Christien Louviere

Someone yesterday posted a question on one of the business social networks that I’m a member of.  It was about this movie and the impressions it presented to the people of the advertising world.

Here is my response:

I saw it Sunday night…pondered it that night and the next day. I thought it was well written…not as cheesy as I was expecting. The guy who played the 26 year old and Quaid did well together I thought.

I think there was a good deal of ’simplified truth.’ Remember their target audience was just the general public. To you, me and the members of this forum, it’s a little bit of smoke and mirrors; but to everyone else it’s probably a decently real adaption.

I’m in ad sales, so I was able to relate quite a bit. I wish I had accounts the size of Sports America (ie Sports Illustrated). I was definitely able to relate to the size of the parent company. During the movie, I was wondering how much my ‘top dog’ is like the ‘top dog’ in the movie. Near the end when Connor (26 year old) comes down to earth and is letting out his thoughts, I immediately leaned over and whispered to my girlfriend, "I feel like I’m looking at myself in the mirror." She smirked, "I was thinking the same thing.

I’m not sure what it is about being young, but I never feel as though I’m moving fast enough to get to where I want to be. I think the coolest thing is to look back and realize that you were able to help a company get to a certain position. The direct impact would be awesome. I was able to relate to his character easier than Quaid’s. One thing that I like about being young is that I’m not scared to try new things. My ideas are aggressive and even if they don’t become reality, maybe they shed new light on an idea. I guess I’ll lose that at some point.

I had much more on my mind about it, but…WAKE UP!! It’s over.