C'mon C'mon 2021 film reflection
C'mon C'mon dropped in 2021 and hits hard with the idea that visiting Earth means being born as a human child who has to learn everything from moving limbs to forming words. It paints our planet as a place of constant motion where colors, sensations, sounds, and living things wash over you while humans experience pleasure, fear, joy, disappointment, sadness, and wonder. The film notes that people might forget their origin while growing up, traveling, working, or having children and grandchildren before realizing returning to your star could be tough because of how attached you get to this world. Over the years you will try to make sense of that happy, sad, full, empty, always-shifting life you're in and when the time comes to return to your star it may be hard to say goodbye to that strangely beautiful world.
Transcript (en)
To visit planet Earth, you will have to be born as a human child. At first, you will have to learn to use your new body, to move your arms and legs, to pull yourself upright. You will learn to walk and run, to use your hands to make sounds and form words. Slowly, you will learn to take care of yourself. Here, it is still and peaceful, but there, the colors, sensations, and sounds will wash over you constantly. You will see so many living things, plants and animals beyond imagining. Here, it is always the same, but there, everything is in motion. Everything is always changing. You will be plunged into Earth's river of time. There will be so much for you to learn. And so much for you to feel. Pleasure and fear. Joy and disappointment. Sadness and wonder. In your confusion and delight, you will forget where you came from. You will grow up, travel, and work. Perhaps you'll have children, even grandchildren of your own. Over the years, you will try to make sense of that happy, sad, full, empty, always shifting life you're in. And when the time comes to return to your star, it may be hard to say goodbye to that strangely beautiful world.
