For the 12 teachers in the 7th and 8th grades the parents provided: enchiladas, four kinds of bread, bread sticks, two kinds of ravioli, three soups, chili, four or five kinds of potato/nacho/bean salad, three different flavors of chicken wings (probably 50 of each kind), sub sandwiches, an entire turkey complete with stuffing and all the desserts you could handle.
It was decadent. Especially since I don't usually eat much for lunch.
So, in preparation for writing a bit about Walking Tall (action movie starring The Rock) I did a Google Image search. Turns out it had not just one, but two sequels. Both starring Kevin Sorbo of TV's Hercules: The Legendary Journeys fame. That's when you know your film was a real winner: when you have two sequels in which you downgrade your star from a pro-wrestler to a washed up actor for a USA(the network, not the country)-only drama.
IMDB also thinks that the two sequels were released in the same year...
Anyway, I liked the movie, but, like I Am Legend, it never really went anywhere.
I liked it mostly because it had The Rock in it, but also because it depicts how The Rock's character (Chris Vaughn) returns to his small-town home after a eight year stint in the army only to find that everything he once loved about his hometown has been destroyed. The lumber mill which used to employ most of the town's residents has been shut down and the economic center has become a crooked casino, which both employs Vaughn's ex-girlfriend as a stripper and fronts a meth lab which sells to his teenage nephew.
I guess I like it because it attempted to portray what it's like to open your eyes one day to see just how screwed up the world you thought you knew really is, and how difficult it is to do something about it.
Maybe Hamlet said it best: "The time is out of joint, O cursed spite! That ever I was born to set it right."
Walking Tall claims to be inspired by a true story, which seems unbelievable to me, but if it is true I would love to read more about the story. The idea of one man redeeming a community like that is inspiring.
This post will probably fall on deaf ears, I doubt anyone has seen the movie, but the point is that it affected me because I miss home and if I'm going to be doing good in the world I'd like to be doing it for people I know and love. And, while I don't doubt that in some way I'm being prepared for that where I am, it's difficult to wait.
And if that was boring, he's a YouTube of clips from The Office:
P.S. I'm totally winning at Christmas. More tomorrow. With pictures.
3 comments:
Having seen the original Walking Tall back in the 90's I can't remember it. I do remember it had the appearance of the 70's to it. The story isn't too much like the new one, other than the angry vengeance feeling it has.
Pretty sure Kevin Sorbo was more famous for his role as the Captain on Andromeda. Plus that show was way more realistic than Hercules.
saw the movie, i agree on pretty much all parts. Especially that going from the rock to some lamo is a bad idea as i never knew it had sequels
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