Movies, Jan. 20: “Grizzly”
Film Date Significant
Reviewing The Revenant, Alex De Vore describes the movie well but errs badly in claiming it is set post-Civil War. Hugh Glass died in 1833. This is important, considering how young America was. There is a poignancy to an immature nation trying to find its way that is echoed in the themes of the movie: the opening of the West, the coming disintegration of the Indian way of life, and the visual cues of primordial water below ... and the countering sky shots.
Like the Glass character, America was caught between ... the quintessential American hero and the bigger question of who has the right to kill, man or god/nature.
Stating the wrong time frame for the movie is like saying the themes of a World War II film are the same as one about the Vietnam War.
Mike Baker
Santa Fe
Rest. Guide, Oct. 20: “Restaurant of the Year”
No Dazzle
My partner and I invited friends, part-time Santa Fe residents, to this restaurant which was honored as SFR's 2016 Restaurant of the Year. Previously, having had the pleasure of experiencing lovely appetizers in Georgia's bar, I felt confident that our guests would be equally thrilled.
Our dining experience was suboptimal. The evening's special, manicotti, was a muddy, cheesy presentation that defied any appearance and flavor of a respectable pasta dish. The shrimp and grits was a slop of cornmeal with a few shrimp, devoid of any "wow" factor. My salmon fish and chips was chunks of soggy salmon, accompanied by a pile of pommes frites two inches in length. The dinner salad was limpid and the flat bread unremarkable.
No one at the table finished their meals ... Simply put, Georgia failed to dazzle as a destination dining experience.
Luci Osaki
Santa Fe
7 Days, Jan. 6: “Metroglyphs”
Compromise Wins
Please don't replace This Modern World with MetroGlyphs.
W Hayes
Santa Fe
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