Monday, July 02, 2007
ANOTHER TIME
Today's movie was Emilio Estevez'
I wanted to see it originally because of my Shia LaBouef fascination (he is great in the picture as a political geek).
I found a lot of it overwhelming. Positive. I lived through this time.
There are a lot of picky reviews of this film. I think that is because people today cannot comprehend the events that the film conveys.
In any case, it got to me so that as the ending approached I was wailing.
Such a loss. Such a tragedy. Our last chance.
Perhaps not. Maybe someone will come along again. Could it be the Obama thing? I am surely open to it. Some people think so. I dunno.
The use of news footage from that time and the interweaving of it, particularly at the end, is ingeniously handled.
There is a cavalcade of actors here. Some do better than others but all of them add to the understanding of the climate that Bobby was so engaged in.
Some are politically serious people. Others merely awaken a bit to themselves and what is happening around them.
Finally, all are touched by the events of the day and the night.
I will give this a 5 out of Netflix5 out of my personal experience. I know that this is a flawed picture but that is beside the point of it.
Labels: culture, films, nostalgia, politics
