movies are saying more than you may realise.. this is my own little interpretation, if you like my way of thinking please encourage me, if not.. offer advice?

DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS

the film is based on an old french play. It follows the story of a man who is down and out in beverly hills. (because is old french based this suggests the values of the story are all encompassing because the movie has been updated to a modern US version)

he does not have much physical attachement (connection), and he thinks he is somewhat 1337 because of this (and in his own way, he is) - he meets up with a family who are heavily physically immersed (somewhat dsyfunctional) and he helps them out in his own strange way (he is like a christ figure in the movie) - it is clever because in the end, he realises why it is important to connect to things, so he learns from the family also.

in the beginning of the film, the opening credits, you see him as a homeless man, pushing a trolley of belongings with a small dog in it. this is important because this is a [reversed?] tarot symbol of the chariot. the dog is somewhat his avatar, and it 'leads the way' (it sits in the front of the chariot) it is a symbol (as is the chariot) for how he (one) moves in life.. his somewhat slanted view at this point, is reflected in the single dog, this represents his male side i would think (because his 'chariot' does not have both polarities present - it shows how he is dysfunctional, even though he is the 'christ like' figure of the story)

he comes to meet a the family.. they are completely materialstic. the husband pursues career, the wife overlooked, unexpressed and unfulfilled and the son, well.. a typical rebellious son i suppose.. the perfect dysfunctional metaphor family..

i will have to watch the movie again to be able to type a blow by blow account, because i just do this from memory and out of boredom.. but here are the salient points.. hopefully you know the movie well enough then?

the christ-like figure (richard dreyfuss i think) towards the start of the movie, is told by police something like "move along - you don't belong here" IIRC he even turns around to them and says "that's a really crap thing to say to somebody" ..he is having a bad day at this point, and something seems to snap because of this.. he wanders, dejected.. to the swimming pool of the rich familys house.. (and with the words echoing in his head "YOU DON'T BELONG HERE") he just kind of catatonically falls into the pool. the rich family save him.. and the fun begins..

the father of the household, is having an affair with the maid - the family also has a dog - again this is important: there is a scene where the father is sneaking off to meet up with the maid, but the family dog (another avatar) is barking at him and giving him away - the words he says are remarkable, and really do justice to the intelligence of the writers, he picks up a squeak toy and throws it, saying to the dog "go get it, putz" -- but he is talking about himself, and he is the putz about to 'go get it' if you know what i mean

the christ-like figure has interactions with them all on personal levels - from his 'street person' background he is able to impart specific knowledge the rich family each need to hear in their own ways.. the dealing with the wife is a bit tacky, but i suppose conveys the message well enough, he at first tries a type of shiatsu massage on her to 'loosen her up and flush out some Karma' - but it's been so long since somebody paid attention to her on this level, the connection ends up going deeper than that, if you get my drift..

he takes the father of the house out for a 'night on the beach' with his homeless friends, this allows the father to kind of 'live a little' and express his inner yearnings which have been smothered by pursuit of a materialstic life, (flushes out some karma for him)

because of this, the husband and wife start to argue, which leads to a reconciliation yada yada everyone is happy by the end of the movie..

he also manages to help the son find an identity, but due to controversial subject matter there i won't go into that..

anyway if interested i will hire the movie out and watch it again and fill in the blanks. but the reference to the tarot card at start and 'go get it putz' i wonder if many people get this? movies are working on deep levels.. and borrowing from rich traditions.. it was very satisfying for me when i came to this understanding of the movie (sorry for leaving parts out) it'd be great if this topic here would spark a few peoples interest and we can get some other movie analysis going on also?

i can also do the movie poltergeist 1, but i will watch it again first and make notes then comes back and hopefully interest somebody.. thanks for your time.. please please analyse a movie here.. i love this stuff

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I like Down and Out in Beverly Hills too, I Got the points in it too, I just didn't see some of your similarities until I read your post.
(good job!)

I want to analyze a different movie Transformers The Movie (2007) so heres my inner FRY


Transformers The Movie (Senseless violence with heavy CGI and a marketing ploy? or Some really good similarities to the Bible and Mysticism, with a good moral story for man?) OK a bit of both, but it's a good movie.

If you haven't seen the movie there are spoilers here!

The movie opens with the voice of Optimus Prime (leader of the Autobots) explaing that in the beginning before time there was the cube. We know not where it comes from only that it has the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That is how our race was born. For a time we lived in harmony, but like all great power some wanted it for good, some for evil. So began the war. A war that ravaged our planet until there it was consumed by death. The cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy hoping to find it and rebuild our home, searching every star every galaxy. Just when all hope seemed lost message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called earth, but we were already too late. ( Movie opens to the current conflict in the middle east)

Ok so here we go it is believed that the battle for Armageddon will start in the middle east, some believe that it has already begun. ( maybe so, maybe not) This Deception ( demon) is posing as a USAF Blackhawk helicopter, lands on the outpost searching for info on the cube, ( AKA The Allspark) and it pretty much obliterates the post in its efforts, killing anything in its way. Tossing our most sophisticated weapons ( also means of defense ) around like toys. The pentagon hears of this and says oh crap a new weapon, it must be from some country we know lets find out who and put an end to this.

