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Absolutely brilliant. Advertising, and the implied "unofficial" - homage to a whisky (or brother) - yet generating this amount of publicity and sentiment for a product they weren't even paid to endorse. Genius. Someone here should make a million dollars, and as Johnnie Walker has presumably made theirs, let the little folk have their well earned share...
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Walking the roads of our youth,
Through the land of our childhood, our home, and our truth,
Be near me, guide me, always stay beside me so I can be free.
Free...
Let's roam this place, familiar and vast,
Our playground of green frames, our past,
We were wanderers. Never lost, always home,
And every place was fenceless and time was endless.
Our ways were always the same.
Calm my demons and walk with me brother,
Until our roads lead us away from each other.
And if your heart's full of sorrow, keep walking. Don't rest.
And promise me from heart to chest to never let your memories,
Die. Never.
I will always be alive and by your side. In your mind,
I am free.
And if you liked that, there are more, paid for by Johnnie Walker spots. Compare them and see what you think is better:
Link: Johnnie Walker - The Man Who Walked Around the World
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And, following the disappointment of Star Wars, downloaded and watched this. Engaging, like watching a favorite university professor discussing a topic near and dear to his heart, the explicit and embedded implicit ideology of popular culture as revealed through film. Agree or disagree, infinitely more intellectually engaging than the other choice...
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Finally, to see this tonight with the kids, they've both seen it already, the boy liked, the girl, not so much.
And I can appreciate both points of view - it's got everything, the "in" jokes, the familiarity of the Millennium Falcon, the original actors and 'droids, the same plot even, merely shaken up and rearranged. Everything but originality.
I knew it when I went, not sooo disappointed, not sooo impressed, but not an intelligent, or resonant movie by a long shot.
So I return to one I've been postponing - A Perverts Guide to Ideology. I'll let you discover that one on you're own...
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And I rediscover this, I've watched it a couple of times. Genius. Metaphor, Allegory, everything in it, from the age of the actor to the every last Plasticine detail in the animation, recommending it to a friend, recommending it again and again, but they are few and far between who would appreciate it as I do. After Orpheus, my second most favorite myth/legend...
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And having finished watching it, and somewhat (not entirely) puzzled, thoughtful, musing, brilliant imagery, people, dialogue, metaphor, it's rather polarized the critics. If you liked any of Paul Kaufman's other works I'd recommend it, otherwise you might just be taking your chances...
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIizh6nYnTU
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche,_New_York
Meta-Analysis (Whatever your opinions, it's clear he put an awful lot into it. Watch this after you watch the movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqYpsuBrPU