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Movie Classic Revisited
Long haul flights are a time to catch up on movies I’ve missed in theaters. I indulge in movie watching every once in a while in the theater, otherwise on these long and boring flights, but rarely at home.
One flight from the US to India is generally made up of two long-haul flights. So, if you add that up – watching one movie per long-haul flight, that means, at a minimum, you get four movies during one round trip from the US to India. There’s not much else to do to pass the time.
That’s what I got during the last trip. I guess I did “catch up”. But if you ask me what movies I saw and what they were about, whether good, bad or ugly, I would be hard-pressed to find an answer. I am sure I could do some research and come up with the names of movies I saw but they must have been below average or worse, because I don’t remember much about them.
But there is one movie I caught during this trip that I remember most vividly. Instead of being one of the new releases, this one was a classic. I say revisited but it was really the first time I had seen the movie. Not sure how I could have missed it before!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Wow. Watching a young and dynamic Jack Nicholson in arguably his best role to date was simply fabulous. I am writing this post for anyone who might have missed the movie – whether from my generation, or some of the really young ones born way after this movie was released.
With all of the movie-making progress of recent years we see the results that show off their technical brilliance. But all of that cannot hold a candle to a good story done really well.
This might be some kind of record but the movie won 36 major awards including five academy awards that year for best picture, best actor, best actress, best director (Milos Freeman) and best screenplay (Adapted).
If you haven’t seen the movie, what are you waiting for?
If you have seen the movie but it’s been awhile, you won’t be sorry watching it again. Enjoy!
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The Ugly Ebola Hysteria
Thanks again, CNN. It wasn’t enough that you spent several months reporting on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight with spooky tales of everything from UFOs to hijacking to terrorism.
Now, you’re doing the same with Ebola. Only this cacophony is much more dangerous and troubling as your noise goes a long way in misleading the public.
All for ratings.
More than 30,000 people die from gun violence every year (more than 70,000 survive from gun injuries).
Over 52,000 Americans died of the flu last year.
There have been three cases of Ebola identified and one death in the US.
But Ebola is so much more exotic, exciting, unfamiliar and therefore, fear inducing, is it not?
Between television ratings and damn politics, the unsuspecting American public has been treated to more fear mongering and scare tactics with Ebola than we have witnessed in a long time. Remember the early days of AIDS? And then swine flu, bird flu, H1N1…
This has been latest and one of the most irresponsible media circuses we have seen, and CNN sits at the top of this heap. It’s time for you to go away.
And let’s not even get into Chris Christie’s ridiculous quarantine policy that ends up treating health workers like criminals.
What’s ironic is that one of the more balanced reports on Ebola was recently shown on, of all places, Fox News! Who would’ve thought?
Watch it here or click the image below to watch….I highly recommend it.
Fox’s Shepard Smith Blasts Media For “Hysterical,” “Irresponsible” Ebola Coverage
And here are some Ebola facts [from the CDC], loud and clear:
Now these – these you can spread around all you want.
If we could simply educate ourselves on FACTS and if the World Health Organization and Western governments focused on deploying badly needed resources to countries like Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone where there really have been Ebola outbreaks this year due to their poor conditions, the world would be so much better of.
Now can we stop with the nutty hysteria, please?
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The Yin and Yang of Life Anywhere 