— Katsumoto & Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai (2003)Katsumoto: Do you believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed to him.
— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
— Miranda, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)Miranda (to Daniel): I bring home a birthday cake and a few gifts; you bring home the Goddamn San Diego Zoo. And I have to clean up after it!
— Patton, Patton (1970)No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his country!
— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.
— William & Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart (1995)Young William: I can fight. Malcolm Wallace: I know. I know you can fight. But it's our wits that make us men.
— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
— Jack Lucas, The Fisher King (1991)I'm hearing horses! Parry will be so pleased!
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.
— Quintus & Maximus, Gladiator (2000)Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying.
— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.
— Lars & Gus, Lars and the Real Girl (2007)Lars: Well, Bianca can help you. She's got nurse's training. Gus: No she doesn't. That's because she's a plastic...thing. Lars: That's amazing. Did you hear that? Bianca said God made her to help people.
— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
— Miles, Sideways (2004)Half my life is over, and I have nothing to show for it...I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue, surging out to sea with a ton of raw sewage.
— Patton, Patton (1970)(looking at remains of a battle) I love it! God help me, I love it so. I love it more than my life.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
— Lester Burnham, American Beauty (1999)Look at me, jerking off in the shower... This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.
— Miles, Sideways (2004)If you don't have money at my age, you're not even in the game anymore. You're just a pasture animal waiting for the abattoir.
— King Longshank, Braveheart (1995)Not the archers. My scouts tell me their archers are miles away and no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.
— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.
— Parry, The Fisher King (1991)I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!
— Katsumoto & Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai (2003)Katsumoto: Do you believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed to him.
— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
— Miranda, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)Miranda (to Daniel): I bring home a birthday cake and a few gifts; you bring home the Goddamn San Diego Zoo. And I have to clean up after it!
— Patton, Patton (1970)No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his country!
— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.
— William & Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart (1995)Young William: I can fight. Malcolm Wallace: I know. I know you can fight. But it's our wits that make us men.
— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
— Jack Lucas, The Fisher King (1991)I'm hearing horses! Parry will be so pleased!
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.
— Quintus & Maximus, Gladiator (2000)Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying.
— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.
— Lars & Gus, Lars and the Real Girl (2007)Lars: Well, Bianca can help you. She's got nurse's training. Gus: No she doesn't. That's because she's a plastic...thing. Lars: That's amazing. Did you hear that? Bianca said God made her to help people.
— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
— Miles, Sideways (2004)Half my life is over, and I have nothing to show for it...I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue, surging out to sea with a ton of raw sewage.
— Patton, Patton (1970)(looking at remains of a battle) I love it! God help me, I love it so. I love it more than my life.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
— Lester Burnham, American Beauty (1999)Look at me, jerking off in the shower... This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.
— Miles, Sideways (2004)If you don't have money at my age, you're not even in the game anymore. You're just a pasture animal waiting for the abattoir.
— King Longshank, Braveheart (1995)Not the archers. My scouts tell me their archers are miles away and no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.
— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.
— Parry, The Fisher King (1991)I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!
I want to tell you that you’re only days away from being able to upload your own reviews to Masculinity Movies. I’ve been fortunate to get my hands on some great technology that makes this really easy to accomplish and I have been configuring it today. Stay tuned. I can’t wait to read all your great thoughts. Yay! .-)
I am taking a break. Contained in this video is more information (the movie is actually only around 4 minutes. There’s a lot of nothing at the end.)
Watching this clip, I understand why I’m doing this – I look tired and a bit spaced out. Though I am taking a break, I will, as I say in the video do the following
See you on the other side gents!
Hey Guys,
I’m taking a break. Yes, starting with the release of the review of Groundhog Day and some blog posts, videos and changes to the website, I will take a break of several months to live life and explore some archetypal dynamics that have come up in my own exploration of KWML. I have realized that I need to focus more on the Warrior and Lover archetypes and running this website isn’t serving that goal (this is largely Magician and King space).
I will fill you in with more details soon.
Thanks for your interest,
Eivind
I was surprised to find that the debate about the “Manifesto for Conscious Men” flared up again some days ago. It turned sour and many people displayed unflattering parts of their personalities. I chose to close the thread. I promised I would share something with you at the end of that thread, however, and I now give you a video with my last reflections on the debate.
I will disable comments for this thread. There are some of you who I don’t trust to keep things civilized when this is the topic and I’m not interested in starting another argument.
So this is it. Finished. Done.
Finally, watch the three first minutes of this video to really get the depth of fear of the masculine that powers much of this debate. It is not there without reason…
Here comes the video for the Magician archetype, this time in HD and featuring more illustrations and music.
Please share with us how the Magician archetype shows up in your life in the comments below.