Therapist Reacts to SOUL

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Literally #cryingwithalan

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 25 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/BlNGPOT šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 04 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

I love this movie and your guys commentary. I mean, Iā€™m as far as a middle-aged black man as you can get and I still sympathize with Joe. I thought both spark and purpose were interchangeable. Now I know that they can be different. Itā€™s really opened my eyes. Itā€™s really a shame that some people I know wonā€™t watch this cuz itā€™s a cartoon and that means itā€™s ā€˜for childrenā€™.

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 17 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/Fuzzypandacub šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 04 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

I almost dehydrated when I watched the movie... and I did it again by watching this video. You guys are the gold that the Internet deserves.

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 20 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/mumbo88 šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 04 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

My wife weeps every time Alan cries. So like, 3/4 of your episodes.

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 13 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/Mcm21171010 šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 04 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

I love your guys commentaries and when Alan cries I cry and its just a mess! But while watching the movie i resonated more with 22 than Joe. I love Joe's journey don't get me wrong but i think a lot of people miss the other message of the movie and miss 22 journey. So im autistic, my dad is autistic, my sister is too and probably my mom too but we only just learned a few months ago. So many problems that my family has makes sense now and we are trying to adjust and work together but its hard after so much damage. Im 24F and i felt like 22 as a kid, like something was wrong and i wasn't worth living. But more than that i felt like in the movie the system that was set up failed 22 and her needs to find her spark. (Kinda like how schools fail us in many ways but especially kids who need a bit more, much like the Jerry's, teachers don't necessarily care what happens to you after you finish with their class, the rest is up to you) The Great before is like an intense playground where souls can find a reason to go to earth not a purpose, a spark of life. But 22 is special as in she needs real world experience because the playground is like the real world on a surface level but without the important things that make you alive, taste, smell, touch, and other people to interact with, without that its not "regular old living". And it works for the most part but not for kids outside of the "normal" like 22. Or school for me. Joe is a good mentor but he also harmed 22 without realizing it, so have all her other mentors. (I mean how can you live up to people who have done the impossible, Mother Theresa, Abraham Lincoln or like with Alan and Steven Spielberg ) Kids view the world differently than adults and simple words can have a serious life long effect, like Alan at 12 years old. My parents have said many things to me that really hurt and if i try to talk about it we kinda can't because how our autism impacts our communication and other things that make life stressful and that we get stuck in. Joe was so wrapped up in his life he couldn't see at that moment how his words really broke her... (and the one critique i have for the film is that he didn't say "i'm sorry" most adults don't know how to apologize to children/younger people, im older therefore i know whats best kinda thing..) Its not necessarily Joe's fault, we all get so wrapped up in our own problems and life we don't realize the damage we have done to others, whether we ment to or not. My parents had a serious fuck up childhood and made it their mission to give my sister and I a better life, and not suffer like they did but in the process or working hard and using copping mechanism that worked during their rough life, we were neglected in a way. My parents are amazing and are trying their best to overcome and learn from their mistakes. But scars take time to heal ya know. Once Joe got over his stuff and realized the harm he had done he went back to fix it and saw how much internalize damaged 22 had. He went back and told her through his actions that it worth living, that 22 is worth living and that he was wrong.

Sorry if i rambled a bit, I've been having a rough time and this episode helped a lot. Love you guys, continue making amazing videos and i would Cry with Alan any day.

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 10 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/plague_witch13 šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 04 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

Anyone else related more with 22?

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 2 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/jofloberyl šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 05 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

I watched that film the first time with my husband, didn't connect at all. Watched it a second time a few weeks later while I was feeling stuck, and my God I connected to the point of bawling my eyes out.

Dammit, Pixar, you did it again!

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 2 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/HellStoneBats šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 06 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

Nothing like watching Soul, watching this reaction to Soul, then actually having an appointment with my therapist tomorrow. I've told him about this channel before, but this react will be a "if you don't manage to watch any other cinema therapy, watch this one!"

