Okay, I'll admit that I'm slow on the draw today. Just seconds after I posted my craigslist item as my next blog entry, I saw the date of today: February 1. There aren't many people that I remember the birthdays of, so it always sticks out in my mind when I remember one. Today would have been Brandon Lee's 44th birthday.
There's a part of me that feels like a jerk for posting The Crow figures today of all days, but maybe it's just serendipity kicking in. A couple nights back when I couldn't sleep I attempted to watch the sequel to the original Crow and found myself beyond bored. Everything about it made me miss the first movie, from the direction to the actors, to the gritty, desolate landscape of Detroit, to the quick, fast-paced editing, to the fact that no one could come close to Brandon's performance.
Recently I started hanging out with a friend that I didn't see much of since high school. It seems like every time we talk, The Crow becomes part of the conversation since that was what originally bonded us as friends. We geeked out about the movie and what it meant to us. I dressed up as Eric Draven on more than once Halloween back then. I even won a costume contest or two for how much I pulled it off. To go back with Andrew and talk about those old days reminded me of being an entirely different version of me from the 30 year old I am today.
Still, deep down there are a few movies I hold incredibly dear to my heart because of one reason or another. The Crow is definitely on that list. It's not because of the violence. It's not the bleakness of it. It's not the revenge aspect to the story. Even the love story element isn't the reason why. It's always been about Brandon's performance, since it was his best and final role. To this day, I really wish I could have seen what else he would have done in his career.
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