Comments on: 4 movies that get me misty-eyed http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/ Writer. Cyclist. Marine. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alicia http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-321 Alicia Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:32:35 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-321 Damn Jayme... If I weren't already an old hag, and if you weren't like a kid to me, I'd marry you. Men so in touch with their feminine side are very hard to find... actually have not seen one in years! So sensitive... Who would've thunk??? Love ya. Damn Jayme… If I weren’t already an old hag, and if you weren’t like a kid to me, I’d marry you. Men so in touch with their feminine side are very hard to find… actually have not seen one in years! So sensitive… Who would’ve thunk???
Love ya.

]]> By: Jason Signalness http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-320 Jason Signalness Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:33:43 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-320 I Am Legend ... It's a remake of "Omega Man" with Charlton Heston, but it's infinitely better. Robert has a plan to save humanity, he takes the weight on his shoulders ... and seems to be failing. But when he listens and watches, in the quiet, for God's plan - humanity is saved. But only by Robert giving his own life. Interesting enough, you note that by giving up his life, he saves humanity by his own blood (the cure comes from his blood). This is all obviously a reference to Christ, to God's providence in the world. In "Omega Man," for example, Charlton Heston dies hanging on a weird sort-of-cross-shaped sculpture. I Am Legend shows us, in a way, how to be real Christian men. It's a reminder that, even though our churches have come to look (and be) horribly feminine, being Christian is a noble, and masculine, challenge. No chest-pounding stupidity. Real love, gift of self, in the manner Christ loved us all. Best movie of the year, no doubt. -Jason I Am Legend … It’s a remake of “Omega Man” with Charlton Heston, but it’s infinitely better.

Robert has a plan to save humanity, he takes the weight on his shoulders … and seems to be failing. But when he listens and watches, in the quiet, for God’s plan – humanity is saved. But only by Robert giving his own life. Interesting enough, you note that by giving up his life, he saves humanity by his own blood (the cure comes from his blood). This is all obviously a reference to Christ, to God’s providence in the world. In “Omega Man,” for example, Charlton Heston dies hanging on a weird sort-of-cross-shaped sculpture.

I Am Legend shows us, in a way, how to be real Christian men. It’s a reminder that, even though our churches have come to look (and be) horribly feminine, being Christian is a noble, and masculine, challenge. No chest-pounding stupidity. Real love, gift of self, in the manner Christ loved us all.

Best movie of the year, no doubt.

-Jason

]]> By: shirley staiger http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-319 shirley staiger Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:18:04 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-319 ...here are a couple for you..."whale rider" and "water horse"... …here are a couple for you…”whale rider” and “water horse”…

]]> By: Yo Adrienne http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-318 Yo Adrienne Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:39:22 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-318 I haven't read jack squat but textbooks for the last year and a half, but I have a very LONG list of "Books To Read When I'm Done With School". The Notebook is in there somewhere. I'll let you know what I think of it when I eventually get around to reading it. Speaking of books, read "The Time Traveller's Wife"... it's supposedly being made into a movie w/ Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, but I don't know how they'll do the book justice. I haven’t read jack squat but textbooks for the last year and a half, but I have a very LONG list of “Books To Read When I’m Done With School”. The Notebook is in there somewhere. I’ll let you know what I think of it when I eventually get around to reading it. Speaking of books, read “The Time Traveller’s Wife”… it’s supposedly being made into a movie w/ Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, but I don’t know how they’ll do the book justice.

]]> By: Kathleen http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-317 Kathleen Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:49:51 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-317 I didn't find I noticed the length. Cinematography is beautiful too. I didn’t find I noticed the length. Cinematography is beautiful too.

]]> By: Jayme http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-315 Jayme Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:12:14 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-315 August Rush added to my Blockbuster queue. Thanks for the Christmas card, by the way. You've damn near got a whole fire team! August Rush added to my Blockbuster queue.

Thanks for the Christmas card, by the way. You’ve damn near got a whole fire team!

]]> By: Jayme http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-314 Jayme Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:10:06 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-314 Almost all the pics in my posts have witty captions. It's a shame they go unnoticed! Almost all the pics in my posts have witty captions. It’s a shame they go unnoticed!

]]> By: Jayme http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-313 Jayme Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:08:02 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-313 "Talking Oprah" is I risk I took. People say I should become more vulnerable (WHY??!). Glad you can relate to #4. I was just telling MSG stories today. I fill my recruit's heads at every opportunity. Good times! “Talking Oprah” is I risk I took. People say I should become more vulnerable (WHY??!).

Glad you can relate to #4. I was just telling MSG stories today. I fill my recruit’s heads at every opportunity. Good times!

]]> By: Jayme http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-312 Jayme Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:06:01 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-312 You were there! You were there!

]]> By: Jayme http://jaymekohler.com/blog/2009/01/12/4-movies-that-get-me-misty-eyed/#comment-311 Jayme Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:03:45 +0000 http://www.jaymekohler.com/?p=506#comment-311 I've got The Notebook but haven't watched it yet. I read the book on the Kuwait pier, New Year's 1998 and sobbed like a little girl. Damn those pesky emotions! If you've read the book I'm curious to know which you liked better. I’ve got The Notebook but haven’t watched it yet. I read the book on the Kuwait pier, New Year’s 1998 and sobbed like a little girl. Damn those pesky emotions! If you’ve read the book I’m curious to know which you liked better.

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