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A Much Lighter Note
4 years ago
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In eternity, where there is no time, nothing can grow. Nothing can become. Nothing changes. So death created time to grow the things that it would kill and you are reborn but into the same life that you've always been born into.
Yes I'm on a roll. Three journals in as many days. It happens every so often. This one is, indeed, much lighter than the previous two.
I finally saw the movie "Darkest Hour", depicting Winston Churchill's challenges as he is chosen to succeed that infamous Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the U.K., starring Gary Oldman as none other than Churchill himself. I won't go into a deep, detailed review of it, but the casting and acting was great. I have a mixed opinion of the movie, overall, but I'm also okay with that because I recommend it regardless.
Why do I have a mixed opinion? Well, the writers did take great liberties with historical facts. One of the more tedious plots is that the movie opens up with Chamberlain stepping down as Prime Minister because of his failures during the early days of WWII, however he and multiple other members of Parliament back Churchill under the hopes that...he will continue the same route that got Chamberlain removed as PM. Pretty sure they could have saved themselves a massive headache and just not voted to remove him as PM. So yeah, don't use this movie as a source for your thesis paper!
What did I like? Oh boy! So this movie came out around 2017, I think. That same year, another movie came out that was based on one of the major challenges Churchill faced as he took the seat of Prime Minister; the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk. The other movie shares its title with the location. As such, these two movies around great companion pieces. However it also works as a companion piece to the movie "Downfall", which is about Hilter's final days during WWII in Europe. Both movies open with young women interviewing/testing to be personal assistants/secretaries/typists for their respective leaders. The major difference is that Churchill's story happens when things seem to be their worst, but they keep pressing on. Downfall's story focuses on some of the most universally hated people to ever exist. Suffice it to say, the fact that you know you're watching the final hours of many of those people is a rather pleasing one, but I digress.
Go ahead and any and all of the movies mentioned above! Just take the story of "Darkest Hour" with a grain of salt in regards to what it portrays.
I finally saw the movie "Darkest Hour", depicting Winston Churchill's challenges as he is chosen to succeed that infamous Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the U.K., starring Gary Oldman as none other than Churchill himself. I won't go into a deep, detailed review of it, but the casting and acting was great. I have a mixed opinion of the movie, overall, but I'm also okay with that because I recommend it regardless.
Why do I have a mixed opinion? Well, the writers did take great liberties with historical facts. One of the more tedious plots is that the movie opens up with Chamberlain stepping down as Prime Minister because of his failures during the early days of WWII, however he and multiple other members of Parliament back Churchill under the hopes that...he will continue the same route that got Chamberlain removed as PM. Pretty sure they could have saved themselves a massive headache and just not voted to remove him as PM. So yeah, don't use this movie as a source for your thesis paper!
What did I like? Oh boy! So this movie came out around 2017, I think. That same year, another movie came out that was based on one of the major challenges Churchill faced as he took the seat of Prime Minister; the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk. The other movie shares its title with the location. As such, these two movies around great companion pieces. However it also works as a companion piece to the movie "Downfall", which is about Hilter's final days during WWII in Europe. Both movies open with young women interviewing/testing to be personal assistants/secretaries/typists for their respective leaders. The major difference is that Churchill's story happens when things seem to be their worst, but they keep pressing on. Downfall's story focuses on some of the most universally hated people to ever exist. Suffice it to say, the fact that you know you're watching the final hours of many of those people is a rather pleasing one, but I digress.
Go ahead and any and all of the movies mentioned above! Just take the story of "Darkest Hour" with a grain of salt in regards to what it portrays.
DireWolf505
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Huh, neat.
