Enthusiasm "Oh heavens, how I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm-that's all. I want to hear a warm, thrilling voice cry out Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I'm alive!" Look Back In Anger (1956) act 1 John Osborne I constantly take my hat off to creatives who persevere with their vision, extrapolating their thoughts in a succinct manner to come up with a concept that cries out, touches the humane, makes everything make so much sense. It astounds me to see an idea develop, explode into a medium for all to experience and enjoy. It doesn't matter what the art form; it can be writing, painting, photography, film, a basic formation of something small that grows, extends and finally reaches out to so many. It comes together and grows with the energy that only enthusiasm can nourish and make happen. More specifically it comes about from human enthusiasm. The enthusiasm of being human, of feeling alive. I've spent a...
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Man Of Steel " I teach you the superman. Man is something to be surpassed." 1883 Friedrich Nietsche 1844-1900 We know the story of Superman right? The infant from Krypton is sent to Earth, whereby he is looked after by two unassuming individuals who guide him along his quest to find himself as he approaches adulthood whilst acknowledging his extraordinary powers, all to save the world. I can relate, it is the hero's quest and journey, and I have written about this before and totally understand the path that the hero takes to bring the 'Elixir' home! The estimated budget was $225,000,000; a huge sum, but not unusual for this type of film. Henry Cavill encapsulates the sensitivity and power mixed in one that Superman embodies; at times unsure of himself, his place on Earth, the power he has and the force that he can impose when he uses his strength for the good of mankind. The action in the film is fast, lot's of it and I have to ...