A small look at Reign over me"

Since I haven't been writing much at all lately I thought I would take a quick stab at something which bothered me the other day. Additionally, I have decided to totally eradicate my previous site which dealt with books and movies. I'm just going to simply reference them on my main site and direct everyone to this particular series of blogs.
Since I wrote this rather quickly today while I was taking a break, I hope it is somewhat legible, but I think you get the idea that I really did approve of the movie, despite what some of the critics have said. I believe I commented on this in another blog, but I thought it was worthy of another look.
Since I was having difficulty sleeping last night I decided to watch Ebert & Robert just to see what they had to say about "Reign Over Me." Well, to say they were not too kind is a bit of an understatement. The words absurd and preposterous were used with the glaring regularity. I was initially floored and flabbergasted by their supposedly professional analysis, however, as they went on to explain some of the problems they had with the film, I found myself agreeing with some of their contentions. Although, I still think there are too many aspects of the film which are so intriguing they outweigh the negatives. Of course, that is my personal observation and many others may not find this to be self-evident.
As for what I agreed to in their analysis of the movie, I definitely think Janeana Johnson, played by the impeccable Jada Pinkett Smith, was completely underused and a little ridiculous, in that she really ever seemed to leave their apartment. I also think the obviously psychologically troubled Donna Remar, played by Saffron Burrows, was a bit over the top and probably the biggest distraction of the film. The movie would have been much better without her, but I chose to ignore these problems for the much more prevalent issues at hand: the struggle of two completely different individuals to discover their own way through life with what has been dealt them. I completely disagree with their contention that Alan Johnson, played by Don Cheadle, and Charlie Fineman, played by the surprisingly dramatic Adam Sandler, were completely absurd.

I personally was in a different place when I saw this particular film and frankly needed a little bit of a pick me up. I chose to see the brighter side of this film and instead of continuing to scream about the glaring plot holes, I reveled in the brilliance that an individual who is highly successful in many aspects can be dealing with problems which seem to be incomprehensible to the majority of people that are living paycheck to paycheck.


One thing I do want to warn everybody about this film is that it is rather slow in spots and possibly a little more palatable when viewed on DVD at home.

As it probably shows in the total lack of entries over the last month I haven't been doing much of anything. This particular virus knocked me down much lower than I thought it would and it has been much more considerably difficult from which to rebound. Today is one of my better days. It only required about an hour and a half nap in order for me to function properly. At least I am breathing properly, however, this doesn't do a lot for my positive attitude. I have definitely seen better days, but I know they are on the way once again.

On a brighter side, my house is looking considerably better. We are even beginning to start to decorate the walls. Even though my landscaping is a bit sparse, it is much better than it was and by next year will be much better. The landscapers planted saplings and it has been so long since I first started with a new landscape, I had completely forgotten how timid it looks in the beginning.
Well, I'd better get going for now. If I can make it back onto the computer more often, I can start to post on here once again.
BTW, I really don't like the new setup for blogger yet, but I haven't really checked out much of its capability.
Till later.

What a bummer

This is my first day in three weeks that I've been able to spend more than 10 minutes on the computer. I tried to catch up on some e-mail, but one of the lists to which I subscribe has managed to deposit more than 340 e-mails in my account. It will, therefore, take quite a substantial time to get through all of these e-mails. The sad part is I have not been receiving any personal e-mails as of late. My, what have I been doing wrong? Perhaps it could be that I have not been writing, but I'll never know.
Anyway, I will hopefully be able to do more dictation and read quite a bit more tomorrow. I am trying not to overdo it, so I'm going to keep this real short. In the past, I have tried to get back in the swing of things much too quickly and ended up relapsing. And in my experience a relapse is much more devastating and time-consuming than the original illness.