Ataraxia

  Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde is ranked 17270 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, but it was the inspiration for a motion picture with top cast, though Kevin Spacey has been downgraded in the meantime – you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies of All time and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10 for the message   Tal Ben Shahar https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-pursuit-of-perfect-by-tal-ben-shahar.html is a Harvard Professor – in fact, after writing it, I realized that he used to be, I think he is much better off on his own now – who had the most popular courses in the history of that institution: positive psychology   He used inserts from comedy shows, Seinfeld, De Generes, stories like the one with the rabbi and all the animals in the house – you can google it, or ask me – passages from his auto...

Link to paper moon according to Mark   She looks at cathedral and doesn’t like it, though she had, just like me. It is not the cathedral that changed, it is her like Proust said   Anne linton drove Nort to Lichfield through the morning…dying father and where Samuel Johnson lived He has Parkisnon and other, he will die stanway does not rmeber a bit later who the man was, a neighbro Graham brother Don husband Judy Paul children?   Brideshead revisited copy in father’s home Link   David Fielding there will be a love affair headmaster these parents come and say their son did not do something extraordinary, even if they destroyed, he risks being what sent to jail   He says to Anne’s father he is in love with his daughter, but then the old man doesn’t get it anymore James Stanway father   ‘wicked go unpunished and the rich will inherit the kingdom of heaven link to genesis or something   She is sacked chronology is too dif...

  The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh is ranked 775 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, it is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, and it used to be one of my Top 200 Favorites, albeit I am not so sure anymore, by the time this review ends, maybe I will know better- you have thousands of notes on magnum opera from the aforementioned lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10   The Loved One https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-loved-one-by-evelyn-waugh-10-out-of.html was stupendous on the first reading: ‘You must read this masterpiece, for it is hilarious, exhilarating and superb’ this is what I was saying in the note I wrote maybe ten years ago, though things have changed   It is a question of having too high expectations, but I think it has more to do with the image of Evelyn Waugh, as reflected in The Letters of Kingsley Amis- “Waugh very silly fellow he w...

  Slumdog Millionaire written by Simon Beaufoy and Vikas Swarup, directed by Danny Boyle won eight Oscars in 2009, including for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, nevertheless, this is a film that I don’t like, so that should be the whole ‘review’…you find thousands of notes on films from The New York times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html and YouTube page     6 out of 10   Trainspotting https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/trainspotting-based-on-novel-by-irvine.html directed by Danny Boyle was incredible, 127 hours and Shallow Grave were also excellent, I am not crazy about 28 Years Later, and as for Slumdog Millionaire, I will have to reiterate what I said above: rather pretentious.   Therefore, ‘the rest is silence’, just like William Shakespeare said, this is the end of the n...

  Mad Max, written and directed by George Miller 8 out of 10 Mad Max is a legendary motion picture, included on The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made list: https://www.listchallenges.com/new-york-times-best-1000-movies-ever-made/list/13 now that we have the more recent Mad Max Fury Road, it is interesting to compare, to see how far the sequel has reached, what the differences are, if any. Although 40 years old, the original Mad Max is still impressive in its use of stunts and the technology of the time. For instance, there is an outstanding scene wherein Mad Max aka the iconic, if controversial over the past years, due to his rants when drunk and stopped by the police, Mel Gibson, is chasing a motorcyclist. The latter ends up facing a truck, which is coming from the opposite direction and the crash is credible, making the viewers think about what they used, a plastic body, how on earth have they managed to pull it off? Max is a police patrolman that has to see horrors on ...

  Dark Knight written by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer, directed by the former is The Top Rated Movie Number Three, it won two Academy Awards, including the 2009 Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Heath Ledger, it was a awarded posthumously…you have thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists waiting on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   9 out of 10   Christopher Nolan https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2023/12/oppenheimer-based-on-book-by-kai-bird.html might be the most important film maker of the moment, and one of the greatest of all time, which reminds me of this quote about Elizabeth Taylor, the magnificent writer, not the better-known actress:   ‘Triumphant narrative skill, a wonderful eye and unfailing humor, though not of the 'robust' nor of the ‘savage' variety, often delightfully ca...