The word of the day for April 14, 2007 is“obvious” — adjective 1 archaic : being in the way or in front. 2 : easily discovered, seen, or understood.
We watched Eragon last night on DVD. Aside from Lloyd trying to connect the eponymous hero of this movie with Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, we found this to be a tolerable movie. The special effects were nicely done; the dragon provided gratuitous flame; the dialogue was suitably hokey for an action/adventure film.
The ending made it very clear that the film makers intend this to have a sequel and perhaps a three-quel. The hero, who is emphatically 17, doesn’t get to kiss the girl. The girl goes back to her homeland to allow him to prepare for the next run in with the villain. The villain (played by John Malkovich) shreds scenery. The only two dragons left in the world belong to the hero and the villain. Unless parthenogenic, the dragons will have to get together to produce the next generation.
The quote for today is from T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888–1965), U.S.-British modernist poet. Eliot’s doctoral dissertation in philosophy; submitted to Harvard in 1916. Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley, ch. 1, Columbia University Press (1964):
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person
who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
;^) Jan
1 comment:
I don't seem to have the time to watch movies on DVD's these days Jan. The nights are getting lighter and the new shoots of spring are making themselves obvious by their vividness amongst the straw coloured sticks of last years flowers.
I am being lured outside more and more.
I hope Lloyds head is getting better? And...that the weather begins to perk up where you live.
We have a temperature of 20°C this evening. Quite balmy for us for Spring.
Jeanie
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