Anybody on here ever felt like doing a FALLING DOWN?

Terminal_Boy · 3 Feb 2022 at 09:37

ThatsWhatSheSaid said:
Daily...

Such things are my only escape

Having spent the best part of 20 years travelling across London and back on public transport, I think the only thing that kept me relatively sane was planning how to lay waste to large parts of London.

dcsarge · 3 Feb 2022 at 11:22

Isn't this why we play video games? Stress relief, escape, decompression and to vent the frustrations of the day/decade. To avoid 'going postal' (both in real life and the awful game).

Any job working face to face with the general public can't be worth the aggro these days. For every few nice people you will have to deal with way too many absolute ****s.

LeoK · 3 Feb 2022 at 11:34

Hades said:
I don't feel like going on a crime spree. But I do often feel like just walking away from my current life and disappearing. Just get in my car and drive away from everything.

Brilliant film.

I’ve certainly had that feeling from time to time. I find myself day dreaming about how easy it would be to start. For now, I plan to stay sane until kids grow up.

I can second the movie itself is good. It got better as I got older and understand the pressures more

beachBOYken · 3 Feb 2022 at 11:34

Le Clandestin Brun said:
Is it a good film? Still worth a watch these days?

Wow, you are in for a treat. Fantastic movie. Great performances and it really feels like you are tagging along on his journey throughout the movie. I last watched it only last year. I would say its one of MD's best movies.

Hades · 3 Feb 2022 at 11:44

LeoK said:
I can second the movie itself is good. It got better as I got older and understand the pressures more

Agree about it getting better as you get older. I first saw it when I was 24 years old. I liked the film but couldn't really empathise with his motivation. Now as a burnt out 52 year old with a family and stressful job I completely get it.

Mr Badger · 3 Feb 2022 at 13:25

Why not try a career to which your temperament is more suited? Postman seems a good option for you.

Hades · 3 Feb 2022 at 13:34

Mr Badger said:
Why not try a career to which your temperament is more suited? Postman seems a good option for you.

R.P.L · 3 Feb 2022 at 13:40

Hades said:
But I do often feel like just walking away from my current life and disappearing. Just get in my car and drive away from everything.

I've thought about escaping many times, but realistically I'm not sure where I'd go. I don't have a family to escape from or anything - I just feel like life has become a long, pointless grind.

Mr Badger said:
Why not try a career to which your temperament is more suited? Postman seems a good option for you.

I have considered the merits of becoming a postie before - stress free and not stuck at a desk all day - but I'm guessing the money is poor. As Tyler Durden warned, the things I own have ended up owning me

Scania · 3 Feb 2022 at 14:02

Puzzled said:
You sound very angry and sad in your posts, seems to be a theme in supermarket workers that post here.

Strangely enough the only place that made me even remotely consider doing a “Falling Down” was Supermarket distribution centres….

Thankfully I’m not mentally ill.

Still, it’s an excellent film.

Hades · 3 Feb 2022 at 17:40

R.P.L said:
I've thought about escaping many times, but realistically I'm not sure where I'd go. I don't have a family to escape from or anything - I just feel like life has become a long, pointless grind.

I have considered the merits of becoming a postie before - stress free and not stuck at a desk all day - but I'm guessing the money is poor. As Tyler Durden warned, the things I own have ended up owning me

I think he was eluding to today's story of a bunch of postment being filmed out of their heads on wacky baccy.

I am "stuck" in that I can't change much about my life as I have a wife, two kids in education and a mortgage to support. If I was single, which you sound like you are, I'd be selling or renting the house and just travelling. Why don't you lok at that?

V F · 3 Feb 2022 at 19:10

BobShark said:
+1. Great film even by todays standards, well worth a watch.

My two favourite scenes.

As well as a young Dedee Pfeiffer.

Digital X · 3 Feb 2022 at 22:41

Will give this a watch again tonight, just found the bluray.

https://i.imgur.com/azcL6Rm.jpg

R.P.L · 4 Feb 2022 at 09:22

Hades said:
I think he was eluding to today's story of a bunch of postment being filmed out of their heads on wacky baccy.

I am "stuck" in that I can't change much about my life as I have a wife, two kids in education and a mortgage to support. If I was single, which you sound like you are, I'd be selling or renting the house and just travelling. Why don't you lok at that?

