It’s not Christmas…but doesn’t need to be…Just so long as you are in the mood for some righteous justice, shooting the bad guys, and unwrapping festive redemption…
As crazy as it sounds, a few years ago I could understand where the suicidal ‘couldn’t give a f*ck’ character of Martin Riggs was coming from…
Thankfully, I know better now…Life is good, even if it is just one breath at a time…
It just goes to show…there’s a time and a movie for every mood. The secret of life is to pick the right movie for the right time, and the right place…
John McClane would probably disagree about the time and place!
Glad to hear it , amigo … We all go through dreadful stuff at some point, which can feel insurmountable … So, even getting lost in a movie or two for a few hours can give the tortured mind a break and sometimes even aid a more positive perspective.
I went past the stage of feeling sorry for myself many moons ago…
Personally, I think that ‘Lethal Weapon’ is the ultimate feel-good Christmas film, because it features a feasible, everyday guy, who who has lost it all, wants to end it , and couldn’t give a flying fuck, but finds redemption in saving others…and thereby finds redemption himself…
No angels in this one, and no happy, clappy endings… but one you can believe in.
Seriously…I think that people greatly under-estimate the phenomenal power that films have of being either a life-saver, or a life-preserver…
Been a busy boy recently with various projects of mine and helping around the house, but I’m still keeping up with all things SW.
Also, I wanted to let you all know that I’ve decided to take the plunge and try my hand at writing a book. I can’t divulge too much at the moment as I’m in the process of getting things together and what not, but I can say it’s going to be a mixture of reviews and short pieces related to our favorite genre here. If anyone has any idea of smaller publications I can submit this too when I have all the pieces going, that would be great.
Lee Marvin from ‘Monte Walsh’; Clint Eastwood from ‘High Plains Drifter’; and goodness knows who the woman is - it certainly isn’t Jean Seburg.
Talk about misappropriating images from other films…
Sheesh!
This past week marked the one year anniversary of my gallbladder surgery, and my health has gotten much, much better. There are certain foods I’ve had to cut out all together and others I’ve had to put limit on how much I eat of, but otherwise I’m eating very well. Stomach and body pain levels are pretty much non-existent save for the occasional discomfort we all get from time to time, which I’ll take any day of the week over to send me to the floor kind of pain. Sometimes I still get phantom pains, but luckily they’re mild versions of what I used to get. I have to be a bit more diligent in getting exercise, but I am trying to keep up. Overall, I’m very happy and pleased with how all of this has turned out, and while it’s still a little strange not having an organ in my body anymore, that I have a better quality of health and life is miles better.
