The Opinion Review

Well this movie sure got rave reviews…And controversy. I remember when it came out awhile back it was really talked about…Poking fun at retarded an/or fat people is a running theme. Whatever. Ridiculous really .

It really wasn’t all that funny…But I’m not a big comedy fan anyways… Sure, I like to laugh but full frontal comedies tend to bore me sometimes… I don’t seem to “get” all the jokes. That drug addict Robert Jr was pretty funny as a black guy..For a few minutes.

There was some entertainment value on this movie… It held my attention.. Some comedies just put me to sleep. But so do some drama’s What can a tired blue collar, hard working stiff to do? I just want to be entertained sometimes. And this one delivered OK.

Would I watch it again? Naw… If I didn’t crack up the first time around I doubt if I would the second. I got OTHER things to do…Ya dig?

It’s usually movie time on the weekends.. Now that I have this review blog I can go ahead and write about the movie I watched. This weekend it was “Martian Child” A great little family movie.

Having an adopted kid myself this movie really spoke to me. Adopted kids are great… More folks should step up to the plate and help take care of some of these kids without parents. Especially the ones that are always fighting abortion clinics.

But what about when you get one that believes he is from Mars? This is not really uncommon because my cousin claimed to be from Saturn for many years as a kid… Heck, I think he IS from Saturn. And that’s pretty freakin groovy..

While watching the movie I found myself wondering if the kid really WAS from mars. Nice job there. His continues spacey ways led you to believe that he may be a martian. It was touching for him to grow closer and closer to his widowed father that kept loving him through it all…

The kids seems to “collect” things for his earthy experiments.  This gets him expelled from school. It must have been from a private schoole because you cant get kicked out of public school because you have problems… Every child has a right to an education. All you need is an IEP (Individualized education program)

That is unless you bring a gun to school or something. But these matters are for another day or blog.

Say… Check the movie with your kid… Espcially if he/she is adopted.

Hey this was a real treat.  Big Fish was a movie I had never heard of. My girl recommended it.. A nice little movie about life dreams - and stories.

I have always enjoyed Tim Burton movies (except for the Nightmare before Christmas cartoons). His style and use of colors and such are always entertaining and quirky. He is not my favorite director or anything but he is quite creative.

Big Fish is a rare gem that is underrated. It is clean and a good story about stories of a man that allows him to be immortal…Even in death. The movie does have a dark streak to it but that is a typical Burton theme… But the story of life shines through in a heartwarming way.

To be the biggest fish in the river means to never get caught… Check it with yer family.. Ya dig?

Deaf dumb and blind boy… Lives in a quiet vibration land.

The Who’s Tommy is a bit of rock and roll genius. A story of love, life and success. A story of how a deaf dumb and blind boy starts a new religion. All based on his handicaps and the game of pinball… It just don’t get much better than that.

Sure there are other “concept” records but Pete Townshend just seems to do it better than most. The fact that it is the first one and therefore the godfather of all the rest makes it the most respected for me. And many, like Rush’s 2112 just seem to pale in comparison.

  The music is very “pretty”. I love the chord patterns on the record. I have always loved music that tends to pull at the heart strings. Yet The Who is the godfather of punk so it also has attitude. As Tommy’s followers in the end write him off as a flake. “We forsake you, gonna rape you, let’s forget you better still.”

The drums are of course awesome.. Kieth Moon get’s busy as usual..And the drum sound (the recording) is maybe the best I have heard. Those premier drums just really sound good on that record.

Sometimes when I hear it I think I hear mistakes during the recording. Flawed guitar stuff… It’s like they kinda recorded it in a hurry or just said…”Hell, that’s good enough.” That is my kind of stuff because most of my recordings sound like demo’s…Since that’s what they are. But it’s great to hear mistakes on a “real album.

Tommy shines as the 60’s drug fueled messiah.  They say if you put a candle in the middle of the room and listen to the entire record you will “see god” It’s like a spiritual experiance. Of course all of pete Townshends stuff has spiritual undertones. He’s a very spiritual guy.

I don’t know why I avoided this movie for so long. It came out back in 2001 and I never saw it.

I was missing a lot… I had the impression that it would be boring - Far from it… Being a musician I thought that the music wouldn’t be to my taste. (I’m a bit critical  of lots of music) But the fact that  they used popular music for the songs was entertaining after all.

Elton John, Nirvana, Madonna, The Police… Nice touch there. 

A musical love story with lots of color and lights. I have to say this is the best musical I have ever seen. I think I need to run it through a second time to catch some of the subtle things I might have missed.

The Sound of Music was good when I saw it as a kid…Music from that film was included in Moulin Rouge. It brought back a few memories of watching that in my 4th grade classroom.That was one of my favorite grades growing up… When a movie brings back memories then it’s a good thing.

I enjoyed the camera work in the movie too… Lots of fast editing and quick scenes… I bet it took a long time to capture all of that and make it perfect… Hey…Check it….

You believe in devil possession ?

I sat around yesterday morning and watched the Exorcism of Emily Rose…That was some spooky halloweend stuff. You dig? The fact that the movie is based on a true story makes it even more scary. It has to be one of the spookiest movies I have ever seen.

So the deep question here is was the girl actually possessed by some kind of evil force (devils) or was she simply mentally ill? Did that priest actually prevent her from getting the medical help that she needed? The meds she was taking obviously were not working. Of course psyche meds are another topic I could easily review.

I remember the Exorcist movie with Linda Blair back in the day… I saw it with my parents at the drive in.. Fortunately I fell asleep. But that was one scary movie too. It’s said that people were “fainting” and vomiting in theaters from a total freak out! Wow.

But Emily is much more real. And brings up lots of spiritual questions for the viewer. For somebody to watch that and not consider something being “out there” is a bit closed minded. There seems to be unseen powers in this universe that can’t be explained by science.

Check it this Halloween season and then discuss God, and the devil. Athiest’s welcome…