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 1 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/JCG813 šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 05 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies

I left a comment on the Youtube for this video. I've still to see the movie itself, but it's deffo on my list of "DVDs to buy"

šŸ‘ļøŽ︎ 1 šŸ‘¤ļøŽ︎ u/Bakanasharkyblahaj šŸ“…ļøŽ︎ Apr 06 2021 šŸ—«︎ replies
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Jonathan: There's part of it is creating your why, creating what's your purpose, and part of it is realizingā€¦ even if I don't have that, even though I'm still searching for that, I don't need to wait for it to live. Alan: I'm just gonna go ahead and say right now, because I identify so strongly with Joe, weā€™re gonna get a lot of this as we go on. Hello and welcome to Cinema Therapy. I am Alan Seawright, professional filmmaker and I need therapy. Jonathan: I'm Jonathan Decker, licensed therapist and I love movies. What do we got today, brother? Alan: Iā€™m going to have you react to a film. Jonathan: I love Therapist Reacts, these are fun. Alan: This is probably our most requested film ever. Soul. Jonathan: OK. Alan: Pixarā€™s Soul. Jonathan: I'm sorry, I thought it was Troll 2. But I'm super excited. Alan: That's number 2. That's our second most requested video. Everyone loves Troll 2. Tale of Nilbog! Jonathan: This is fantastic. It's a really great film. Alan: So, I watched it Christmas Day when it came out. I think it was tired, because Christmas with kids is, like, it's a lot. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: And I liked it. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: I liked it a lot. And then I re-watched it a couple days ago to prep for thisā€¦ and it destroyed me! I am a husk of a man now. Husk of an Alan: I am ruined. Jonathan: Before he was just a husky man. Alan: If you haven't seen this film, you should watch it. Pause this and watch the thing and then come back. You can watch it on Disney Plus or using our link down there to rent or buy it. We get a little kickback which will make us feelā€¦ nice. Jonathan: So, I had a similar experience. To me it was overhyped. I watched it once and I'm like: Oh, crap. They all want us to do this video and Iā€¦. Alan: I don't love it. Jonathan: I wasn't blown away by it andā€¦ and thenā€¦ so, I actually went back and re-watched it and it actually really landed for me the second time. Soā€¦. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: ā€¦kind of a similar experience. Alan: There'sā€¦ there's actually a lot. Some interesting character stuff, there's relationshipsā€¦ Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: ā€¦all over the place. Jonathan: And life purpose which isā€¦. Alan: Life purpose which is a huge thing. Joe: My life was meaningless. Jonathan: ā€¦big reason for people come to therapy. Alan: Yeah, causeā€¦. Jonathan: What is my spark? Alan: What is my spark? What is my purpose? Are they the same thing? Spoiler ā€” we'll find out. Jonathan: Character of Joe, played by Jamie Foxx. Itā€™s Joe, right? Alan: It is Joe. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: Hands and piano, you know, animated by the animators at Pixar but they filmedā€¦ they filmed Jon Batisteā€¦ Jonathan: Oh, cool. Alan: ā€¦playing all this stuff from, like, 30 different camera angles so that they get every little nuance of theā€¦ hands on the keys and everything. And the animators interpreted it. And Joe has gotten himself into the zone and he'sā€¦ flowing. Jonathan: Itā€™s kind of a trance-like state. I love that this pays off later in the story. I mean, it's, it's a great little how everything else fades away. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: You don't see the stage, you don't see anybody else. Alan: It's a beautiful visualization of it right now and then it plays such a huge role in the story later. And you come out of the zone andā€¦. Joe: Sorry, Iā€¦ zoned out a little back there. Dorothea: Joe Gardner, where have you been? Joe: I've been, um, teaching. Middle school band at theā€¦ but on the weekends I... Dorothea: You got a suit? Joe: I, umā€¦. Dorothea: Get a suit, Teach. A good suit. Back here tonight. First showā€™s at 9. Soundcheckā€™s at 7. We'll see how you do. Jonathan: I think one of our greatest fears is a life unlived, right? Alan: Oh, absolutely. Jonathan: A life unfulfilled, not doingā€¦ not leaving your mark, not making a difference, not actually living, like just, kind of, going through the motions. And he's done that his entire life. And the cruel irony is the dayā€¦ he says: ā€œI can't die, not when my life has just begun.ā€ And he's halfway through his lifeā€¦ Alan: Yeah Jonathan: ā€¦you know? Alan: He just hasn't recognized it yet. