For those who like to watch what they say
Ever hear of the movie Shane? It is, in my opinion, one of the best western’s ever made. Brenden De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Van Heflin, Alan Lad and Jean arthur. A simple story of a gun slinger who was trying to change his ways and ends up ridding the city of some bad guys.
Charley Chaplin was one of the worlds great comedians. He was actually before my time but his work lives on. In one of his movies he gave this amazing speech, I do not agree with everything but there is a lot that rings true to me. When you listen to his speech what are your thoughts? Does his speech move you? Do you think that it relates to today? The idea that we have created so much but we yet have such great needs.
The big game is ready to start. Number one against number two. Notre Dame verses Alabama. In football it does not get bigger than this. Alabama is favoured to win but the Irish have the spirit of Rudy behind them. I think Rudy is one of the best sports movies I have ever seen. It is based on a true story. The story of a young man who had a dream and like many dreams he had many opportunities to give up and let his dream pass him by.
This past weekend my wife and I took in the movie. “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”
I love a movie where the script, direction and the acting come together to make a great movie.
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” follows a group of British retirees who decided to travel to what they hope to be exotic India. What they actually encounter is a hotel for retirees that is a not at all what the brochure makes it out to be.
All I have to say is WOW! The movie, “The Sunset Limited,” is a movie that makes one think about what they are thinking about. Samual Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones are amazing. This is a movie that based on a play and it is dialogue driven and the writing is over the top.
This is an amazing movie about a school football team in the poor section of Memphis. It is also about the devotion of a coach to his players. It is a story of inspiration, but more than that it is a story of the reality of what young people are subject to when they come from the inner city schools.
One of the lines in the documentary says, “football does not build character but it does reveal character.” The story is about young men who have the cards stacked against them simply because of what they were born into. The way out is not always easy but it is attainable. The coach of the team was is a father figure to many, a mentor and a lifeline to a better life.
Who do you think will win the Academy Award for best picture. The nominees are The Artist, The Decedents, Extremely Loud and Incredibly close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Money ball, The Tree of life, and War Horse.
When you give us your predictions could you please tell us why you think it deserves to be the best picture from last year?
The Golden Globes just came out and there were not a whole lot of surprises. Meryl Streep, George Clooney and after that who cares. I did not see a movie this year that really touched me. We had a whole lot of 3d films but very little that actually jumped off the screen and said watch me I am good.
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