Posted on 10/09/2010 6:41:40 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
At one point in the checkered writing career of your humble correspondent, he criticized children's cartoons for displaying fascistic attitudes such as Snow White unfairly taking advantage of the labor performed by the Seven Dwarfs. One important caveat; I was just kidding. Yes, even though some people took me seriously, I meant the story to be satire.
In the case of Salon.Com reviewer Andrew O'Hehir, he has no such excuse. He actually meant his absurd review of "Secretariat" to be taken completely seriously. Just how absurd was his review? Well, O'Hehir drops any semblance of sanity in his very first paragraph by claiming "Secretariat" was worthy of a Leni Riefenstahl Nazi propaganda movie. So here is the kickoff of the laughable "Triumph of the Will" (or "Triumph of the Horse") fantasizing by O'Hehir:
"Secretariat" is such a gorgeous film, its every shot and every scene so infused with warm golden light, that I began to wonder whether the movie theater were on fire. Or my head. But the welcoming glow that imbues every corner of this nostalgic horse-racing yarn with rich, lambent color comes from within, as if the movie itself is ablaze with its own crazy sense of purpose. (Or as if someone just off-screen were burning a cross on the lawn.) I enjoyed it immensely, flat-footed dialogue and implausible situations and all. Which doesn't stop me from believing that in its totality "Secretariat" is a work of creepy, half-hilarious master-race propaganda almost worthy of Leni Riefenstahl, and all the more effective because it presents as a family-friendly yarn about a nice lady and her horse.
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This was a fantastic movie.
I took my GS troop. The theater was full, lots of older folks, silent throughout, and big applause at the end.
A great story, nothing dark or twisted, no perversion. Anyone know how rare that is these days?
No wonder the atheists hated it- it started with profoundly beautiful and moving poetry from the Book Of Job and used a spiritual “Oh Happy Day” (and the name “JESUS”) in the climax of the Belmont Stakes
TWO THUMBS UP. Disney got one right this time
and thankfully, Disney did not have a hunter shoot Secretariat’s mother .....
Went with the family and one of DD’s friends. Even DH, a farmer who is lukewarm to horses, liked it and recommended it to his parents.
Tore me up when Mrs. Tweedy lost her mom, then her dad. If only he had lived a little longer and been able to see their prize colt.
I saw the movie yesterday. I usually don’t like Disney stuff but this one was good. Two thumbs up from rb!
Someone on another thread mentioned that Secretariat as a genetic freak. I have to agree with that. Wiki reads that after his death, his heart was removed and found to 2.5 times the size of a normal horse.
Explains a lot for his ability to set records.
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