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: And as a middle aged man with many unfulfilled professional dreamsā€¦ I don't identify with that at all. Jonathan: I don't know why I'm laughing. I guess I'm laughing because you said it was such a roguish charm. STOP!!! What are you doing?! Oh, we broke him. Hey, hey, hey. Alan: Huh? Oh! Jonathan: Here. Alan: Is thatā€¦? Oohā€¦. Jonathan: There you, come on back. There. Alan: Whatā€™s this? Jonathan: So, we have Birthday Cake popcorn becauseā€¦ Alan: You have a birthday Cake popcorn. Jonathan: ā€¦the souls in Soul are waiting to be born. Alan: Gonna have a birthday. Jonathan: And they're going to have a birthday. Alan: And hopefully, their birthday will be as delicious as this. This is very good. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: Lisa's Passion For Popcorn! Lisaspassionforpopcorn.com. Jonathan: Use the codeā€¦ Alan: 10% discount. Jonathan: Yeah, the code beneath: CTherapy, use that at checkout for a 10% discount. Will deliver to your door in the United States. If you are not in the United States our sincerest apologies, but we love you. Go out and get yourself something nice. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: And so I look at 22 and I think of how many of us feel inadequate to tackle our dreams and so we justā€¦ we hold off, or weā€¦ we refuse to have dreams. Alan: Right. Jonathan: We refuse toā€¦ to even explore what we can be passionate about, because there's this ingrained belief that I'm going to fail at it. Alan: Yeah. Well, if you refuse to have a dream, then you can't fail at it. Jonathan: Yeah. It's kind of like, if Iā€¦ if I feel like I'm going to fall anyway, then I'm not going to climb up the ladder, because it's going to hurt more the higher up I am, and I'm destined to fail. And that's a limiting belief and it's not based in reality. I don't care who you are. We all have limitations, we all have weaknesses, but the belief that I am destined to fail is a perception. Alan: Yeah. It's not true. Jonathan: Yeah, it's not true. And some of you are sitting there at home, going: ā€œIt is true, itā€¦ I'm the exception. It's true for me.ā€ [whispers] It's not. Alan: You're not special. Jonathan: It's not. Well, you'reā€¦. Alan: Just a sack of meat, like the rest of us. Jonathan: Wow. But to me you're a special meat sack. Alan: [laughs]. Jonathan: Worthy of love and adoration. Alan: Finely spiced. Jonathan: You adorable meat sack. Alan: Like a sausage. Jonathan: You adorable meat sack, you. 22: I already know everything about Earth and its not worth the trouble. Joe: Come on, don't you want to fill out your pass? 22: [Sighs] You know, I'm comfortable up here. I have my routine. I float in mist, I do my Sudoku puzzles and then, like, once a week Alan: Sudoku puzzles. 22: They make me come to one of these You Seminars. It's not great, but I know what to expect. Joe: Look, kid, I... Jonathan: You know this reminds me of? Could you pause it real fast? Joe: [Can I just be honest with you?] I'm not Bjornā€¦ Jonathan: So, when we were in college, you'll remember, I worked at a group home for at-risk teenagers. Alan: I do remember that. Jonathan: And I wasn't a therapist yet, I was a mentor. This is so much like mentorship of teenagers. So much! You know? I'm older, I've got more experience. We're trying to help you learn how to do your homework, get an education, how to get a job, how to do this, how to do that. And so often there's justā€¦ there's apathy and bad attitude, that is really masking a fear. Alan: Sure. Jonathan: Right? And usually when people have bad attitudes, or when people are arrogant, they'reā€¦ they're masking an insecurity, right? They don't want you to see it, so they're standoffish and try and push you away. But 22 is reallyā€¦ she acts like she doesn't care about going to Earth. Alan: Really she cares deeply about it, she's just worried about it. Jonathan: She's really scared. Alan: Sheā€™s afraid. Yeah. 22: You can't crush a soul here. That's what life on Earth is for. Joe: Huh. Very witty. Jonathan: She'sā€¦ she's really scared thatā€¦ that it won't be worthwhile, or that she'll completely bungle her experience. Alan: Right And so itā€™s like: I'm not even gonna try. Joe: I'm not even a mentor. 