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Jerry Taylor
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| 8/19/2005 3:31:10 PM |
Has anyone concidered that the Lightning bolt is roughly the same shape as the part of the body where the probes made by American Panascope, get used?
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drew
from oaksterdam
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| 8/16/2005 10:18:43 AM |
Great site dedicated to a great movie. So completely misunderstood by so many. As time goes by, I feel nothing but sad for the many people I've talked to that 'hated' this film. To hate this film is to hate hope and optimism, to hate happiness and indeed, to hate love.
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Dr B
from San Diego
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| 8/10/2005 10:48:14 PM |
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I am very gratified to see there are others who get it as well. Sometimes wisdom is to be found in discarded or reviled places, (which in a way makes the discovery of that nugget of gold that much more poignant, no?)
By the way, I grew up, and my mom still lives, in Long Island City.
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Brian
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| 8/5/2005 4:21:16 PM |
This is the sigle greatest movie I have ever had the pleasure of seeing! It's funny if you allow yourself to laugh. It is not just another movie spat out by the film industry. It is a masterpiece! I cannot say enough great comments about this movie!
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Sean
from NYC
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| 8/4/2005 12:24:14 PM |
This film had some major flaws, but was still able to produce some quality, well made and well acted scenes. No where near Hanks' best work. a1c9fcae71462@yahoo.com
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BarDCR
from Texas (nuf said)
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| 8/2/2005 1:37:43 PM |
Great posts.... for a GREAT movie... My wife and I watch JVTV about every 30 days to sharpen our perspective on life. And may you live to be a Thousand years sir.
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Mike
from Big town Texas
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| 7/31/2005 11:02:37 PM |
....thank You for my life.
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Karen
from Small town Texas
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| 7/20/2005 5:21:44 AM |
I couldn't have said it better, Joe!
Nice to meet another fan --
KJC
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Joe Boothe
from Los Angeles
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| 7/12/2005 10:25:44 AM |
I was reading the speculation on the lightning bolt, and I wanted to offer a different theory.
First off let me say that I can not believe there is a group of people that appreciate this movie as much as I do. I really thought I was damn near alone. You know John Patrick Shanley just won a Tony for Best Play. The man knew what he was doing.
Oh, and I think it is simplistic, because it is a fairy tale.
Ok, here we go.
The origin of the lightning bolt shape should first be explored by noticing its frequency throughout the movie. It first starts off as the pathway for Joe to go to work, the dismal path he and is mindless army of coworkers tread every morning. Inside of his office, on the verboten lamp, we see Waponi Woo. Again, the path is on the lamp.
As Harvey Graynamore talks to Joe inside his “dingy, dismal, shabby” apartment, we see that the wall is torn up, exposing the framework. That tear is again the lightning bolt.
Of course, the bolt of lightning that sinks the Tweedle Dee.
And lastly, the path walking up to the mouth of the Big Woo is the same shape.
(For the sake of being thorough, it also appears on the side of the restaurant, “Fire in Paradise,” where Joe and Deedee eat dinner. However, since it appears as the path on a volcano, this seems more like foreshadowing than symbolism.)
Ok, so what do these things all have in common? They are the plot points of Joe’s life. His crappy job, which he quits, Harvey Graynamore who offers him the chance of redemption, the lightning bolt that isolates him with the love of his life, and the pathway that to the leap of faith that ultimately saves him.
What does Joe say before they jump? “It’s a long time, coming here to meet you. A long time. On a…crooked road.”
I think the shape is the crooked road of life. It snags and snares and winds and weaves. And I love how it gets more narrow towards the top, more acute the further along that one travels.
That’s my thought, anyway.
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Lanny
from Waponi area of Atlanta
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| 7/1/2005 5:00:41 PM |
Folks, unbeknownst to me, the guestbook has been rejecting all attempts to post, identifying all posts as spam. So sorry 'bout that.
While the root cause hasn't been pinpointed yet, posts are working for now, so if you've tried to post (and failed) in the past few weeks, you may want to try again.
Again, my apologies.
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