Ah okay - I don't really watch the news

Yeah I have considered just chucking it all in but I think at this stage the better option is to try to push through to early retirement, then I can hopefully be a man of leisure with the knowledge that I won't run out of money and have to go back to work.

Hades · 4 Feb 2022 at 09:34

R.P.L said:
Ah okay - I don't really watch the news

Yeah I have considered just chucking it all in but I think at this stage the better option is to try to push through to early retirement, then I can hopefully be a man of leisure with the knowledge that I won't run out of money and have to go back to work.

That's what my dad thought when he retired at 60. He died later that year.

Mr Badger · 4 Feb 2022 at 09:41

Hades said:
That's what my dad thought when he retired at 60. He died later that year.

That sounds very sad. Was his death related to him being retired, or something that would have happened anyway?

Hades · 4 Feb 2022 at 10:28

Mr Badger said:
That sounds very sad. Was his death related to him being retired, or something that would have happened anyway?

It would have happened anyway (cancer).

I also recall one of my old managers from my first job. He was a great guy. I was in his office one day and he pointed to a whiteboard with two columns of numbers, asking me if I knew what they were. It was a list showing age of retirement and age of death. He said he was aiming to retire at the optimum age to get the most years left (I forget how old that was). Many years later I heard he had indeed retired at his planned age... and died 2 or 3 years later.

My point is that while we obviously do need to plan for retirement, we also need to enjoy our lives beforehand because we may not actually get much of a retirement. I'm also finding as I get older my fitness level is obviously dropping, my eyesight is getting worse and even my hearing is not as good as it was. If we wait until we are 67 before trying to enjoy life then we won't be able to enjoy much of it. It's not just about how long we live, but our fitness and ability to enjoy those years.

R.P.L · 4 Feb 2022 at 10:54

Hades said:
It would have happened anyway (cancer).

I also recall one of my old managers from my first job. He was a great guy. I was in his office one day and he pointed to a whiteboard with two columns of numbers, asking me if I knew what they were. It was a list showing age of retirement and age of death. He said he was aiming to retire at the optimum age to get the most years left (I forget how old that was). Many years later I heard he had indeed retired at his planned age... and died 2 or 3 years later.

My point is that while we obviously do need to plan for retirement, we also need to enjoy our lives beforehand because we may not actually get much of a retirement. I'm also finding as I get older my fitness level is obviously dropping, my eyesight is getting worse and even my hearing is not as good as it was. If we wait until we are 67 before trying to enjoy life then we won't be able to enjoy much of it. It's not just about how long we live, but our fitness and ability to enjoy those years.

I'm defo not planning to wait until 67 to retire. I need to consolidate my existing mortgages and see exactly where I am with them. If I'm on a good trajectory to achieve retirement in my 50s then I'll probably throw my efforts towards making that happen. If not, the idea of enjoying life now becomes more attractive.

Regarding people dying shortly after retirement, I do think that for a lot of people work gives their life meaning whether they realise it or not. I've pretty confident that I'm not in that boat though - I work purely because I need the money (I'm in financial services so it's not as if I'm changing the world for the better), and recognising the reality of my situation makes my view of life far more nihilistic.

keyser van someone · 4 Feb 2022 at 11:22

Falling Down is almost a comedy at times where the kid tells him how to use the rocket launcher and then how he's able to just keep walking everywhere after that without a police chase. Insert intellectual comment about racism in America here. Michael Douglas is just great in everything.

Does the OP still have these thoughts? Probably time to reassess things that you want in life, walk away from the negative stuff.

Hades · 4 Feb 2022 at 11:28

keyser van someone said:
Falling Down is almost a comedy at times where the kid tells him how to use the rocket launcher and then how he's able to just keep walking everywhere after that without a police chase.

Good point but I think this is partly due to it being a different time. Mobile phones were rare and CCTV was far less prevalent. The police in all western countries were far less geared up to respond quickly to a terrorist attack than they are today. It would have been (a bit) easier to disappear into the crowd. It would be ridiculous nowadays, but just about possible back in 1993.

V F · 4 Feb 2022 at 12:32

keyser van someone said:
Falling Down is almost a comedy at times where the kid tells him how to use the rocket launcher and then how he's able to just keep walking everywhere after that without a police chase. Insert intellectual comment about racism in America here. Michael Douglas is just great in everything.

Does the OP still have these thoughts? Probably time to reassess things that you want in life, walk away from the negative stuff.

Robert Duvall made it great as well. Love his acting.