22: Not a mentor? Ah, hahaha, reverse psychology. You really are a good shrink, Doctor. Carl Yung already tried that. Jonathan: [laughs]. Carl Yung's soul: Stop talking! My unconscious mind hates you. Joe: Aaarghhh! Is there any way to show a different life in this place? Alan and Jono: [laugh] Alan: In a movie with a bunch of really great throwaway jokes. That isā€¦ that's the second best one. The best one is the Knicks joke. That is one of the best, like, just setup-punch line jokes in any film ever. Prove me wrong. And now we go into his Museum Of Life. Joe: [Wait a minute, thatā€™s not how I remember it] going down. I mean, Iā€¦. Man: Come back when you have something. Sorry, Joe. Woman: Sorry, Joe. Man's voice: We're looking for something different. Joe: Two, three, four. Alan: Pause real quick. One of the things that I love is, you know, we're in this sad state that Iā€¦ identify with all too well as an aspiring artist. And one of the things that I love about this, and it's really subtle, it'sā€¦ I didn't pick it up the first time I watched the film, he's sitting at a table by himself eating pie. And it looks so sad and pathetic in this sweep of everything that we're seeing. Do you remember, when we come back to it? At the end of the film? Jonathan: The pie? Alan: The pie. It's really quick and you don't really notice it. And when he is remembering life on Earth, he's sitting there eating the pie and it's delicious. And it's justā€¦ you knowā€¦ what is your perspective on life. I'm just gonna go ahead and say right now. Because I identify so strongly with Joe, weā€™re gonna get a lot of this as we go on. Joe: My life was meaningless. Alan: I have felt that. Not completely, I mean, I have kids and a wife. Joe: No no no no no no, I will not accept this. Kid, give me that badge! Jonathan: I love the world that we're here living in now, where my kids can watch Soul, or they can watch Coco, or they can watchā€¦ and they can watch a film and see a bunch of characters, who look nothing like them, and see themselves in those characters. Alan: Yeah. Or Black Panther. Jonathan: Or Black Panther. Yeah. I love that we live in a world where my kid loveā€¦ my son wants to be Black Panther. Or, you know, whereā€¦. Alan: My son wants to be Spiderman. Miles Morales. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: He doesn'tā€¦. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: He doesn't give two craps about Peter Parker. He just wants to be Miles Morales Jonathan: It's not just about representation of people who look like you forā€¦ We talk a lot about minorities and what representation means to them. As a majority, representation of minorities matters for me as a parent, because kids don'tā€¦ my kids don't see people of color, people of a different culture, as the side characters in a story. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: And the side characters in the world. Alan: In my life, right? Jonathan: Yeah, right. Alan: The world is my story and they're the bit parts in it. Jonathan: Representation matters for minorities, but it also matters for a helping majorityā€¦ Alan: Matters for everyone. Jonathan: ā€¦to be more open minded. Yeah, matters for everybody. Joe: What is this place? 22: You know how when you humans are really into something and feels like you're in another place? Feels like you're in the zone, right? Joe: Yeah. 22: Well, this is the zone. It's the space between the physical and spiritual. Joe: Wait a minute I was here. Today, doing my audition. This must be where musicians come when they get into a flow. 22: Not just musicians. Watch this. Juliet: Oh, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thouā€¦ Alan: Line! Tattoo artist: Whoops. 22: Check this out. I've been messing with this team for decades. Commentator: And the Knicks lose another one! Joe: All right. All right. Whereā€™s this guy you know? I gotta get back to my gig. Alan: Okay. I'm sorry, Knicks fans. That was real. Jonathan: Knicks fans realize it more than anybody. Alan: They know more than anybody. Jonathan: Knicks lose again... Oh, he's a cat now. Alan: Yes. Curley: Hey, Mister G. It's Curley. Uhm, I hope you're doing okay. Dorothea freaked out when she saw you and she called this other guy, Robert. He's got the gig now. I'm sorry. Joe: Oh no no no. Curley: Look, honestly your class was the only reason I went to school at all. Like, I owe you a lot. So, here's the plan. Clean yourself up, put on a killer suit, and get to the club early. I'm going to try and talk to her. Justā€¦ make sure you show up looking like a million bucks, all right? I hope I see you, man. All right, peace. Joe: Oh, I could get the gig back, 22! I need your help. I have a suit. I'm gonna need you to try it on. 22: No, no, no. Joe: And then I can line my hair up a little bit and I canā€¦ 22: Nope! No way, no how. Jonathan: Hearing Tina Fey's voice coming out of that body. Alan: Oh, man. One of the things that I really wanted to talk about with you in this, isā€¦ it's addressed and it, you know, hammered home pretty hard at the end of the film that Joe hears ā€œYou've got to find your spark.ā€. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: And that's what gives you the pass down to Earth. Or that's what's said to him, but what he hears is ā€œyou have to find your purpose.ā€. