If you know me, you know that I don't watch much TV. I find it very frustrating to have 200 channels, or what ever ridiculous number we have, and not be able to find something that I want to watch. Last spring, sometime during that never ending part of the year when you are still stuck in winter and longing for signs of anything green outside, I decided to sign up for Netflix. Surely I would be able to find something in the thousands of titles available that would strike my interest -- and I was right. Now we get two movies a month, which is the minimum subscription offered, and they are delivered right to our PO Box. No more going to Blockbuster (which is a whole blog entry in itself), no due dates, no late fees. Can't get much better than that, especially if you live in rural Wyoming.
Last night David and I watched the movie "The Soloist". It is a true life story of a newspaper reporter, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) who discovers a street musician, Nathaniel Ayers(Jammie Foxx) and how the bond that forms between them changes both of their lives. It was very thought provoking - one of those movies that you are still thinking about the next day. I was moved and amazed by the number and state of many street people. I am sure that I will never see or treat a homeless person in the same manner that I have in the past. I hope I don't. My lense has been changed.
The movie is based on the Book by the same title by Steve Lopez - I might have to add it to my reading list!
We have wanted to see this for a while, but it is often hard for Chris and I to find the motivation to watch a sad movie. Is it redeeming in the end?
ReplyDeleteYes - sad in a way but not hopeless and Yes redeeming. I think you would enjoy it.
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