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FYI...I Watched Two Good Movies This Weekend

posted 6 years ago by kspkap (13554)
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1st one was “Darkest Hour” with Gary Oldman playing Churchill. Oldman was phenomenal and deserved his Oscar.

2nd one was “Testament of Youth”. I thought at first it was a chick flick, but it wasn’t. A true story about youth and the horrors of war, in this case, the First World War. I kept thinking about Wordsworth words of youth:

“What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.“

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77339) 6 years ago

I saw the Oldman/Churchill movie
It was well acted with high production values and was very convincing
It was excellent

I need to look into the second film... I know nothing about it

Thanks:)

[–] kspkap (13554) 6 years ago

“Testament of Youth” is one of those *good* movies we don’t hear about. It was based on a true story. Most of the movies on The Academy Award’s radar are movies I will not watch. I decided to watch “Darkest Hour” (award winner) due to the history aspect. And guess what? No f-bomb in either movie!

[–] mike (327) 6 years ago

I really want to see Darkest Hour. Im an admirer of Churchill and Gary Oldman is always brilliant.

[–] asesorette (0) 6 years ago

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[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

The Wordsworth quote was also used in the movie Splendor in the Grass.

I loved Darkest Hour.

Also, I watched:
The Post
Blade Runner

[–] kspkap (13554) 6 years ago

That I know. I saw the movie in ‘61 when I was just existing due to a heart wrenching break up. It became *my* movie. Wordsworth words resonated with me, but I found no comfort. The hole never healed which affected my whole life. I built a virtual wall around me...never to let anyone get that close again...including my husband and children.

[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

I'm sorry to hear that. Having lost my partner 20 years ago, I found these words in Wordsworth's poem comforting:
Though nothing can bring back the hour
"Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind."

Those words have always given me comfort and helped me to focus on the present and future.

[–] kspkap (13554) 6 years ago

I’m confused...did you not read my post and comment on it? You wrote Wordsworth words were used in “Splendor in the Grass”. I had quoted the same lines you just wrote from his “Ode to Immortality”.🤔 Really confused😐 🤷‍♀️

[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

OOOPS! Sorry.

[–] kspkap (13554) 6 years ago

That’s quite all right. I have had many of those type moments.🤦‍♀️🙇‍♀️ More so lately! I am now a party of three...Me, Myself, and I. We communicate with each other! My husband who is a man of few words and never listens to “Me” becomes rather irritated when he suddenly hears the conversation going on in the kitchen! He assumes “I” am the one saying something to him! Fooled him!

[–] [email protected] (690) 6 years ago

So great of you to bring up William Wordsworth.
I'm not the best at Poetry, but I like when people bring up stuff and explain it.
I love all this Old Stuff, Keats, Tennyson, etc. Bravo !!

i recently had a rambling convo w/ a young gal and asked if she knew who Dylan Thomas was.
She didn't, and her bf's name is Lenny, so I thought about Lenny Bruce.
He said usually people ask him about Lenny Kravitz, but he liked Bruce.
Reminded me of an old Simon and Garfunkel song, that goes --
"I learned the Truth from Lenny Bruce ...(then later)
(a different guy) doesn't dig Poetry, he's so un-hip
When you say Dylan, he thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was.
The man ain't got no Culture."