The Bucket List Review
July 9, 2008 6:16 am Movies, TV and Music
With my wife being sick on Monday we decided to have a movie day. I had the day off anyway, so we figured it was a good way to have a relaxing day.
The first movie we watched was The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. It’s a pretty funny movie about 2 guys that are told that they have 6-12 months to live, so they decide to make a list of all the things they would like to do before they “kick the bucket.” Some of the things on the list include skydiving, driving a Shelby Mustang, etc.
Overall I thought it was a good movie. I have to admit that Jack Nicholson still kinda freaks me out, but it was fun to see the way that he and Morgan Freeman interacted.
I was thinking of coming up with an overall moral for the story, but there are really several. So rather than trying to state the obvious or be extra philosophical, I’ll let you go watch the movie and figure one out for yourself!
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Great movie and good message. why wait, enjoy lifes abundance now.
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Per Wikipedia: “Blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) and billionaire hospital magnate Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) meet for the first time in the hospital after both have been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Although Edward is reluctant to share a room with Carter, complaining that he “looks half-dead already,” they become friends as they undergo their respective treatments. Carter is a gifted amateur historian and family man who had wanted to become a history professor in his youth, had been “black, broke, [and with a] baby on the way” and, thus, never rose above his status as a mechanic at the McCreath body shop. Carter loves showing off his knowledge and his favorite show is Jeopardy!. Edward is a four-time divorced health-care tycoon and cultured loner who enjoys nothing more than tormenting his personal valet/servant, Thomas (Sean Hayes), who later reveals his name is actually Matthew. Edward prefers to call him Thomas because he finds the name Matthew too “biblical.” Edward drinks a specific variety of coffee called “Kopi Luwak”, one of the most expensive coffees in the world.
Carter begins writing a “bucket list,” or things to do before he “kicks the bucket” (i.e. dies). After hearing he has less than a year, Carter discards the list. Edward finds it the next morning and urges Carter to do everything on the list (and adds more things to do), and offers to finance the trip for the both of them. Carter agrees, despite the protests of his wife, Virginia (Beverly Todd).
The pair begins an around-the-world vacation. They go [...] …….and that’s all ya get for the review; ha-ha!
I haven’t see the movie, but it sounds interesting.
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