Some of us certainly had to in my generation, and then there was ... the hippies.
Any you know, some of them that I met, then knew were really nice guys; however, they just did not get the big picture, which often is just the duty and sacrifice for the greater good, which sometimes is rather nebulous. Still, when one is called they must answer. Sometimes I believe just answering that call my be a very big part of the greater good. Regardless, you have to serve somebody. I believe Dylan said that. |
Yeah, it's just like Paula Cole's "Where have all the Cowboys Gone?"
Where is my John Wayne Where is my prairie son Where is my happy ending Where have all the cowboys gone Some times men should just grow a pair, and move on. |
Of the 129 minutes of the film's run time, about 25 minutes was of men crying or fixing to cry, and the most notable emotional response elicited from me was: What a passel of pussies.
There was no crying on the Ticonderoga during 'Nam. Even when one our buddies did not return from a mission, we suffered in silence, and maybe that is not what one should do - keep it all bottled up, but on the other hand, grown men can't walk around all teary eyed, remorseful, when there is a job to be done. |
Wyatt,
After reading your review, I checked out the trailer, and pieces of the film that I found laying around, and I did notice a good many scenes of men crying. Juxtapose that against the fact that just this week, some of us recognized the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the sacrifice of these men and women at Pearl, and the continued sacrifice of an entire nation, as the U.S.A. marched to wage war against total evil. |
I fully realize that it is considered bad form to kick something when it's down, but something inside me wants to scream out: What were you thinking about by making a movie with the title, "I Melt with You"?
And if anyone had any question about the titular phrase, where it came from, they played the song during the credits. If one knows anything about this insipid song by Modern English, you have to know in is anything but inspirational ... really bad music, terrible, talent less drivel. The film really was doomed as soon as the script was written. One still has to question: Just why was this film made? |
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As someone, who just missed being called to duty in Vietnam, I truly appreciate what you did there, and all others like you, who did the same, I appreciate them too.
I said that.