tennis and two movies

6/1/09

June has finally come around! My morning run was, at first a breeze. As I hit almost midway, I started to not believe that I did this almost everyday of the summer last summer. I don’t know. I just wasn’t used to it yet. Plus, I couldn’t use handy dandy Tiny because it had low battery and I didn’t want to use it up; I knew I had to save some for the road to Lake Placid. The whole day was spent watching the French Open. Unfortunately, Nadal lost against Soderling, Roddick lost against Monfils and Federer made it out alive, against Tommy Haas. Serena is getting better as the Open is moving closer to its finals. Jankovic also got out by . . . by, I don’t remember. Also, Djokovic got out by someone too. So many upsets!! Who knows who’ll win the Open. Hopefully Federer! Anyway, the reason why I’ve been remiss in my watching tennis and why I had to catch up today, was because I recently spent my tennis watching time, watching two awesome movies, instead.

The first one was Taken, directed by Pierre Morel and starring Liam Neeson. First off, love it! Here’s my take on it. The movie got me thinking about the real world that everyone says youngsters transition into when they become adults. Just now, I started thinking about Holden from Catcher in the Rye and why I easily relate to him, his thoughts and the actions done because of his thoughts. Like Holden, I am a supporter of innocence and the preservation of that innocence. I also support the idea of fearing the adult world. In fact, the novel holds a very real manifestation that does in fact take place, even in Taken, and that is prostitution. It’s such an ugly, dirty act that is so self-debasing. I HATE IT. How could anyone resort to that or do that willingly?! But then, also in the movie is the pure prseveration of innocence. The virgin daughter who never (fortunately) got around to being violated and the smooth, quick thinking and skilled father whose well-thought out actions got him to his goal. Such counterparts, juxtaposed in the same movie created the tangible fight between good and bad. And by the end of the movie, the clear winner was the reuniting of father and daughter. The good always wins! Of course, this was not a KO in the first round. I’d think it took all 12 rounds to arrive at that relieving apex. And it was worth it. Man, I love the father’s cleverness. Awe man, Ate Jay and Ate Sherry are supposed to go to Paris! I hope they don’t go through the same experiences as the two girls in the movie did! I know they won’t though; they’re smart.

The second movie, Changeling coincidentally marinates in a very similar theme to Taken: the reuniting of parent and child. However, I will save this review for tomorrow night.

With that said, good night! 2:15 am.