The Big Kahuna Reflection

The Big Kahuna Reflection

There are a lot of underlying issues and themes that can be obtained from the movie The Big Kahuna, but the way that some of these issues are portrayed in the movie can be better described if being watched many times instead of just once.

During the movie the statement is made by Phil that “The world is full of clocks, Bob. Clocks and mirrors.” The statement is made when Bob asks if Phil wears a watch. There are many ways that this statement can be taken, but to me it states that people today are to busy worrying about the time and possibly to busy looking in mirrors to really see what is going on in today’s society. We are constantly on a schedule that contains meetings, appointments, and conventions that we are constantly looking at the time so we can rush through our days and our lives. This is something, as college students, that we constantly say we will never let ourselves fall into, but we will never understand our statement until placed into the situation. Only then will it become clear to us why people live their lives this way.

Bob also makes an interesting comment about Phil being divorced say he could never see himself getting a divorce from his wife. Phil responds by saying “The picture becomes very clear, after a very short period of time.” This is a perfect example that shows even sometimes as Christians we are constantly judging and trying to force others to measure up without always understanding what the underlying meaning consists. Christians sometimes have a concrete agenda as to what is right and wrong and sometimes refuse to accept anything less than what they feel is right. We are constantly judging others when we don’t understand their situation of their circumstances. If we were to live just a few short moments in their lives I feel the picture would become clear in a matter of seconds. This is what I feel Phil means by his statement. Its easy to not understand what you have never lived through, but walking in another’s shoes would probably clear up a lot of our questions in a very short period of time.

Later on in the conversation there are two comments that are made to Bob. Larry saying that “You as a person don’t really matter, It is what you represent”. In the setting I would take this as Bob not having much experience with the type of convention they are participating or holding, but as long as he represents someone who knows what they’re doing he will be fine. This is something that is constantly taking place in our world everyday. Everyone at some point wanders through life and continues to get lost, but on the outside we portray someone who has everything together and need no ones help because we are scared of what other people may see, fell, think, or possibly if it may change someone’s opinion about us. Phil follows this comment by saying “What we are is more important than who we are.” There