3rd 추가토픽 The addtional topic for Sat. Dec. 15th

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You may have your wishes, so let us make our Bucket Lists !!!

"The Bucket List," director Rob Reiner's latest, suggests dying could be the best thing that ever happens to you -- just so long as you find a lonely billionaire lying in the next bed.

Morgan Freeman is Carter Chambers, a mechanic who dropped out of college to get married and provide for his kids. Carter knows a lot about pretty much everything - he's a whiz at "Jeopardy!" - But when the doctors give him less than a year to live, he's not so sure about anything any more.

Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) is dealt the same lousy hand - a turn of events that requires some mental adjustment. He's not used to losing. Not only is he fabulously wealthy, this is his hospital. But all his power and money can't make any difference now.

Or can it?

Save for some early odd-couple prickliness, the two men hit it off, and soon Edward suggests they team up and work through Carter's whimsically scrawled "bucket list" - i.e., things to do before kicking it. Watch Freeman talk about his own list.

Carter doesn't take much persuasion. He's given decades to the wife and kids and he figures he's overdue some down time.

If that strikes you as selfish and heartless -or at least typical for a guy - wait until you get a load of the list. Carter has a yen to drive a Mustang Shelby. Edward wants a tattoo. They're both up for some skydiving.

Every so often there's a token reminder that these seniors (both actors turned 70 this year) are terminally ill. But more often the movie plays their imminent expiration date for kamikaze laughs. Boys will be boys, heh heh.

Spiritual contemplation isn't entirely off limits, but it's relegated to the status of sightseeing. They visit the pyramids and the Taj Mahal, or at least what appears to be a blue-screen simulacrum of the same. They go on safari, and ponder the possibilities of reincarnation in the Himalayas. It's exactly this kind of pre-packaged epiphany Wes Anderson satirized in the maligned "Darjeeling Limited."

Freeman doesn't exactly exert himself as Carter assumes the role of sagacious tour guide (and our narrator). He's an actor who flips too easily into cruise control, and he switches it on regularly in "The Bucket List."

Nicholson at least has some fun with his role -- listen to the way he pronounces "America" at the end of their journey; injecting both contempt and satisfaction in those four syllables. He works up some rapport with Sean Hayes, very droll as Edward's sardonic personal assistant, but there's not much give and take going on with Freeman. Their friendship scarcely feels tested. Ever the cynic, Nicholson settles for skepticism, sniffing the air for a hint of tension that isn't really there.

Predictably, the best Jack Zackham's script can supply is Carter's wife (Beverly Todd) and Edward's daughter. Women: Can't live with 'em, can't die without 'em.

All good things come to an end, and it's the same with the not so good -- they just feel longer. Watching "The Bucket List" may not inspire philosophical introspection, but it's quite likely to make you re-examine your priorities. At least as far as movie-going is concerned.

* The meaning of Bucket list is what we wish to do in our lives.

참고: 버킷 리스트(bucket list)란 죽기 전에 꼭 해보고 싶은 일과 보고 싶은 것들을 적은 목록을 가리킨다. ‘죽다’라는 뜻으로 쓰이는 속어인 ‘킥 더 버킷(kick the bucket)’으로부터 만들어진 말이다. 중세 시대에는 교수형을 집행하거나 자살을 할 때 올가미를 목에 두른 뒤 뒤집어 놓은 양동이(bucket)에 올라간 다음 양동이를 걷어참으로써 목을 맸는데, 이로부터 ‘킥 더 버킷(kick the bucket)’이라는 말이 유래하였다고 전해진다.

1. What are your Bucket lists in your mind nowadays?

2. Have you ever succeeded in your Bucket lists or not? If so, what is critical success factor?

3. We will live for ages. Thus, Bucket list make our life more dynamic. Do you have any Bucket lists in future?

늦게올려서 죄송합니다^^..

[♡stellahwang78]

Toby님~ 날짜가...Dec. 15th 로 해야 할 거 같아요. ^^; 세번째주 토요일이라서 3st 로 한 거임? 그래도 3rd 아닌가용? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th..)

[♡stellahwang78]

음~ 그리고 이건 우리가 첫째 주에 토론한 주제와 다소 중복되는 느낌이 없지 않아 있군요~ ㅎㅎ / 내가 주제를 하나더 준비할게요. 이것만 하면 좀 짧게 끝날거 같아서..^^;

[착한남쟈]

네, 이틀동안 괜찮은걸 못찾았네요TT,, 날짜는,,지난번꺼 그대로붙여넣어서 보지도않고넣었네요,,