Today was a two movie day. First, I saw “Argo”, and then “Seven
Psychopaths”.
Of the two movies “Argo”
was definitely the better movie. It was directed by, and starred, Ben Affleck. If
you haven't seen the trailers or read the publicity about the movie it concerns
itself with the rescue of six Americans from Iran during the hostage crisis. It
is a simple, taut, tale. It is alternately funny and intense. Alan Arkin and
John Goodman bring much of the comic relief in the movie as a makeup artists
and the producer, respectfully. I would definitely recommend it, it's well
worth the price of admission and it demonstrates that Ben Affleck has turned
into a very good director, at least in my opinion
“Seven Psychopaths” was a more uneven movie. Parts of it
bordered on brilliant, but parts of it missed entirely. The cast was
outstanding, but unfortunately, too much of the writing was self-indulgent. It
felt a lot like a scriptwriter writing a movie about a scriptwriter which is
always a failing in Hollywood I think. They say you should write about what you
know and unfortunately for scriptwriters that means too often they write about
scriptwriters. But, with Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, and Colin Farrell
you can hardly go totally wrong. The parts of it that work are worth the price
of admission.
After the movie Tony and I stopped at Red Robin for dinner.
I had the blue ribbon Burger and steak fries which is pretty good. After dinner
I drifted home, I watched a bit of TV, then took a nice nap. I didn't really
sleep, instead I kind of tossed and turned, and then eventually gave up and got
up. I watched an episode of “Ghost Hunters” and I'm contemplating watching
something else off the DVR into the meeting
Today is Day 12 of my personal journey. As such days ago it
wasn't too bad. There are always moments when the monkey mind kicks in, when
you feel the emptiness, when you're not sure what to do. Then I think you take
a deep breath, maybe another deep breath, and you trust to the journey itself.
Everything in life happens for a reason or at least that is what I believe. It
can be hard to believe when what happens hurts us but it remains to nonetheless.
I keep moving forward. I keep taking one day at a time. I keep trying to keep
the monkey mind under control.
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