yeah, football. Sorry, yeah.

ncisco, probably in the early: 2000

I love wicked. The book is fantastic, super chewy. The author is Gregory McGuire, and one thing I can tell you about him, at least from the books that I've read, is he does not skimp on detail. And so I've read a few of his books, and one not wicked. You're in the Netherlands, and I could actually feel myself, see myself pedaling through with my bike, you know, maybe I have three gears Max, and I can see the tulips and all, you know, it's just just really dense and chewy that way. Um, I loved the musical. And, you know, secret, I shed a tear or two at the end of the Flying gravity, you know, Idina Menzel hit that note, and I just started welling up. I'm like, I've never cried at a show before. What is going on and but it was, it was lovely. And so the thing that was amazing about the movie is that they actually took in more details on the backstory of about the cruelty to you know about the talking animal. Spoiler alert, apologies if you hadn't seen anything. You know, if you have, don't know anything about wicked but, but what I what I said to you before is that they put in, in the movie, just enough detail and backstory that I wish they put more D, and there's absolutely no way you could. I mean, that book is, I don't even know how many hundreds of pages long, and it. It's talks, you know, it just shows how cruel people can be through fear and manipulation and the things that they want. And it's, it's actually really painful show to watch and and it there are silly elements. I mean, I love, you know, the friendship and how it comes about, and all these other things, but it is a to me, it was, it's a really painful movie, because I think about how I felt as an outcast, you know, I was a jock girl, but really I wanted to do all this woo, woo stuff, you know, you know, deep, deep down, I wanted to be a cheerleader, but there was no way, because I was a three sporter, right? And then how would all my jock friends see me? And blah, blah, blah. So, you know, feeling like an outcast, it touches on a lot of things. And you know, also with this climate, you know, and getting rid of voices, and, you know, lowering voices quelling it also hit close to home as well. So, brilliant movie, amazing story, yeah,

yeah. It was, it was, it was fantastic. In my view. It's a must see. I even made my kid go see it. And you know, he's not, he's not really the type for musicals. But he was like, Yeah, I get it. It was quite a film.

It was quite a film, totally worth seeing. Well,

that is kind of a wrap on this week's episode of Mind Power Meets Mystic. Uh, life's a little, shall we say, bumpy out there. And so, you know, when you don't know what to do, watch a movie, well, you know

what? There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a little bit of, a little bit of reprieve, right? And and just getting a little bit of fantasy in your life and having a little bit of laughter. And, you know, really connecting. It's hard. It's it's not easy out these days. And as much as I love connecting with people this the I don't know about you, but the conversations have been more serious than not lately. So you know, I'm glad we we did a gush episode.

Me too.