Growing Up

How do each of us grow up? Is there really a set plan by our parents on how we should be raised? Everyday we face new challenges just like life intended and we grow in them. In the movie, Boyhood, a young man is followed for twelve years to capture the truth of what it is like to grow up.

The movie follows Mason as he starts as a first grader and into his first day at college. The movie itself took twelve years as the director filmed little snippets from his daily so as to keep the same child and to make real the production.

The movie was beautifully done with a lot of truth hidden inside. I found myself wondering what would I be like if I had grown up in the life of Mason. I think we all try to imagine what life would be like if we were born into a different world.