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had a day off again. sat around like a bum, watching movies and gorging myself. yesterday i weighed myself.. (drumroll) im officially 148lbs now. most. ever.
two things. Unforgiven, and From the Earth to the Moon.
Unforgiven was one of the most uncut westerns in the sense that it's portrayal of the consequences of killing was damn-near unlike anything else. Eastwood drops all romanticism, replaced instead by a cold, calculating approach to death. the man knows his sins, and even the many he cannot recollect still haunt his dreams. as a foil, the young partner who initially aspires to follow in Eastwood's footsteps, become a renowned assassin, serves a dualistic purpose of not just highlighting the loss of innocence murder brings, but the power we all have to renounce our dark past and start anew. Morgan Freeman plays the only black man, who of course dies, and naturally is whipped and tortured to that unfortunate death. as i havent seen a movie with Morgan Freeman yet that i did not like, there really isnt anything to say about his performance. this movie is so unlike most westerns, and i attribute that not just to the production and direction a far older and presumably more mature Eastwood lent, but the historical context (1994) far past the era of nostalgic 'feel good' style westerns.
From the Earth to the Moon is an HBO series of films that are essentially Apollo 13 made for cable, but with more documetary elements mixed in. the introductions are narrated by Tom Hanks even. some of the faces are familiar from Apollo 13, and certainly the authenticism is the same. the difference really lies in the scope. FtEttM covers the entire decade of space exploration and technological innovation, not to mention tragic loss, as it relates to NASA, that we call the 60s. watching it i felt overwhelmed by the size of our national effort after President Kennedy famously challenged NASA and the country to put a man on the moon before the decade was through, not "because it is easy, but because it is hard." i also grieved at the loss of life that fulfilling that challenge exacted, and felt a sense of patriotism that few works of cinema have inspired. and it left me wondering, why there hasnt been the imagination of leadership and national desire to put forth a similar effort in the nearly forty years since. watching From the Earth to the Moon delivers appreciation for our history, and desire for accomplishment in our future.
other than movies my life is pretty much lame. im thinking about studying some Islam on the side, maybe take up pottery. yeeeaaa.
two things. Unforgiven, and From the Earth to the Moon.
Unforgiven was one of the most uncut westerns in the sense that it's portrayal of the consequences of killing was damn-near unlike anything else. Eastwood drops all romanticism, replaced instead by a cold, calculating approach to death. the man knows his sins, and even the many he cannot recollect still haunt his dreams. as a foil, the young partner who initially aspires to follow in Eastwood's footsteps, become a renowned assassin, serves a dualistic purpose of not just highlighting the loss of innocence murder brings, but the power we all have to renounce our dark past and start anew. Morgan Freeman plays the only black man, who of course dies, and naturally is whipped and tortured to that unfortunate death. as i havent seen a movie with Morgan Freeman yet that i did not like, there really isnt anything to say about his performance. this movie is so unlike most westerns, and i attribute that not just to the production and direction a far older and presumably more mature Eastwood lent, but the historical context (1994) far past the era of nostalgic 'feel good' style westerns.
From the Earth to the Moon is an HBO series of films that are essentially Apollo 13 made for cable, but with more documetary elements mixed in. the introductions are narrated by Tom Hanks even. some of the faces are familiar from Apollo 13, and certainly the authenticism is the same. the difference really lies in the scope. FtEttM covers the entire decade of space exploration and technological innovation, not to mention tragic loss, as it relates to NASA, that we call the 60s. watching it i felt overwhelmed by the size of our national effort after President Kennedy famously challenged NASA and the country to put a man on the moon before the decade was through, not "because it is easy, but because it is hard." i also grieved at the loss of life that fulfilling that challenge exacted, and felt a sense of patriotism that few works of cinema have inspired. and it left me wondering, why there hasnt been the imagination of leadership and national desire to put forth a similar effort in the nearly forty years since. watching From the Earth to the Moon delivers appreciation for our history, and desire for accomplishment in our future.
other than movies my life is pretty much lame. im thinking about studying some Islam on the side, maybe take up pottery. yeeeaaa.