Coming Home...

The film Coming Home by Hal Ashby had an amazing soundtrack. Period. Not only was the music from all the big names during the late 60s and 70s but they also all had a message. A message about what was happening within our country, the Vietnam War, and the rest of the world. Not only did it have its message about the war but also Mr. Ashby; who I now consider a genius, was able to fit these message-infested songs into the context of the story. He applied the songs to fit with what was going on in the story and not necessarily with the war (although still a driving factor within the story). He was able to take songs that had a message of their own, continue that message but also create his own message with what was happening immediately within the story and the characters.

It was good to see Jon Voight in a good role, and doing a great job at it (and driving a hella-tight Stang) Although I can’t help but to think on how he got injured in “Nam” was from a 50ft Anaconda swallowing him whole, spitting him back out, and crushing the hell out of his spine leaving him paralyzed. That whole shrapnel story is a cover up….

**Funn fact: in 1998 Jon Voight not only received a Razzie Award (whatever the hell that is) for worst actor in Anaconda, but also received Worst Screen Couple, which was him and the Animatronic Anaconda….