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: And I know my purpose. My purpose is to play piano. We see in this scene, it'sā€¦ you know, it'sā€¦ it's delivering a plot point and this is another thing that Pixar does so fantastically, is there giving you exposition of a plot point theyā€™re explaining what's happening in the story, and subtely telling you so many other things at the same time. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: His purpose in life, the thing that he's best at, is teaching. Curley: Honestly, your class was the only reason I went to school at all. Like, I owe you a lot. Alan: But he has been so focused on, fixated on this one thing, that he completely missed another thing, that, if he had just gone ā€œOh, hang on.ā€. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: ā€œIā€™m really good at this.ā€. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: He could have walked through that Museum Of His Life and felt completely different about it. Jonathan: ā€œLook at the difference that I madeā€ and thatā€¦ and that's the flip side of, you know, the conversation about: ā€œyou have your passions for a reasonā€ Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: Is we need to be careful, because sometimes itā€™s: well, I'm passionate about this, therefore this is what I need to do with my life. And how many people want to be professional baseball players, or, you know, they want to be a great Hollywood star and it's like, well, ifā€¦ if that's all I can do and Iā€¦ and I don't succeed, then am I a failure. And there is ourā€¦ there are our passions, but there's also what we're good at. Alan: Right. Jonathan: And how do we make our mark on the world? Often is just through the lives we touch. And that's a beautiful thing about the message of this film, and also reality, is we might think: well, if I'm not good enough to be prima ballerina, or I'm not good enough to, you know, get this part in the school play, or I'm not good enough to get this job, then I suck. Joe: My life was meaningless. Alan: My life was meaningless. Jonathan: But the fact is, you don't have to be a roaring public success to be fulfilled. In fact, a lot of people who are very successful, are incredibly unfulfilled. Alan: Which drives them to seek more and more success, right? Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: The barber, you know, he says: This is not my purpose, I was supposed to be a veterinarian. Dez: Whoa, whoa, slow your roll there, Joe. I'm happy as a clam, my man. Not everyone can be Charles Drew inventing blood transfusions. Alan: And you know what? I have a great time here. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: It's fine. Jonathan: There is fulfillment in living a life of integrity and goodness. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: Period. No matter what you're doing. Joe: My mom doesn't know anything about the gig, and I want to keep it that way, ok? 22: Right. ā€˜Cause she thinks you're a failure. Joe: What? I didn't say that. You did. Up here. Alan: I love how they illustrate in this movie, you know, just with that simple line of ā€œWhat? I didn't say that.ā€ ā€œNo, yeah, you did. It's up here.ā€. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: She has access to his brain and his brain is telling things that aren't true. And heā€¦ knows it. But he doesn't feel it yet. Jonathan: But she doesn't want him playing with the jazz band, she's like: grow up, get a job, get stability, and he's like: this is my dream. And at the beginning he shrinks back from that confrontation. Alan: He won't have the confrontation at all, he just avoids it. Jonathan: And now, as a cat, he's telling 22 in his body what to tell his mom. Joe: Because it seems like no matter what I do, you disapprove. Libba: Look, I know you love playing. Joe: Then how come except for church, you the happiest when I don't. I finally land the gig of my life and you're upset. Libba: You didn't see how tough being a musician was on your father. I don't want to see you struggle like that. Joe: So Dad could pursue his dreams and I can't? Libba: Your father had me. Most times this shop is what paid the bills. So when I'm gone, who's going to pay yours? Joe: Music is all I think about. From the moment I wake up in the morning, to the moment I fall asleep at night. Libba: You can't eat dreams for breakfast, Joey. Joe: Then I don't want to eat. This isn't about my career, Mom. It'sā€¦ it's my reason for living. And I know Dad felt the same way. I'm just afraid that if I died today, that my life would have amounted to nothing. Alan: This is what I go to sleep every night thinking about. I know it's not true. Libba: Ohā€¦ Let's make this work, instead. Joe: That'sā€¦ my Dadā€™s suit. Libba: Lulu. Melba. Bring your good scissors in here. We've got work to do. 22: Thank you, uhm, Mom. Libba: Ray would have been so proud of you, baby. Like I've always been. Alan: When I was 12 years old, I waited for months, I read every magazine, this was the first time I knew that there were people who made movies. And I went to see Jurassic Park. And it blew my mind. I was scared, and excited, and I laughed. Andā€¦ I knew who Steven Spielberg was, and I knew that he had a vision to see dinosaurs come to life and he made it. Alan Grant: Thatā€™s a dinosaur! Alan: And I came home, and I said to my mom: Mom, I know what I want to do. I want to make movies like Steven Spielberg. And she said: "You can't." ā€œThere are a million people trying to be Steven Spielberg, and there's only one. And you can't do it.