I'm not. Not in the shadow of these people.
So yes, I watched it, this past Friday evening while the Sainted Bride was off to a function. A most excellent movie (Sheila, you are soooooooooo right, Alec Guiness is amazing in it!). But that's not what I'm talking about this evening.
I've been slowly making my way through another movie (as I get the time) for quite some time now, interrupted only by work and life and other movies (yeah, it's long). I've been thinking about a "Name That Movie" post because there is so much good stuff in it.
Well, the Sainted Bride is again off to a job fuction tonight so I popped it in the DVD player again and continued. And then I saw the words onscreen:
"Market-Garden"
And my blood froze.
A Bridge Too Far is the most riveting book I've ever read, leaps and bound over Number Two, The Onion Field. And when I saw those words ("Market-Garden") on the screen, I froze.
In the shadow of these heroes, I Am Not Worthy.
Iz out!
2 months ago
4 comments:
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
Both just outstanding books about extraordinary heroism. I know what you mean when you say I'm not worthy.
Add Guadalcanal Diary to that list. The movie, A Bridge Too Far, didn't have the power of the book. Whale of a cast, though.
In the shadow of these heroes, I Am Not Worthy.
Very few of us are.
See also Twelve O'Clock High. And I know John Wayne is considered a joke in many circles, and his movies generally fall far short of being historically accurate ... but one gets something of the same flavor from Flying Leathernecks and They Were Expendable.
I'll definitely take Guadalcanal Diary under advisement, I know the title but that's about it.
WW, Twelve O'Clock High was simply outstanding. Agreed about John Wayne too. I love his stuff, but he was severely underrated as an actor.
Dave: 'nuff said.
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