Movies Again

[Guest hakkamike]

Finished watching Warriors Of Heaven And Earth tonight, I am sure that some of you will say they hated it but hey thats the way it goes.

Later, Michael Perez

[leejcandle]

I generally liked WoHE, though I think the end is a bit too 'miraculous'; but no worse than other movies where fantasy is involved.

 

This is one that I've watched repeatedly; I think I'm attracted to the values shown by the protagonists; mainly duty, responsibility.

 

For those who haven't seen it, I'll give you a teaser without spoiling it. It's got a plot twist similar to Saving Private Ryan:

 

The good guys think they're merely protecting a caravan from lowly bandits. But it turns out they're protecting something much more important.

[Guest hakkamike]

Lee what the *^!@#$%*&*(%( is going on in Round Rock lol lol... I Guess we should try to do a TX get to gether or is it gather, seems like there is plenty of CFL folks in this little State...

Later, Michael Perez

[se_lang]

Lee what the *^!@#$%*&*(%( is going on in Round Rock lol lol...  I Guess we should try to do a TX get to gether or is it gather, seems like there is plenty of CFL folks in this little State...

          Later,    Michael Perez

Speaking of getting together what ya doin tomorrow. I need a break from house hunting, she is relentless . Also how can I se this movie is it DVD ,TV ,Movie?

[Guest hakkamike]

I have the DVD come on over tomorrow and we can watch it again and if you dont have time you can have it after u guys get finished looking at houses..

Later, Michael Perez

[hakkamm]

I generally liked WoHE, though I think the end  is a bit too 'miraculous'; but no worse than other movies where fantasy is involved.

 

This is one that I've watched repeatedly;  I think I'm attracted to the values shown by the protagonists; mainly duty, responsibility.

 

For those who haven't seen it, I'll give you a teaser without spoiling it. It's got a plot twist similar to Saving Private Ryan:

 

The good guys think they're merely protecting a caravan from lowly bandits. But it turns out they're protecting something much more important.

Glad you really got it.----Duty,Responsibility ,plus strength

[leejcandle]

I generally liked WoHE, though I think the end  is a bit too 'miraculous'; but no worse than other movies where fantasy is involved.

 

This is one that I've watched repeatedly;  I think I'm attracted to the values shown by the protagonists; mainly duty, responsibility.

 

For those who haven't seen it, I'll give you a teaser without spoiling it. It's got a plot twist similar to Saving Private Ryan:

 

The good guys think they're merely protecting a caravan from lowly bandits. But it turns out they're protecting something much more important.

Glad you really got it.----Duty,Responsibility ,plus strength

I tend to go for two sorts of stories (regardless of the look of the movie or the acting):

 

1) The responsibility plot; where the protagonist(s) do what they should, regardless of the cost. In the Warriors of Heaven and Earth case, the good guys start out doing something simply out of responsibility, not realizing the true significance until later.

 

2) Personal growth: where the lead character is growing and maturing throughout the story. I fell in love with the Samurai (I, II, III) series for that reason. Myamoto Musashi is shown at the start as a brash teenager, and you see him grow and mature over the years into a responsible and wise warrior.

 

Actually I'm a sucker for a third (which is an element in the Samurai series) The good guy has several women who love him. That's a true guy's hero fantasy. We want to be strong like the good guy, and we want women to love us.

[kfman]

If you like the movies of Miyamoto Musashi.. you should read the book. It sits just under 1000 pages, small print, but a great great novel of what the author thought his life was like. The movies are based off the book, and are similar. You can buy the movies. I got all three for around 35.00 each.. (old movie put on dvd) not too bad if you like the story.

[leejcandle]

I read the book. It was quite interesting.

 

Also, there was a TV series in 2003. I watched most of it, but I didn't see the finale. Possibly it's available from Japan on DVD/VCD.

 

Another movie that I like as a personal growth story is "Red Beard". It stars Mifune, with some other actors we often see in Kurosawa movies.

 

That story is a bit slow, has many sub-plots; but is very moving. Fulfillment comes at the end.