Comments on: “Invictus” http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/ Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jana Segal http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4994 Jana Segal Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:59:48 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4994 Hey, did you write a review of "Blind Spot" I can post? Jana Hey, did you write a review of "Blind Spot" I can post?

Jana

]]> By: Janet Riehl http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4993 Janet Riehl Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:03:51 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4993 Jana, I'm so glad you like my review. I've cut back on my movie reviewing, but this was one I wanted to support. I didn't cry, but I was deeply moved. I lived in Southern Africa in the 1970s. I often traveled to The Republic of South Africa during the Apartheid era. In 2008 when I went back, everything was differnt...and also not different. Certainly these personal experiences affected how I responded to Invictus. I admire the work you do on http://www.reelinspiration.blogspot.com and hope many Riehlife readers come to know your site. Janet Jana,

I'm so glad you like my review. I've cut back on my movie reviewing, but this was one I wanted to support. I didn't cry, but I was deeply moved.

I lived in Southern Africa in the 1970s. I often traveled to The Republic of South Africa during the Apartheid era. In 2008 when I went back, everything was differnt...and also not different. Certainly these personal experiences affected how I responded to Invictus.

I admire the work you do on http://www.reelinspiration.blogspot.com and hope many Riehlife readers come to know your site.

Janet

]]> By: Jana Segal http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4992 Jana Segal Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:45:17 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4992 Hi, Janet, Thanks for writing and sharing this review. If I had known you wrote it, I might have posted it instead of writing my own. You have some great insights that I didn't include. I can't believe I didn't mention the theme of forgiveness. I'll try to add it soon. Meanwhile, please, feel free to leave a comment on my blog. www.reelinspiration.blogspot.com or my myspace page. Thanks again for the lovely review and for including the poem! Movie blessings! Jana Hi, Janet,

Thanks for writing and sharing this review. If I had known you wrote it, I might have posted it instead of writing my own. You have some great insights that I didn't include. I can't believe I didn't mention the theme of forgiveness. I'll try to add it soon. Meanwhile, please, feel free to leave a comment on my blog. http://www.reelinspiration.blogspot.com or my myspace page. Thanks again for the lovely review and for including the poem!

Movie blessings!
Jana

]]> By: Janet Riehl http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4989 Janet Riehl Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:57:53 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4989 Lindy, I'm so glad you liked the poem. I was so glad to see the entire text to go with the last two lines which are so famous. Yes...we need to get hip to longevity and do something with it. That's the point, isn't it? Janet Lindy,

I'm so glad you liked the poem. I was so glad to see the entire text to go with the last two lines which are so famous.

Yes...we need to get hip to longevity and do something with it. That's the point, isn't it?

Janet

]]> By: Lindy Barnes http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4988 Lindy Barnes Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:42:28 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4988 What a wonderful poem. My brother had high praise for this film and we immediately added it to our Netflix cue. The poem has been copied into my notebook to be reread and remembered. Eastwood is amazing and a wonderful example for anyone who says, "I'm too old to do (that)". Lindy (AZ) What a wonderful poem. My brother had high praise for this film and we immediately added it to our Netflix cue. The poem has been copied into my notebook to be reread and remembered.

Eastwood is amazing and a wonderful example for anyone who says, "I'm too old to do (that)".

Lindy (AZ)

]]> By: Janet Grace Riehl http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4984 Janet Grace Riehl Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:59:02 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4984 Kendra, Yes, Eastwood is a solid model for getting better with time rather than decline. I respect his development of the course of his career and his life. It's not easy being Clint or any figure in the spotlight. Folks point too to his wife as a stabilizer and unifier in the extended family. Good for her! Eduardo, Both Chisholm and Mandela looked beyond the moment to the future. They looked beyond the hurts of generations to healing and unification. History and humanity must thank them both. Janet Kendra,

Yes, Eastwood is a solid model for getting better with time rather than decline. I respect his development of the course of his career and his life. It's not easy being Clint or any figure in the spotlight. Folks point too to his wife as a stabilizer and unifier in the extended family. Good for her!

Eduardo,

Both Chisholm and Mandela looked beyond the moment to the future. They looked beyond the hurts of generations to healing and unification. History and humanity must thank them both.

Janet

]]> By: Kendra Bonnett http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4982 Kendra Bonnett Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:08:03 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4982 Thanks for this review. It sounds to be another powerful production by Eastwood the director. I will put this in my Netflix cue for whenever it's released on DVD. Thanks for this review. It sounds to be another powerful production by Eastwood the director. I will put this in my Netflix cue for whenever it's released on DVD.

]]> By: eduardo http://www.riehlife.com/2009/12/23/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-4981 eduardo Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:33:36 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3261#comment-4981 When either Barbara Jordan or Shirley Chisholm (I forget which) was elected, she was quickly attacked by the black community for hiring whites to serve on her staff. Her response was along the lines of, they were the best people for the jobs, further declaring that what blacks wanted was an equal chance, not favoritism. Mandela took an even larger risk in using a white rugby team to unite black and white South Africa; and showed at least as deep a wisdom. When either Barbara Jordan or Shirley Chisholm (I forget which) was elected, she was quickly attacked by the black community for hiring whites to serve on her staff. Her response was along the lines of, they were the best people for the jobs, further declaring that what blacks wanted was an equal chance, not favoritism.

Mandela took an even larger risk in using a white rugby team to unite black and white South Africa; and showed at least as deep a wisdom.

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