Sunday, February 1, 2009

Watch it again...for the first time

Have you ever watched a movie for a second time, but one little fact changes your perception of the movie? For example, one of my favorite baseball movies, Field of Dreams. If you have ever watched the movie, and not read the book, you might be surprised to know that the Terrance Mann character (played by James Earl Jones) was J.D. Salinger in the book. Anyone who is familiar with J.D. Salinger would realize that this is a BIG difference. One of my favorite movies of all times is Remember the Titans. This movie is based on a true story. What makes this great, besides the football, is the drama of race tensions, as well as what happens to the characters. Look into the story, however, and you will find out that many liberties and exaggerations were taken. Still a great story, but nowhere near the one Disney put out. How about "Eyes Wide Shut"? Many critics say that it was just a bad porn film, but it is the same "ritual" that we see years later in "The Da Vinci Code"

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