SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT
February 1, 2012
2-1-12
Bobbi and I love movies and have been
utilizing the gift certificates to the local theater given to us by our
coworkers at KVOE.
Monday evening we saw “Extremely Loud
and Incredibly Close” starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock and young Thomas Horn.
To say this movie moved me would be a
giant understatement. This movie is a “must see” if you have one ounce of
compassion for the events of 9-11 – the
Let me share a paragraph from a
summary provided by enotes.com.
Through
the eyes of an incredibly precocious and extremely funny nine-year-old
narrator, Jonathan Safran Foer tells a story of the effects of death on Oskar
Schell and his family. Oskar's father was killed in the
Personally, seeing this movie again will likely allow me to
understand even better the ironies, analogies, similarities, comparisons and
gut wrenching heartbreaks that are present.
My imagination runs wild when I think of the number of
families that experience similar reactions to terrorist attacks like 9-11.
You recognize Hanks and Bullock, but probably not young
Thomas Horn who plays the son who lost not only his dad but his best friend.
Not sure if he’s up for an Oscar, but he gets one from me.
“‘Extremely Loud and
Incredibly Close” is playing now at the Dickinson Theater in the Flint Hills
Mall with show times of four and seven. It lasts 2 hours and 9 minutes. My
advice would be to not take children until they understand what 9-11 was all
about.
This movie has given me a new perspective on how precious
life can be.
There’s something to think about and I’m
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