Unfortunately, I'm not much of a movie watcher, and I could never tell you a single quote from any movie I've ever seen except for the "Everything is Awesome!" song from the Lego movie or "One does not simply walk into Mordor." from Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring. I'd love to amaze you with quotes from Silence of the Lamb or any number of Bill Murray or Robin Williams movies. Might even throw an Adam Sandler movie in there. But I don't pick out certain quotes from books, movies, or songs. I absorb all of it, and it wouldn't be real to tell you a bunch of quotes that don't really mean anything to me because it's not about the specific things said it's about the entire movie, right? We don't watch a movie for one quote we watch it for the message of the entire movie. Silence of the Lambs is one of the best written movies of all time yet I couldn't tell you a single line even though they're all mostly great ones. But the movie as a whole is deep and dark, and penetrating. The movie is fantastically twisted and lovingly evil. But no quotes. Why? I'm not that kind of person. Neither will I look online for random quotes from some movies I've seen in the past, because they don't mean anything. It's the movie as a whole and if only one line in a movie captures the meaning of the movie then I've either not seen it or don't care to remember seeing it. Besides, some of the best, most memorable pieces of art in our lives are ones without words. Like Ruska, by Apocalyptica. What a beautiful, soul-wrenching piece of music. Played by four cellos and a piano? Come on. There's not a single word in that entire song yet the entire song speaks of dying and losing the things we care about. The entire song sings of transitioning into change and accepting new things. The entire song is beautiful and filled with love and sadness and meaning. Let me tell you a quote: There is none! There's not a single word in the song, it's only the instruments played by four extremely talented gentlemen. The only word associated with the song is the name: Ruska, which means "fall colors" in Finnish. Haunting, isn't it? I think I've made my point.
I like Apocalyptica as well, at least their Metallica-inspired album. Ruska is a lovely word...
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Mrs. Fraser,
DeleteMetallica is where they started. Then they started writing their own music. Ruska is a ballad, and utterly heart-wrenching. Sometimes they bring in other lead singers to sing for them, like Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace to make the song "I Don't Care." Other times they bring in nameless and drummers and make true heavy metal music. They're a very talented, versatile band.
Have a lovely night,
Zachary