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Today I'll show you a Comedy- fantasy film: "Defending your life"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with an executive celebrating his 39th birthday with a comedic speech
His co-workers, who are laughing at his jokes,
are gifted by him a fancy CD player and CDs all around
Afterward, his co-worker, a jeep owner, drives him to a car dealership to get his brand-new car
The jeep owner asks the executive what his plans are for his birthday
The executive tells him that he just plans to drive around alone at night
He is proud to celebrate loneliness, because he is happy with where he is in life
The executive arrives at the car dealership,
where a car salesman shows him the BMW convertible, and he buys it instantly
The executive drives home, and pops a CD into a player
He happily sings along while driving along the L.A roads
A man driving behind him, angrily honks at him for playing his music loudly
The executive turns a corner; and some of his CDs slide out of his seat and onto the floor
He gets distracted and tries to get the CDs
He doesn't notice that he is swerving into the opposite lane; and a bus is quickly coming at him
The next moment, he is in a wheelchair beside an old man and woman;
and they're being led around a hospital facility
The executive is catatonic, and a hospital orderly guide him as he gets seated in a tram
The tram guide inside the tram tells the executive
and his fellow passengers that they're in Judgment City
She explains to them that they're no longer on Earth,
but slowly and surely, they will soon adjust to their new surroundings
They soon arrive at the Continental Hotel, where the executive will stay
Bellhops escort him and other passengers into the hotel
The Hotel Manager reassures them that all they need to do is rest in their rooms
The executive enters his room, which looks like a standard hotel room,
with wooden furnishings and beige beddings
A bellhop opens a closet,
and shows him the tupas that he'll be wearing for the rest of his stay at Judgment City
After the bellhop leaves, the executive plops onto the bed and sleeps
The next morning, he is woken by the ringing telephone
On the other end of the line is his defense attorney,
who tells him that he is here to help the executive defend his life
He encourages the executive to enjoy Judgment City's amenities before their appointment at 11 AM
The executive takes the attorney's advice,
and goes out of his hotel room to look for someplace to eat
He finds himself in a diner
He orders eggs and is bowled over by how delicious they are
Soon enough, it is time for him to get to town for his 11 AM appointment with his attorney
The attorney explains that when each human life ends,
a group of people decide if they did enough good things in this lifetime
If they agree, the soul will be allowed to move forward
And if not, the soul will start a new life back on Earth
The executive will have one chance at a trial, to prove that he is worthy of moving forward
The attorney also discloses that the executive has already lived 20 lifetimes
In fact, he encourages the executive to visit the Past Lives Pavillion,
to see what kind of person he was in his previous lifetimes
After seeing an ad on the elevator, the executive visits a comedy club
There he meets a kind woman
He catches her attention, by quipping at the man performing onstage
She approaches him, and says that he looks familiar to her
They take a walk and continue their witty banter
He tells her that his trial might take up to 9 days; and she shares that hers might take only 4
They tell each other more details about their lives back on Earth;
the executive was married before, while the kind woman had kids
The executive walks the kind woman back to her hotel
He is surprised to see that her accommodations are much more luxurious than his
This must be because she is more generous and kinder in her past life than he was
The next day, the executive meets his attorney at the Judgment Center for the first day of his trial
They enter a sparsely-lit room where the prosecutor is waiting
A male and female judges enter the room next
They explain to the executive that this whole process will help them decide on his case
The prosecutor begins her argument by saying that the executive is still plagued by the same fears,
that have held him back in all his lifetimes
The prosecutor brings out the first evidence,
by showing the executive's childhood memory when he was 11 years old
In this memory, the executive was being bullied by another boy in the schoolyard playground
The boy was inciting him to fight back; but he never did
He was branded as a coward
The defense attorney, in turn, shows the judges another childhood memory of the executive
This time, he is a young infant watching his parents argue
The attorney asserts that the executive is not ruled by fear, but by wisdom and restraint instead
The attorney now shows a scene from the executive's past memory when he's 10 years old
The young child had bravely lent his classmate his art supplies,
and took on the ire of his teacher instead
He got into trouble for this; but he courageously saved his friend
The prosecutor counters this with another memory of the same day
The executive's father was berating him for the incident at school, saying that he would punish him
The executive quickly folds, and he admits that he took the blame for his friend
It turns out that his friend was expelled from the school two days later
The executive gets tired of the arguing in the courtroom, and announces that he is done for the day
Later that night, he visits a Japanese restaurant for dinner
He orders some sake, tuna and relishes the delightful taste
He meets a bookseller, who is sitting next to him at the restaurant
He shares that he's in Judgment City for 15 days
Later, the executive rides the tram home to the Continental Hotel
Back in his room, he finds out that the kind woman had left a message for him in the lobby
She wants him to meet her tomorrow after the proceedings
The next day, the executive finds out that his attorney couldn't make it,
and that a substitute defense attorney will be filling in for him
He assures the executive that he knows what he's doing
This time, the prosecutor begins with a memory from when the executive was 24 years old
It's shown that his investor friend had given him a juicy tip to invest in a Japanese watch company
However, he refused to believe that the Japanese company would ever take off
He chose to invest in cattle instead
It turns out, the company became a huge success; and the executive missed out on a lot of money
His cattle venture is a failure
The prosecutor emphasizes that the executive does not make good judgments out of his fear
The prosecutor points to another memory:
the executive wound up taking a salary so much lower than he anticipated
However, He did not even argue with his potential employer,
but just flat-out accepted the first offer
