Obama’s Inauguration Speech
Maybe it’s because I’ve gotten older, or maybe it’s simply that good movies are rare these days, but I’m finding that most new movies I see aren’t memorable. Take for example Wall-E. Wall-E was a cute movie with great special effects and I had a good time in the theater for an hour and a half. But the feeling faded quickly after I left the theater, and within days I forgot most of it. Even today I’d be hard pressed to summarize the movie.
Contrast this with Bringing Up Baby – a movie the Wife and I caught on cable a few weeks ago. In this Howard Hawks romantic comedy Cary Grant bumbles his way through a series of lies, schemes and traps set by Katharine Hepburn in order to win his heart. It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in awhile, and it reminds me how great an actress Katharine Hepburn was.
I bring up this topic today because it’s less than 2 days after I sat through Obama’s inauguration speech, and I feel pretty much the same way I did after seeing Wall-E. While I listened intently and applauded because I recognize him as my president (even though I didn’t vote for him), I can’t recall much about the speech.
I’m sure there are those who still feel a glow after hearing his words, just like there are those who believe that Wall-E is the best movie ever.
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