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!
