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I have to tell you about
this. A few days ago when I turned on the telly it opened on some
HBO channel from the night before. Even though it was 30
minutes into "Taking Chance,"
starring Kevin Bacon, I was hooked. Five minutes later I looked
up the next full airing, and scheduled it to record. Still,
I continued to watch.
 MoSup was out doing something, and came home
around noon. Now
understand this about MoSup. She doesn't believe in frittering
away prime daylight hours drinking whiskey or watching movies.
Nevertheless, I insisted she sit down and watch the now recorded
repeat. I promised her that she'd have her heart in her throat
the entire time, as had I. Neither of us spoke a word for 90
minutes. I can make the same promise to you about this true
story. I know many of you've seen this, and I'm confident you'll concur.
My best friend has a son serving with the Marines in Iraq, and I wonder
whether this is something I should recommend to him. I don't
know, although maybe I just did. I see it as a portrait of the best of America. One final thing. I've always
liked Kevin Bacon, but the role I've
always identified him with was Chip
Diller
Kevin Bacon, in Animal House. No more. From now on
it's Lt. Col. Michael Strobl. He's that good in this film. ; |
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Thank you sir, may I have another.
ReplyDeleteTim
Rodger, I'm glad you've seen Taking Chance. I'd sent an email reminder to you the night it premiered, but perhaps you didn't have HBO at the time. Mr. Hughes and I, both, had tears streaming down our cheeks for 90 minutes; and although it is saved in DVR, we've not yet approached a second viewing.
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For those of us who understand, we base our lives upon it and appreciate its depth. I fear not a single liberal on the face of this Earth has a clue of honor, nor wants to, as it interferes with their acquisition of personal gains and power at all costs.
Kevin Bacon is also fantastic in, Murder in the First, if you haven't seen it, rent it. Also, the lighter hearted, My Dog Skip. Just to mention two. :]
Juice, We dropped all subscription channels a few years ago, and are now in a "free trial" mode with Verizon. I therefore would have been unable to watch it back then, and, as a matter of fact, would prolly have avoided it anyway, given HBO's penchant for going left political on everything they touch. But on this, you were right. Thanks.
ReplyDeletePS Juice - "Murder in the First" should have won Bacon an Oscar.
ReplyDeleteRodger, you got that right about Bacon's Oscar worthy performance in Murder in the First, but heck, it's not called Hollyweird for nothing.
ReplyDeleteYou are also correct regarding HBO's libertard production tendencies, BUT, they did another good one called, Alive Day. If you missed it, you may want to track it down. It is James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano) interviewing various US military members who defeated death in a war zone; hence, their "Alive Day". These military guests are THE focus and Gandolfini is merely a background conduit for their stories. I thought it was a pretty good example of personal strenght and dignity for life among our troops.
I had the great fortune of getting to meet and know Chances father, John who is an artist. So I knew this was coming and waited anxiously for it. Wonderful show.
ReplyDeleteI had a son in Iraq. We know what it is like to worry.
Also, I am so proud of the people Chance met along the way and the way they treated him with such respect. Mostly, this is still a great country.
Taking Chance is wonderful, and wonderfully faithful to what the good Col. wrote.
ReplyDeleteI would also urge you to go to the theatres right now and see one called "Brothers at War" which opened in limited release this weekend, and is scheduled -- we hope -- for full release in a couple of weeks. I've been covering it at Blackfive, and got to see it this weekend. Not what you would expect from a war flick, it is about five brothers, a family, much more than a war flick. Even the most sensitive souls can safely see it, real violence and gore limited to just a couple of minutes. Well, other than learning about improvised field hygiene. *G It gets it, and plays it straight.
Laughing Wolf
http://www.blackfive.net
Well....If Kevin appeared in an MGM movie and got a major award.....would the headline, in one of those cheap, tawdry, rags in the supermarket be: "Oscar Mayer Bacon?"
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