It rained all weekend in New York City. During the deluge on Saturday, we were inspired to see the movie Noah, starring Russell Crowe. I’m still recovering from that. I don’t know if I liked the movie or hated it. It was … an experience. I supposed my best description is Game of Thrones/original Star Wars trilogy/Lord of the Rings/Transformers meets the Bible.
In real life, where boulders don’t come to life and build large ships and dudes aren’t 600 years old, MrB has been keeping me up to date on how much rain we’ve had and how much more to expect. I wondered out loud why he was suddenly so interested in the weather. He didn’t have a particular reason, but he did have a story to tell me about an exchange he had, as a young journalist, with George P. Shultz, former U.S. Treasury Secretary.
MrB said:
“As a kid reporter, it was the first time I’d ever asked a question at the Treasury press conference. I asked [George Shultz] what percentage probability did he give that a policy they were proposing would work.
He glowered at me with a smirk and said, ‘You’re trying to turn me into a weatherman?’
Everyone guffawed and I turned pink.”
Looking back, MrB says, “It was a good learning experience.”
And now it’s something that you all can think of when it rains.
Still from “Noah,” courtesy Paramount Pictures.
Hi Wendy~
Thanks for your posts/articles. Please tell Mr.B that his name came up (as did yours) around here just yesterday. E and I were remembering meeting you guys for dinner in LA. E and I both had some quality conversations with Mr.B. He spoke to us of 2 things mostly. To me about raising my daughter…he had great ideas and suggestions..in a few months she will move away to LA while E and I move back to (for me) the city…finally 🙂 And E spoke to Mr.B about career info and learned much from him, just that night :). E is changing careers now that we’re moving-to-Manhattan and she wished yesterday she had Mr.B’s awesome insights! Thanks for posting…I’m trying to keep up! Enjoy the day!
Peace~
dave
Wow, you guys have some big changes coming! I’m excited to have you here in NYC! I’ll email Elizabeth and get all the deets!
My thoughts exactly re. the movie.
It made me feel like I was on drugs :-O
thanks for the review. It looks so over-wrought, I’ll need a cocktail first. Let me guess, R. Crowe *never* smiles. xo
Good guess! 😀
Maybe this still is misleading, but it doesn’t look as if the clothing for Noah was very in keeping with time in which it was set. But really, fiction is fiction I guess.
Funny, at one point I looked at Jennifer Connelly (playing Noah’s wife) and thought, “That looks like a rather sophisticated knit.”
Sometimes, I think the best kind of movie is one where you can’t decide if you loved it or hated it!! At least it engages you enough to talk about it, right?! And it was obviously entertaining…which, for me, is the whole point of a movie anyways!! Who cares about “historical accuracy”…if the costumes and special effects are good, I’ll probably enjoy it!! (I’ll let you know; my hubby wants to see it, but I’m not sure if I want to negotiate theatre seating with my crutches!!) 😉
I agree! I’m glad I saw it even though I’m still undecided about my opinion!