Random Thoughts
Now that we have Netflix (why did I wait so long?) we have been watching a lot of movies. I love getting the email that says they've mailed another one. It's like some type of great announcement: For Saturday- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Ta Dah!
We've seen, in addition to the one's I've already mentioned, Million Dollar Baby, Dear Frankie, The Corpse Bride and Crash which brings me to a point. My Sooner Children both told me that Million Dollar Baby and Crash were great movies but very depressing. I hesitated watching them because I wanted to be sure I was in the right frame of mind to 'enjoy' despair. I dutifully prepared my sweet husband - my beloved pessimist. But, both flicks were incredibly hopeful movies - not just in my infernally optimistic world, but my husband's as well. Real, yes, but full of the promise of something different, something better. And, like all the movies I truly love, both were challenging on a completely different level than than typical drivil put out by Hollywood these days.
In my humble opinion, Crash is the Best Movie of the Year! True, I haven't seen all the contenders, but I cannot believe any other film would move me so much. It was brutally honest. In fact, this goes back to a conversation we have been having in my family for a few weeks. My contention: There is no such thing as an 'innocently' uttered racist or bigoted remark. Such things only exclude and divide, and whether or not those who spoke the words feel the sentiments their words convey, they strike a cord in the hearts and minds of others who share the prejudice.
I am not talking about being PC. Oh, the horror! Truth should always be welcomed and required. I am referring to the expanding of a truth to include blanket references which indite a race, a religion, a region, a gender, etc... Our society is becoming terribly polarized and I do not believe it is a result of any election or political event. I think we are losing the gentleness of social discretion; it has become the norm to be crude and rude, and what used to be socially unacceptable is now referred to as honesty. Everyone is 'in your face,' which their own pet causes but not many people are interested in true dialogue and public discourse... tragic, really... there is the despair, not in the movies I watched.
Dear Frankie - sweet and kind of sad. The Corpse Bride - quirky (go figure!) but I enjoyed it.
Wine - YellowTail Shiraz-Grenache - mmmm,mmmm, good.
Travel? We are planning our summer trip - looks like South Dakota.
And, it looks like I may be joining the ranks of the Sooners this fall - update to follow sometime in the future!
We've seen, in addition to the one's I've already mentioned, Million Dollar Baby, Dear Frankie, The Corpse Bride and Crash which brings me to a point. My Sooner Children both told me that Million Dollar Baby and Crash were great movies but very depressing. I hesitated watching them because I wanted to be sure I was in the right frame of mind to 'enjoy' despair. I dutifully prepared my sweet husband - my beloved pessimist. But, both flicks were incredibly hopeful movies - not just in my infernally optimistic world, but my husband's as well. Real, yes, but full of the promise of something different, something better. And, like all the movies I truly love, both were challenging on a completely different level than than typical drivil put out by Hollywood these days.
In my humble opinion, Crash is the Best Movie of the Year! True, I haven't seen all the contenders, but I cannot believe any other film would move me so much. It was brutally honest. In fact, this goes back to a conversation we have been having in my family for a few weeks. My contention: There is no such thing as an 'innocently' uttered racist or bigoted remark. Such things only exclude and divide, and whether or not those who spoke the words feel the sentiments their words convey, they strike a cord in the hearts and minds of others who share the prejudice.
I am not talking about being PC. Oh, the horror! Truth should always be welcomed and required. I am referring to the expanding of a truth to include blanket references which indite a race, a religion, a region, a gender, etc... Our society is becoming terribly polarized and I do not believe it is a result of any election or political event. I think we are losing the gentleness of social discretion; it has become the norm to be crude and rude, and what used to be socially unacceptable is now referred to as honesty. Everyone is 'in your face,' which their own pet causes but not many people are interested in true dialogue and public discourse... tragic, really... there is the despair, not in the movies I watched.
Dear Frankie - sweet and kind of sad. The Corpse Bride - quirky (go figure!) but I enjoyed it.
Wine - YellowTail Shiraz-Grenache - mmmm,mmmm, good.
Travel? We are planning our summer trip - looks like South Dakota.
And, it looks like I may be joining the ranks of the Sooners this fall - update to follow sometime in the future!
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