Sat. Afternoon Ride & Movie Review
First the ride -
77 degrees out, clear, light wind (seemed mostly out of the south...) Nice ride overall. From my house headed towards Lake Nokomis, then down Minnehaha, and over to the River Road. Took West River Road to Franklin, crossed over the Mississippi and took the East River Road down to Ford Prkwy. Then home from there. On the way home I took 60th Street so I could get a clear view of the C.F. that is Hwy 62, due to 35W being closed this weekend. :-)
Stats
Dist: 17.86 miles
Time: 1:04:04 (h:mm:ss)
Avg. Speed: 16.73 mph (I'm slow. :-( )
Max Speed: 26.72 mph
kCal Burned: 867
Avg HR: 143
Max HR: 158
In Zone: 0:30:01 (h:mm:ss)
Movie Review -
Twilight Samurai (a.k.a. Tasogare Seibei) - came out in 2002
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/
Seibei Iguchi is a low ranking samurai in a small clan in 19th century Japan. After the death of his wife he finds himself in debt and caring for his two young daughters and senile mother. To the consternation of his peers he cares more about his family then he does his appearance and going out to drink with the other samurai of his clan. While trying to struggle on in life, the head of the clan taps him to carry out a mission to kill another samurai.
Overall this is a wonderful, and sad film. We follow the life of a man who just wants to care for his family. Who even admits to a close friend that if it came down to it he would prefer to be a farmer over a samurai. The final scene where he is having a conversation with the man he suppose to kill is wonderful.
Its kinda a classic everyday man struggles and tries to adapt to the changing world around him. Iguchi, you quickly discover, isn't a wimp, but just wants to have a decent life and care for his daugters. (hmm... nope no identification there. :-) )
Side benefit... there are two choreographed fight scenes and both are done very well. From showing distinct fighting styles to being well filmed. Like the other scenes in the movie very little goes to waste visually. It all creates a wonderful tapestry along with a great script and great acting.
Highly recommended and available on Netflix (as soon as I mail my copy back :-) ).
77 degrees out, clear, light wind (seemed mostly out of the south...) Nice ride overall. From my house headed towards Lake Nokomis, then down Minnehaha, and over to the River Road. Took West River Road to Franklin, crossed over the Mississippi and took the East River Road down to Ford Prkwy. Then home from there. On the way home I took 60th Street so I could get a clear view of the C.F. that is Hwy 62, due to 35W being closed this weekend. :-)
Stats
Dist: 17.86 miles
Time: 1:04:04 (h:mm:ss)
Avg. Speed: 16.73 mph (I'm slow. :-( )
Max Speed: 26.72 mph
kCal Burned: 867
Avg HR: 143
Max HR: 158
In Zone: 0:30:01 (h:mm:ss)
Movie Review -
Twilight Samurai (a.k.a. Tasogare Seibei) - came out in 2002
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/
Seibei Iguchi is a low ranking samurai in a small clan in 19th century Japan. After the death of his wife he finds himself in debt and caring for his two young daughters and senile mother. To the consternation of his peers he cares more about his family then he does his appearance and going out to drink with the other samurai of his clan. While trying to struggle on in life, the head of the clan taps him to carry out a mission to kill another samurai.
Overall this is a wonderful, and sad film. We follow the life of a man who just wants to care for his family. Who even admits to a close friend that if it came down to it he would prefer to be a farmer over a samurai. The final scene where he is having a conversation with the man he suppose to kill is wonderful.
Its kinda a classic everyday man struggles and tries to adapt to the changing world around him. Iguchi, you quickly discover, isn't a wimp, but just wants to have a decent life and care for his daugters. (hmm... nope no identification there. :-) )
Side benefit... there are two choreographed fight scenes and both are done very well. From showing distinct fighting styles to being well filmed. Like the other scenes in the movie very little goes to waste visually. It all creates a wonderful tapestry along with a great script and great acting.
Highly recommended and available on Netflix (as soon as I mail my copy back :-) ).
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