ā€ And what she was saying is the same thing, that Joe Gardner's mom was saying: ā€œI don't want to watch you suffer. I won't be able to protect you.ā€ But what 12-year-old me heard was: ā€œYou're never going to be talented enough to do that.ā€ And because of that, I didn't make a movie until you made me. When I was 24-years-old. I wasted 12 years in my life. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: It's tough, because on the one hand she was right. I'm not Steven Spielberg. But on the other hand, you know, what I needed, and what I still need, is a parent who is as excited for me to be doing what I love, as I am to be doing what I love. This is the heart of the movie and theā€¦ the intellectual core of the movie is a bunch of, you know, the other stuff that we've talked about. We'll talk about it a little bit more. But the heart of the movie is I need support and love in my purpose. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: Even if maybe I kind of got my purpose wrong a little bit. Jonathan: I look at Joe Gardner and his aspiration to be a jazz musician. Butā€¦ and that's his passion, but hisā€¦ his talent is in teaching. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: I mean, I don't think what we're doing here is your sole purpose for being on this planet, or the soul mark you can make on the world. Alan: No, definitely not. Jonathan: But I do know that what we do on the show, and specifically you doing what you've been doing this episode, and so many episodes, it's been healing for so many of you, that he is vulnerable, and raw, and real. And you are making a difference, and making a mark by showing people that it's OK to feel, that it's OK to own imperfection, that it's OK to be afraid, and that it'sā€¦ to step into your power as a healer. There is clearly a drive in you to do something that lifts, and to do something that helps, because life sucks. Life is hard. And toā€¦ to give something that pulls people up and helps people out, and you're doing it now. I'm not saying: ā€œThis is it. You've arrived.ā€ Alan: Hey, here we are! Jonathan: From where I sit, and you may feel differently from where I sit, if that were true: it's still pretty awesome. Because you're making a huge mark. Alan: Thanks man. And thank you all for crying with me. Seriously, I say that kind of jokingly, but kind of not. Thank you. 22: I always said it was dumb. Butā€¦ I mean, just look at what I found. Your mom sewed your suit from this cute spool. When I was nervous, Dez gave me this. A guy on the subway yelled at me. It was scary. Butā€¦ I kind of liked that, too. Truth is, I've always worried that maybe there's something wrong with me. You know? Maybe I'm not good enough for living. But then you showed me about purpose, and passion, and maybe sky-watching can be my spark? Or walking? I'm really good at walking. Joe: Those really arenā€™t purposes, 22. Thatā€™s just regular old living. But, hey, when you get back to the You Seminar, you can give it an honest try. 22: No, but I've been at the You Seminar for thousands of yearsā€¦. Jonathan: I mean, it largely speaks for itself. That'sā€¦. Counselor Jerry: I have to ask. Jonathan: The most beautiful thing. Counselor Jerry: How the Dickens did you do it? Get that Earth Pass to change? Joe: Oh, you know whatā€¦ Iā€¦ Jonathan: Just being honest. Joe: I just let her walk a mile in my shoes, you could say. Counselor Jerry: Well, it worked. Joe: Yeah. Counselor Jerry: Well you should probably get going to the Great Beyond. Joe: Hey, um, we never found out what 22ā€™s purpose was. Counselor Jerry: Excuse me? Joe: You know, her, uh, spark. Her purpose. Was it music? Biology? Walking? Counselor Jerry: We donā€™t assign purposes. Where did you get that idea? Joe: Because I have piano. It's what I was born to do. That's my spark. Counselor Jerry: A spark isn't a soul's purpose. Oh, you mentors and your passions. Your purposes. Your meanings of life. [Sighs] So basic. Joe: No, no, itā€¦ It is music. My spark is music. Iā€¦ I know it is. Alan: I have always been a very purpose-driven person. I have a mission, right? I have aā€¦ I have a thing that I am supposed to do on this planet. The meaning of life, when you're searching for a meaning of lifeā€¦ The meaning of life is life. Be good at a thing, be bad at a thing. It's all part of it. