Wordless Wednesday (Sort Of): What's the difference between false advertising and hyperbole?

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many rants are 4 worth? I'll just put one short one at the end,  

 The Rant:  I have worked a myriad of jobs and at none of them have I always felt valued.  It is a promise that no employer can keep especially one like McDonalds with a long history of exploiting their workers.  

For More Wordless Wednesday click here   for the Wordless Wednesday blog and here for the comedy plus site.   As I am participating in both places today.  

12 New Movies: The Train (1964)

By trailer screenshot (United Artists) - DVD bonus - The Train - US trailer, Public Domain, Link

  As with all the 12 New Movie reviews , I will attempt to do the following: 

1. Rate each movie on a 1 (worst movie ever) to 5 (best movie I have seen) scale.
2.  Provide a 2-3 sentence summary of the movie. 
3.  I will share 1 theme from the movie.  
4. Write one thing I liked about the movie and 1 thing I disliked about the movie. 
5. State who I think would make the best audience for this movie. 

The Train (1964) Rating 3 stars out of 5 

 Summary: At the end of World War II, A Nazi officer (Paul Scofield) attempts to bring a train filled with French art masterpieces to Germany.  The station master (Burt Lancaster) who is also part of the French resistance is tasked to stop the train from getting to Germany. 

Theme: Is art worth dying for?

 Likes: When I heard Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons, Quiz Show) was in this film I jumped at the chance to see it.  Scofield does not disappoint. His performances are known for being multilayered and this is no exception.  I also like the fact that this is filmed in black & white.  

Dislikes: This movie did not live up to the expectations I was given on line.  It would have worked as a straight action movie and it would have worked as a straight character study.  It almost works as both and almost is where the disappointment comes from.  

 A Good Audience for this Film:3 audiences come to mind: People who like WW II films, admirers of the films directed by John Frankenheimer, and  people like myself who come running when they hear the name Paul Scofield.  

2025 New To Me Film Update

 I have watched and reviewed 3 films:

Films released from 2009 to 2024                      Watched 0 Remaining 2 

Films released from 1994 to 2008                      Watched 1 Remaining 1 

Films released from 1979 to 1993                      Watched 0 Remaining 2 

Films released from 1964 to 1978                      Watched 1 Remaining 1 

Films released from 1949 to 1963                      Watched 0 Remaining 2 

Films released before 1934 and up to 1948       Watched 1 Remaining 1 

When Corona Is Gone (Original Song)

Around 5 years ago Allen Levi shared this song on you tube. It was April 27th 2020.  We were about  6 weeks into Co-vid lockdown and Allen shared this song from his porch.  I meant to share it last Sunday which was the 5 year anniversary of it's release.  I was just at the end of catching up in the A to Z challenge and finishing the last week up.  Now that the song is 5 years and a week old I'm sure it will resonate just a little differently than it would have last week at 5 ...

      

Team Saturdazzle the one with the 5k and the bobble head

Can't beat fun at the old Saturdazzle

 

Welcome to our first post A to Z Challenge Team Saturdazzle of the year. 

I am on the road today so I am literally phoning this post in. I am emailing this directly to my blog from my phone. 

This morning Amy Charlie and I participated in the Northern Illinois Foodbank 5K. It was a lot of fun. We all finished in less than an hour. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to run the entire race without walking but I was able to.

 

In the A to Z challenge this year in the A to Zs of me J stood for Jester and I was in full jester mode at the race. Where my self designated task was to bring fun and merriment wherever I went. I would make jokes as I passed people and say things like don't these Saturday DMV lines get longer every year. When I ran past the 2 mile marker I told one of the many volunteers encouraging us along the path to ask me to tell her a Broadway themed 5 k pun when she obliged. I said 1 mile more and I'll be less miserable. 

The Jesting did not end after I finished the race.  I waited for Amy to near the finish line and let the audience in on the big reveal...

After the race Amy and I grabbed some lunch and drove to the Rosemont L station where we took a blue line train then a red line train to Comiskey park in Chicago. Now in fairness it hasn’t been called Comiskey since 2003 it’s now on it’s 3rd name change I’ll just call it Sox Park.

 

Today the White Sox played the Astros and despite getting 5 strong innings from their starter and scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the first for an early lead they lost to Houston 8 to 3.

 

This is not what brought Amy and I to the ball park today. Amy went because she’s always up for an adventure and I went for the commemorative Dick Allen bobble head.

 

In The Box

Outside The Box

Photo by John Iacano/Sports Illustrated

The Bobble head was modeled after the iconic 1972 Sports Illustrated cover of Allen juggling in the dugout in his first season with the White Sox.  By the 1970's public perception was already changing about smoking.  Allen was reprimanded by the White Sox for the incident.  The bobble head is true to the SI cover except Allen is not smoking.  

As I’ve said in these pages before, as recently as W is for White Sox fan, Dick Allen is one of the main reasons I became a Sox fan.

 

Allen was at long last posthumously elected to Baseballs Hall of Fame earlier this year. Several members of Allen’s family were on hand today for the celebration and will be in Cooperstown in July when Allen will be inducted into the Hall. It was really quite a day. 

Thanks for joining Team Saturdazzle today.