The prosecutor argues that this is again a classic case of the executive,
being afraid to take a chance and advocate for his own interests
However, the substitute attorney never presents a counter-argument against that
The prosecutor keeps going,
and presents a compilation of the many misjudgments that the executive had made in the past year
These include installing an antenna wrong,
gargling with sanitary alcohol instead of mouthwash, and being duped while buying a car
After the day's proceedings, he finds the kind woman again in the hallway
She asks him to go with her to the Past Lives Pavillion
The executive is hesitant, wondering if it's worth it to find out who he was in his previous lives
But eventually, they line up at the Past Lives Pavillion,
and while away the time by talking more about their lives
The line speeds up; and they're assigned their own individual booths
They are instructed to place their hand on a plate;
and a holograph will appear to present their past lives
The executive sees that in his past life; he was a native man
Meanwhile, the kind woman was a chivalrous knight in her past life
On the way home, the kind woman admits to him that she can't get him out of her mind
The executive also admits that as much as his proceedings are turning out badly,
her presence makes him feel better
The pair goes to a mini-golf course, where they share more things about themselves
The kind woman reveals to the executive that she died by tripping near a pool,
and hitting her head on the pavement
The executive once again walks the kind woman home back to her hotel
She asks him out to dinner tomorrow night
The two share a passionate tongue massage
The next morning, the attorney is back
The prosecutor begins with a memory of the 34-year-old executive
He was tasked to deliver an important speech that could have advanced his career
But minutes before he was set to go on stage, he had a terrible case of stage fright
He was blinded by the lights, and unnerved by the stares of the people
Thankfully, there was a gas leak under the venue; and he didn't have to give his speech
The prosecutor illustrates that the executive never spoke in front of a crowd ever again,
his fear tightening its chokehold on him
To counter this, the attorney brings up the memory of the executive's snowmobile accident
He was zipping along the snowy mountain, when he was swerving and careened off a cliff
He broke his leg and crawled three miles to get help
The attorney argues that this is an example that the executive can overcome fear
Afterward, the executive goes inside the room, where the kind woman's proceedings are taking place
It turns out that even her prosecutor finds her endearing,
as he doesn't argue with her as the executive's prosecutor does
The memory playing onscreen depicts the kind woman saving her kids and dog from a burning house
All the people in the room are utterly charmed
That night, they go out to dinner in an Italian restaurant
They dine on sumptuous food,
until the executive realizes that the prosecutor is also in the same restaurant
He gives her a friendly nod that she returns
The kind woman starts slurping on her big tub of pasta;
and the executive laughs at her easy-going attitude
The prosecutor looks at this scene curiously
The kind woman approaches the prosecutor's table, and introduces herself on the way to the bathroom
They leave with plenty of pies courtesy of the restaurant
They walk home and sit down in the kind woman's hotel lobby
The kind woman tells the executive that her lawyer told her that after tomorrow,
she wouldn't be returning to the hotel anymore
She admits to the executive that she has never felt anything like she feels for him now
He reciprocates this feeling, and regrets that they had only met in this place,
especially since they'd be going off into separate paths soon
She tells him that he loves her; and they share another tongue massage
She asks him to spend a hormone night with her,
but the executive tells her that he is afraid of giving her a too-fast hormone experience
and what will happen after that
He bids her farewell and leaves
Upon arriving at his hotel,
the executive calls the Majestic Hotel to leave a message for the Kind Woman
He realizes that he doesn't know her last name,
and that there are two guests who share a similar first name
So he leaves them both the message that he loves her, and that he'll miss her
In his trial the next day, his attorney makes his final argument
He tells the story of the executive, who was downtrodden and impoverished after his divorce,
choosing to go on the Hong Kong trip he and his wife were supposed to go on together
At the airport, he had chosen to splurge on upgrading his ticket
effectively choosing to listen to his own wants despite the circumstances
The attorney argues that it is a clear sign that he has overcome his fears,
and is ready to move forward
However, the prosecutor replays a scene from the previous night:
the executive turning down a hormone night with the kind woman,
because he was afraid of losing the woman,
as well as his too-speedy impression he may show to the woman
For the prosecutor, this is another example of the executive's decisions being ruled by fear
But the attorney argues that this is him being selfless, and caring for another person
The executive explains that he died too young,
but he believes that he did the best he could, and that he is worthy of moving forward
The court adjourns for the final time; and all they have to do is announce their decision
The executive and the attorney receive the decision in the latter's office
The attorney opens the envelope,
and says to the executive that he will not be moving forward, but will be sent back to Earth again
The attorney comforts him,
and tells him that this decision does not mean he doesn't deserve to move forward
The attorney takes the executive to the station,
where different trams transport souls back to Earth to start new lives
He boards a tram, forlorn and disappointed in himself
Suddenly, he notices the Kind woman sitting on the bus next to him
At that exact moment, the trams start moving
The executive decides that his fears will no longer rule him
He leaves his moving bus, and attempts to get to the bus the kind woman is on
He crosses lanes full of oncoming traffic, and narrowly misses being run over
He finally makes it to the kind woman's bus doors; but they are locked
It turns out, the judges on his case are watching the whole thing play out on their screen
The executive's display of courage impresses them, and they order the bus doors to open
The movie ends with the executive and the kind woman reuniting and sharing a kiss,
to the utter delight of the people with them on the bus
For the executive, defending his life became a chance to truly live it
The last scene ends as the bus barrels on, taking the couple back to Earth,
to restore their hormonity together
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