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: You know. Jonathan: Therapeutically, being grateful for every day of life being, grateful just to be here. Joe: Hey, take a look! Jonathan: And, like you're saying, even if Iā€¦ even if I feel sad, or even if it's notā€¦ it's kind of a meh day, or even if I'm scared or sad ā€” I'm experiencing it. Frankly, people will say don't spendā€¦ don't waste so much time watching movies and TV, go live your life, and I'm like: ā€œBut I love it.ā€. Alan: Waste some time watching movies and TV. Jonathan: We say ā€œwatch moviesā€ for a reason. It's good for the soul. Thereā€™s part of it is creating your ā€˜whyā€™ creating what's your purpose. And part of it is realizingā€¦ even if I don't have that, even I'm still searching for that, I don't need to wait for it to live. Alan: Yeah. Jonathan: And justā€¦ just to it. There's so much to enjoy. There's so much to appreciate. There's so much has been created in art and literature. There's so much fromā€¦ in history to learn from. There's so many foods to try, things to smell, things to see. And even if you're stuck in one place, the whole breadth of human experience and knowledge is available to all of us. You know, we live in the age of the Internet, like, it's allā€¦ Alan: If you have one of these you canā€¦ that's everything. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: Itā€™s everything humans have ever done. Jonathan: Yeah, you can pull it up right there. The purpose of life is to live it. Candidly, my initial pass by Soul, I felt was overhyped. Alan: Mm hmm. Jonathan: And, you know, you can go into movies sometimes after a bunch people are talking about it, and it's never gonna be able to measure up to just what everyone's saying. Alan: Right. Jonathan: There are times when you revisit a film, and instead of watching it through the lens of what you expected or wanted it to be, you watch it through the lens of what it is, and you gain a whole new appreciation for it. And I think people are that way, actually. And I think life is that way, you know? Tie back to your Mom, and tie back to our parents, and our families, sometimes we struggle with our kids because this kid isn'tā€¦ is not who I thought he, she, or they were gonna be. They're not passionate about the things I think they should be. They're not taking the road I think they should be taking. And we see them kind of the way I saw Soul the first time, which is ā€œOh, this wasn't what I thought it was going to be. How disappointing.ā€ But when we start to see life, and people, because life is like that as well, life isn't what I thought it was gonna be, how disappointing, we start seeing life and people for what they are. We gain a whole new appreciation. And, you know, I watched it once, and then I watched the second time, and I really liked it. I mean, I liked it the first time. I really liked the second time. And now, just sitting here watching and talking about it, Iā€™m likeā€¦ I actually love this film. Alan: It's brilliant. Jonathan: Yeah, you know? Andā€¦ and like I say, people and life are like that, too. We have to just appreciate what is, and let go of what we wanted, to appreciate what is. Alan: So, your experience with Soul is the experience of watching Soul. Jonathan: My experience with life and people is like my experience watching Soul. Yeah. Alan: I'd say that's a pretty ringing endorsement for a film. Watch movies. Jonathan: Tellā€™em about our socials, Alan. Alan: Well, we've got them. Theyā€™re @therapy_cinema on Twitter and Instagram. Jonathan: I donā€™t know why I ask you to do it. Alan: Because you're a masochist. We're also on Reddit. r/Cinema_Therapy where you canā€¦ we can reddit each otherā€¦ we can read-dit. Jonathan: Oh my gosh. Alan: So, until next time. Julia Child wasn't successful until she was 49. Jonathan: And the Knicks lose again. Alan and Jono: Andā€¦ watch movies! Jonathan: Awesome. Alan: I have such a headache. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: My head is aching. Jonathan: You need to hydrate Alan: I cried so much today. This was our last of the day, crying all day. Iā€™m justā€¦ it.... I'm a wreck. Jonathan: Yeah. Alan: I'm going to go home and just like curl up in a ball. Jonathan: Drink some Chamomile tea.
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Channel: Cinema Therapy
Views: 389,686
Rating: 4.9859452 out of 5
Keywords: cinematherapy, cinema therapy, mental health, counseling, therapy, mental health therapy, Jonathan Decker, Alan Seawright, Soul, Pixar, Disney, Joe Gardner, 22, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, therapist reacts, reacts video
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Length: 27min 39sec (1659 seconds)
Published: Sat Apr 03 2021
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