Saturday Stories
July 25 Edition
What's Odd About Thomas?
January 21, 2015, Wednesday
I watched Odd Thomas and I found it a struggle to avoid
comparing the movie to the book. I just finished reading it the other day.
As a reader I was deeply moved and
as a writer I was really impressed with its effortless grace. I've read a lot
of Dean Koontz's novels and this is what I liked best. I like Anton Yelchin as
Odd. The film is fine on the main elements except for Odd basking in the media
spotlight which is totally out of character.
I think the people behind the film
are not aware of how deep the story really is. They didn't include Terri, the
owner of the restaurant where Odd works as a short order cook; and they reduced
Odd's mentor Ozzie to a tasteless cameo. These are two of Odd's emotional and
psychological anchors. I had John Goodman and Michelle Pfeiffer in my mental
movie version. I would consider it a great privilege to have people like them
in my own life.
Odd Thomas
I can relate to the way Odd has
created a simple and quiet life for himself. He is surrounded by people who
love him even if he is different from every else.
Huggybear Journals
February 13, 2015, Friday
It was Friday the 13th as I was reading Robert Louis
Stevenson's 1886 horror classic Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde near midnight of
February 2015.
"The creature who crept into
my house that night," as Lanyon wrote to Utterson, "was, on Jekyll's own confession, known by the name
of Hyde and hunted for in every corner of the land as the murderer of
Carew."
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Movie
with Spencer Tracy
4 comments:
"I sat down on a tree stump in the sea of grass, absorbing the prana from the air and drawing energy from the earth. I visualized a white healing light filling and purifying my entire being as I inhaled deeply, and I visualized all the stress and negative thoughts as dark smoke being expelled and instantly disintegrating as I breathed out. ~ Prana with Open Arms
"...the sun shines electric blue..." ~ Stonebolt, I Will Still Love You
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"I know I have it now..." ~ Deniece Williams, Healing
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"...absorbing the prana from the air and drawing energy from the earth..." I love that part. I love that moment.
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