Honor: A Quick Red Belt Review
Posted by Thomas Hackett on 11th May 2008
I don’t watch many movies. I like to think it’s not because it’s ten bucks that I don’t want to spend, plus a three dollar cup of coffee that isn’t even good. Nah. It’s not because I don’t respect the medium, either. In fact, I’d like to think it’s more because I do respect the medium. I go to a theater with the same full and undivided attention I offer to a jiu-jitsu class where I’ll be choked and armlocked. I don’t mean I actually go in thinking of choking out the pretentious idiots who laugh extra loud and respond audibly to in-jokes, in a vain attempt to impress me and everyone else unfortunate enough to share a theater with them. (But, maybe next time…)
I mean, I give my full focus, and in return I step into a different world, experience some ups and downs, and maybe someone sheds a little light on a piece of life I hadn’t experienced.
I’ve been disappointed more often than not. But you give honor to the art, and maybe you’ll find a little honor for yourself. That’s what I felt tonight when I watched RedBelt, and seeing it was definitely worth the ten bucks.
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