‘The Greatest Showman': Hugh Jackman Sings & Dances Into Holiday Hearts In Lively Family Musical

Deadline ^ | 12/20/2017 | Pete Hammond

[Dr. Scarpetta]

We're taking the grandkids to see this FAMILY FRIENDLY movie.

[grania]

The Man Who Invented Christmas, about Charles Dickens, is another gem.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

[Dr. Scarpetta]

We’re going to see The Man Who Invented Christmas too. Also going to see Darkest Hour, the movie about Churchill. I believe in supporting good movies, since most are trash.

[yldstrk]

I wanna go

[refermech]

Jackman was awesome in Less Miserables too!

[Little Pig]

I hope they did some research into Barnum’s early life. Walt Kelly (of Pogo comics fame) did a really neat writeup of Barnum, who was provocative even as a young man. Kelly recounts an incident where Barnum was drinking in a Tavern, and there was some guy there bragging about how good he was with numbers, so Barnum made a bet with him. He presented the scenario where a father, age 30, has a son who is one year old. The father is 30 times the son’s age. When the father is 40, the son is 10, so 1/4 the father’s age. When the father is 60, the son is 30, half the father’s age. The son is gradually “gaining” on the father. If they live indefinitely, at what point does the son “catch up” to the father? The guy took the bait.

[grania]

I was surprised. I haven't seen a movie since Hidden Figures and LaLa Land and had given up hope even looking for good ones. There are quite a few good ones. The Shape of Water also looks pretty good.

I cannot watch the movies with hyped up noise (can't call it just sound), jarring visuals, and no discernable plot. I like movies that give me insight and some hope about the world around us. It's nice that there are some movie choices that parents and grandparents can bring the kids to and they can all enjoy it.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Yes he was!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hope so too.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Loved Hidden Figures...

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I know. There aren’t many movies that you can say that about.

[namvolunteer]

Anti-2nd Amendment Aussie fruit.

[Dr. Sivana]

If they live indefinitely, at what point does the son “catch up” to the father? The guy took the bait.

It sounds like Barnum had read of Zeno's Paradox, or figured it out independently.

[MarkL]

The son is gradually “gaining” on the father. If they live indefinitely, at what point does the son “catch up” to the father? The guy took the bait.

Though the son could never catch up to the father in real life, if the percentage difference is expressed as a function using limits, as time approaches infinity, the percentage difference would approach 0, making them the same age, at time == infinity.

:-)

Mark

[T-Bone Texan]

Jackman seems like a genuinely good guy.

He really has come so far in spite of his handicap of having knives for knuckles.

[Lisbon1940]

The book is far more detailed.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Do you recommend the book?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Well, this is the same as saying that the years seem to go faster as we get older because when we are 5, a year is 1/5^th of our lives. When we are 40, a year is 1/40^th of our lives.

[Lisbon1940]

It is much more historical and less drama-driven. If you want the deeper background on Langley’s computational developments, the book is well worthwhile. But don’t expect a page-turner.