It's
MMM: Monday Movie Meme at Nicole's, and once again, I'm making it on
a Monday! I don't suppose it's much of an accomplishment, when I
only seem to be able to post once a week these days.
I do
have lots of good excuses. I've been out meeting the many
encouraging folks who are part of Alex's Insecure Writers SupportGroup. I've also still been visiting the fun members of his Ninja
Army who participated in the Favorite Genres Blogfest. In other
words, traveling has trumped writing. Does that happen to you? I
know that this wonderful community we occupy has a give and take. I
can't expect to JUST blog and have them come. I know I must visit.
However, I've got to find the balance.
I
really like what Nicole picked for today. “The Power of We”.
Movies about people who work together for a common cause, for the
common good. Remember to click on the titles to get the IMDB info.
I know this isn't a movie, but it's
the first thing that popped into my mind. These stranded plane crash
survivors had to work together, not just to stay alive, but to find a
way to be rescued. I justify straying from a movie because these
episodes are just as rentable as a movie. The first two seasons are
the best, and many stopped there. I do believe this series suffered
from several problems. No one could have predicted how popular it
would be, how it would become a water-cooler staple. Consequently,
they didn't really know where they were heading when they first
started, nor how to get there. No, I don't really get the ending.
But if you want an example of “Live together or die alone” then
the first few seasons of this amazing series will give you that, and
a lot more. Like Josh Holloway...
I guess I'm on a plane crash theme
as well, today. A plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness and the
survivors must band together to fight off the wolf pack that is
hunting them. I will not tell you I enjoyed this movie, it was way
too intense for me emotionally, graphically, and I didn't get the
ending I wanted. But it held me in it's grip from start to finish,
and I spent most of the movie with tears in my eyes. It gets to you.
Grabs you. Pulls you in. Just like the wolves that pick them off
one by one...does anyone survive?
What movies do you recommend about
people working together for the common good? Seen The Grey? What
did you think? You can answer in my comments, or write your own post
and link up at Nicole's.
6 comments:
Sorry I'm keeping you so busy!
I really liked The Grey. It wasn't what I expected, but it was better than what I expected.
At at first glance I thought it said the Power of Wii and wondered what Nintendo had to do with it...
ALIVE...about the soccer team jumped to mind...I like LOST...it was fun...not sure i have seen the Grey...need to add that to my list...
I haven't seen either of these. I'm impressed you're still off visiting blogs :-)
After being sucked into the XFiles only to never really find out what happened to Mulder's sister Samantha, I refused to watch Lost. lol I just couldn't invest my time into a show like that.
I can't think of a movie about people working for the common good.
I was obsessed w/ LOST. LOVED it. Some of the writing was the best. I still miss it. :-( Still looking for a good replacement, but...alas, nothing.
Nice choices...funny how you created a theme within a theme. Plane crashes, oh my! You have me thinking about that movie "Alive" where people had to eat flesh to survive....and the flesh wasn't even grilled or barbecued...it was frozen cold and sorta rotting away.
Anyway, I didn't see The Grey but its a movie that I would watch since Liam Neeson is in it. He's good at acting. I did, however, watch a few episodes of Lost and that was a really good show. Too bad, I didn't keep up with all of the seasons -- or even a full season, at that. LOL
Thanks for participating in this week's meme :)
~Nicole
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