Then we meet the main human character Sam Witwiki. He's the underdog, a bit of a geek etc. He gives a report about his grandfather who was an explorer and he explored the north pole, and that he found something and went insane later. He's trying to hock his Grandfathers stuff to buy a car. He ends up getting a used car which turns out to be Bumblebee, an Autobot (Angel). Bumblebee cant speak because his voice box was damaged in a battle, so he uses music, and audio clips to communicate. ( In war sometimes the best soldiers get hurt doing their job fighting for a cause they believe in, but they persevere.) Bumblee is beat up and old, He's a yellow 70's Chevy Camaro, (possibly Gabriel and in my opinion a better representation than the original cartoon where he was a VW bug).

As the story moves along we learn about Megatron (Satan) the leader of the Decepticons (Demons) and that he wants the allspark to rule the universe. The stars fall from the sky ( the autobots) and we meet Optimus Prime[( possibly the Archangel Michael)(leader of the AutoBots)], who chooses to be a Semi. Which is by the way red and blue with flames on it. (lots of symbolism about power, Christ and Judisim here.) Sam Witwiki meets them after discovering theres more to everything than meets the eye, and helps the autobots in their mission. ( The autobots mention in one scene that they must protect man, not harm them.)


We soon meet a character who is the head of Sector 7 a supersecret governmet agency, with all kinds of information that they are clueless on what to do with. They keep these secrets from all of mankind,and feel that they are protecting the world with what they do. They operate by their own rules, and feel that they are above every other agency. Sounds like a bunch of controll freaks to me. (Fact the roman catholic church edited the bible, they have many books that they do not want the public to know about, they deny that this is so at times but you have the right to worship as you please. To this day they REFUSE to share this knowledge, who knows why I'm almost done asking questions about this fact.)

At the end of the movie everyones paranoia, and secrecy causes the curtain to fall, and much is revealed to the main characters before a huge battle begins. The battle takes place in Los Angeles ( "The City of Angels" it's hard to tell that at times) and we see that theses machines have great power and strength. we see that war ravages everything and people get hurt when wars break out even if they weren't involved in the battle. In this battle the Cube is given to the human Character Sam Witwiki, and he accomplishes his mission even though he is a little frightened. 50 ft and larger robots with lazers and guns vs a human, yeah I'd be a little scared too but we see his bravery in the fact that he stands up to Megatron.

He defeats Meagtron by slamming the allspark into his chest therefore killing him ( or so we hope whens the sequel coming out?). This suggests Megatron (Satan) has no heart, and is incapable of feeling or expressing Love. He's only hatred and filled with death, he's power hungry, and destroys anything and anyone in his way if he can.( sounds pretty accurate to me) Sam Witwiki is Jesus in this movie( or at least another savior). He defeats Megatron and saves mankind. He was entrusted to hold the allspark ( the seed of life). In the end he is rewarded, he gets the hot smart girl, and he saved the universe ( at least earth if not anything else being our home) from doom. We see that the all spark is not totally gone when we look at Optimus's hand in the end of the big battle scene theres a piece of it left that hes holding.
Then theres more monologue from Optimus Prime at the end.

He calls out to the Autobots and says if you hear this here we are, we found the allspark, but I don't know if it still works. I don't know if we can repair our world. Mankind is good, and we discovered new things. We'll be here for now, come and pay us a visit if you get here. He says we live here hiding in plain sight, protecting mankind from harm. (Sounds like an Angel to me) he also says we found a new home.

So whats the points I found in this story? mankind is capable of good and evil, many species are as well it says this in the bible too. It says sometimes theres things going on that we don't all see but its real all the same, and who knows how we would all react right now if we all saw it. It shows us that every living thing can learn from its mistakes and can do better once it has learned. It also shows us in one scene that (at least here on our world) the power is in our hands to do with as wee see fit. It says do good things and respect others. It says the power was put in ones hands for good and only because he was trustworthy of handling such power. It shows that when we work together and persevere we can defeat evil and do other amazing things. It also suggests that all will be revealed over time, just be patient. The end scenes show a Woman holding a baby up in the air, she looks very happy ( as a mother should be you carry life in you and you for 9 months, and should do your best to ensure that this new life comes out as healthy as possible) and it says when you LOVE one another there is hope. When you love each other and cooperate there is a future for you. It also show us that evil can consume you, but evil will be your undoing, and evil will always fail.

I hope my inner Fry did well here. Futurerama was a good series too, to bad it was so short.

P.S. I added better paragraphs because I know my messages are so long.

Watch Fight Club, It's more of a message then a movie.