"I'm Still Here" is like watching a car crash...except ur not really afraid or sad about it...ur just kind of amazed and intrigued. Of course, after all the chaos you hope everyone survives...but u kinda of appreciate the fact that SOMETHING/ONE is out of control. That we're not all doing the speed limit. That we are not all driving in a str8 line.
Joaquin is spoiled, passionate, delusional, sincere, etc. Its an interesting look into the celebrity; the struggle, the entitlement, the self-consciousness. Joaquin is like a prince trapped in his castle.
I think what's more interesting than Joaquin's quest to find his place, is how ppl respond to him. They isolate him. They look at him like its obsurd...and in a sense it is, but ppl have no respect for "the individual". ppl love to hate you...becuz ppl are afraid to be you. I respect Diddy for at least being patient with him. And Mos Def was polite. But everyone else was patronizing and cynical. the ppl around him in general are were no better. they indulged him in his tantrums and impulsive desires.
i have to admit that i eventually began to wonder when the tragedy would end...or at least the movie, but not enuff to actually turn it off. so i think that counts for something.
I respect his G.
"BITCH!"
