Quick Movie Related Post
Jonathan Mark posted this on his eclectic and exquisitely written blog, Route 17:
Roger Ebert, who’s now suffering from illness himself (he’s totally lost the ability to speak) put together some nice memories and videos of his old partner, Siskel, who passed away from cancer a decade ago. Ebert, on his Chicago Sun-Times blog, recalls being touched by how seriously Siskel took his Judaism, among so much else. A beautiful essay about friendship.
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Speaking of movies, I am in the middle of watching the film Young At Heart. it is totally different than how it looked from the trailers, much deeper, darker, better.
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Ebert is my go to movie reviewer (but he didn't review Young At Heart). Some time ago I saw Millions and then wondered, what would Ebert think? The movie is about two kids who find money, but the essence of the story is not that two kids find money. It is about an eight year old named Damian who wonders if his late mother has become a saint. He reads about saints constantly. Saints visit him. Saints converse with him. He aspires to be like a saint.
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Damian happens to find a sack of money thrown off a train by a robber. He confides to his older brother Anthony about his found treasure. Roger Ebert admits that initially "by focusing on the money and the saints I have missed the real story of 'Millions,'" He goes on to correct his mistake and concludes that "this is one of the best films of the year. I agree. Nothing I read or heard prepared me for how wonderful this film was. There's no excuse for seeing junk when a movie like this is available. And I am thankful for Ebert's being on the same page as me.
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 8:23 PM
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Millions was an excellent movie. Boyle's a talented, versatile director. I saw the kid another movie last year: Waterhorse. He's a terrific actor, and an awfully cute kid.
I forgot that that was Boyle - that was serendipidous, I chanced upon an old post about Millions while searching for a certain poem.
Thanks Kishke, becuse of your pointing out that it was Boyle who did Milions I decided to see Slumdog Millionaire. It's a very good movie (although I think Millions was better). I had been resisting because it had grown too popular.
I see a future trivia question in the making. Who directed two films with the word million in the title?
And the themes are somewhat related too...
That reminds me of this question: Bruce Willis is in a bunch of movies with numbers in the title (other than sequels). How many can you name?
Sixth Sense.
I haven't seen that many Willis movies.
A good movie trivia question for today's weather would revolve around winter movies. My favorite? Groundhog Day.
12 monkeys
whole 9 yars
there are more
isn't there a movie called snow day? how about Alive?
i really like groundhog day - i thinkit can be used to illustrate what true chesed and true teshuva is...
I'm not familiar with those two. I started watching Frozen River (but didn't have time to finish). So far it looks good, and I suspect is your kind of film. Same with Transsiberian. I'll let you know.
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