I’ve been catching up with episodes from The Office lately. Since I have no real free time because of my work project, I squeeze in an Office episode while I’m eating. Of course I’m a big Jim and Pam fan.
Working day and night and entering into delirium at two in the morning has its advantages. Last night, unable to sleep or work, I flipped through cable channels and stumbled upon Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Yep, that’s Jenna Fischer there, co-starring with John C. Reilly.
Small world.
I really enjoyed Jacob’s Ladder. Despite having the ending ruined for me by reading a review by Eleanor Ringle (in which she quotes its resemblance to a well-known short story I had read in high school with the same twist ending — tsk tsk, you should know better, Eleanor), it’s a fascinating film.
I especially liked Danny Aiello as Louis the chiropractor, who turns out to be the spiritual guide for our main character.
I never used to be into chiropractors, until I found a master in the field about a year ago. Now it’s one of the high points in my week. He doesn’t quite have me seeing angels, but it’s not far off. 
Today being the big election day over here in the US, I thought of all the president movies I’ve seen (where the president was a major character in the movie).
Although I enjoyed the two largest grossing president movies (Independence Day at #1 and Air Force One at #2), by far my favorite is The American President. It came in seventh.
To love someone so completely, you’d be willing to walk through hell to be with them, never fails to move me. The love story from What Dreams May Come gets me every time I see it. It consistently catapults me beyond my ordinary awareness, awakening the part of me that transcends any one born lifetime. All in the moment where Chris Nielsen gives up everything for his beloved.
I’m a big fan of movies, and every now and then a movie will come along I can watch again and again. It will have at least one moment that breaks my heart open in love. I try to remember these moments, and write them down. If these moments in story-telling blow me away, how I can I incorporate that kind of feeling into my own stories?
Benny & Joon is one of my favorite movies. Besides the quirky charm and beautiful cinematography, it has one of those magical moments. It’s the scene with Johnny Depp as Sam, as shown above. The love and dedication being expressed, the crescendo of the music, the rhythmical dance of the shot…it undoes me every time.
