The Forgotten Monk

Life Lessons From Movies, Books and TV

Entries Tagged as 'Movies'

What we can learn from Writers

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Think I’m crazy for creating a blog that talks about things to learn from books, movies and tv? Think again. When we are at a loss of what to do in a situation we can go to our friends, historical figures, and I believe characters in books, movies and tv. […]

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Tags: Books · Movies · Observation · TV

Featurette : Clip of the Week

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

If you compare this clip with the one in the theater you will that the camera was shaky to say the least, the video is grainier and the sound quality isn’t the greatest. But, I think you will also find that this clip has a hundred times more impact. It was played on […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational · Motivate Others · Movies

Start At the End and Work Backwards

October 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

As you know, I really enjoy stories, specifically ones that surround a unique protagonist. I find the whole mythos surrounding a protagonist fascinating. Take the protagonist from the last action movie I saw last weekend; ‘The Lookout’. Not a great movie, not particularly well written, or directed; but the movies […]

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Tags: Movies · Self-Improvement

The Slightest Nod

October 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments

“Once upon a time in China, some believe, around the year one double-aught three, head priest of the White Lotus Clan, Pai Mei was walking down the road, contemplating whatever it is that a man of Pai Mei’s infinite power contemplates — which is another way of saying “who knows” — when a Shaolin monk […]

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Tags: Inspirational · Movies