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I traveled extenseively in my early years with my family. I've lived in the Philippines, Germany and Japan, as well as throughout the US. I have a degree in music education, a masters in education, teach Japanese and sing professionally.
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Dec 02, 2006
John Denver and the Muppets - A Rocky Mountain Holiday
This film is an excellent visit to the era of John Denver, his talent, and musicianship. Rocky Mountain Holiday features John Denver and the Muppets in a woodland setting, highlighting the evocatively apparent love that John Denver had for the outdoors and the mountains. The Muppet characters, as usual, appear in their guise of pseudo-humanity and blend right into the natural surroundings with typical humor and tongue in cheek dialogue. As the straight man, or foil, John Denver is ever believable with interchange and interaction as the troupe arrives and sets up camp for a holiday in the Rockies. From setting up tents, to catching fish, swimming in the river, a campfire sing along and “ghost stories” before bed, the story line moves us along through the day of arrival to the selected camp site. This is not a lengthy film. It runs to about 45 minutes with a steady sequence of events and moments to enjoy each and every member of the cast, whether your taste runs to person or puppet.
The cover of the VHS box advertises "16 family fun songs". These songs are mellow and memorable enough to play year round because they are ones uniquely display John Denver's talent for prose and melodic sensitivity without being tied to a specific season. One specific favorite of mine is "No One Like You", which John sings to a little froggie nephew of Kermit's, near the end of the film as the first day of the camping trip comes to a close. Although this song was not written by John Denver, its lyricism and simplicity provides John an opportunity to segue into a moving and satisfying end of the film, as well as the end of the first day of the Muppets - and John's - Rocky Mountain Holiday.
The lyric for "No One Like You"
I like you eyes, I like your nose,
I like your mouth, your ears your hands your toes
I like your face, it's really you
I like the things you say and do.
There's not a single soul who sees the skies
The way you see them through your eyes,
And aren't you glad... you should be glad
There's no one, no one exactly like you.
My reason for purchasing the film came from exposure I had to this one song from a children's song-book, which I chose for a young lady of eight, who needed a performance piece for a competition. It is a beautiful, albeit, short little ballad which can touch the audience and the performer.
I am exceptionally pleased for having made the purchase of Rocky Mountain Holiday. Aside from this one song, the other tunes, including some of John Denver's classics, are all the more valuable because they provide a chance to see the singer/songwriter perform in a setting that suits his style, even though he is now on the other side of the mountain.
The gentle humor, message of care, concern, acceptance and friendship runs deep in this film. The setting is serene and touching, as well as one in which the gentle spirit of John Denver glows. I had nearly forgotten how much the music and voice of John Denver had moved me when he was with us. This film will remain a cherished one in my collection, for holidays, building traditions, or just sitting and...
"filling up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
In Rocky Mountain Holiday, John Denver... you fill up my senses,
come fill me again.
Oct 12, 2008
Inugami - Shinto Gods and illicit love
1 of 1 found this helpful The film is a look at an ancient family with strong connections (approximately 900 Years worth) to legendary gods which curse the relationships of the family long after the family has moved from Kyoto to its modern day land holding in the backwoods of Shikoku. I purchased the film to preview it for potential use in a classroom setting, as a potential ghost story. The sexual content and suggested sexuality preclude such use. There is topless female nudity, with several sequences of sexual intercourse unsuitable for most educational use, although the content relating to Shinto tradition, ritual, and for want of a better word, superstition, does portray the impact of ancient beliefs and cultural identity within a family unit. The underlying importance of women in the family, as controllers of the Inugami (dog spirits) is overshadowed by the men who tend to be self serving and incapable of understanding the power subjugated by the women. The power to curse others is a trait evident within the Bonomiya family women, and is known or at least believed by the local population. Linguistically, the dialect is not standard Tokyo business language, but generally intelligible even without understanding the Shikoku dialect. Dialogue is at times sparse from the start of the film. The character, Miki is plying her trade as a paper maker. A strong wind gusts through her lonely paper making factory, apparently upon the arrival of a new teacher of calligraphy in the area. Miki, the elder daughter of teh Bonomiya clan has, as the story line unfolds, given birth to an infant many years before the setting - which appears to modern Japan. Her elder brother, Takenao, is head of the clan, and is little better than a lecherous drunk concerned only for his own pleasure and welfare. This is a story which relies on setting and the development of characters and relationships to further the plot. It is not an action film. It is character driven, as we come to understand the situation of the family, the prejudices held by the local people in the village of Omine, and the truths behind some of the relationships. Without spoiling the ending, certain situations developed within the film are left to the sensitivity of the viewer in determining what a viewer believes as to what potentially has happened to the individuals which have developed a love relationship. It is not a traditional boy meets girl love story, and is decidedly off center regarding traditional love relationships. The film does not fit the description of a ghost story, nor is it particularly suspenseful. While the story eventually develops into being a love story of sorts, it is not even a strong contender even for that categorization. I consider it an average film, with the note that if you are needing constant dialogue, action, suspense or tension to enjoy a film, you will find the pacing lethargic. The strongest action is within the last 20 minutes of the film. I get the impression that the script writer couldn't couldn't decide what kind of film was being made, and the director failed to capitalize on any one specific genre to enable a strong response from viewers.
Bye Bye Birdie DVD OOP Out of Print
Mar 09, 2018
Original version of the movie musical features a number of star performers in they heyday. Ann Margaret, Dick VanDyke, Janet Leigh and Paul Lind...
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