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Kingdom of Heaven
May. 11th, 2005 08:36 amI took Ariel to see Kingdom of Heaven yesterday so she could get her Orlando Bloom fix. It was much better than I expected from the film. It sure has had me thinking about the Crusades. My longer review with possible spoilers is behind the cut.
Ariel found out that one of her school chums had died the day before due to head injuries sustained after being hit by a car. Raquel had been crossing the street with a couple of other people against the light and was hit. This was a group of middle school kids and a couple of high school kids on their way to McDonalds and they made the choice to try to cross a busy service road for a local highway to get to the Mickey D’s. They made the bad choice to cross below the crosswalk and against the light. About 15 feet from where the accident occurred is a crosswalk with a pedestrian light to cross safely. A little more walking and some patience and I would not be writing about this. The kids who were with her have to live with what happened for the rest of their life.
Raquel was in sixth grade. She participated in school activities and was a good student. Ariel said she was a good kid. She was in the school play that Ariel had the lead in. She probably wore one of the aprons I made for the chorus. Who knows what she might have become. She died Monday afternoon after she was taken off life support since she was brain dead due to trauma.
Ariel wants to go to synagogue on Friday to say the mourner’s caddish for her friend. One of Ariel’s buddies was raising money for flowers for Raquel now her goal is to raise $500.00 for the insurance deductible for Raquel’s parents. As of this morning she has reached that goal. The principle is going to give the money to the family on behalf of Raquel’s school friends. None of this should be necessary but for a bunch of wrong impulsive decisions.
( ”Kingdom_of_Heaven_Review_Tons_of_Spoilers )
I am grateful for movies that make me think.
Ariel found out that one of her school chums had died the day before due to head injuries sustained after being hit by a car. Raquel had been crossing the street with a couple of other people against the light and was hit. This was a group of middle school kids and a couple of high school kids on their way to McDonalds and they made the choice to try to cross a busy service road for a local highway to get to the Mickey D’s. They made the bad choice to cross below the crosswalk and against the light. About 15 feet from where the accident occurred is a crosswalk with a pedestrian light to cross safely. A little more walking and some patience and I would not be writing about this. The kids who were with her have to live with what happened for the rest of their life.
Raquel was in sixth grade. She participated in school activities and was a good student. Ariel said she was a good kid. She was in the school play that Ariel had the lead in. She probably wore one of the aprons I made for the chorus. Who knows what she might have become. She died Monday afternoon after she was taken off life support since she was brain dead due to trauma.
Ariel wants to go to synagogue on Friday to say the mourner’s caddish for her friend. One of Ariel’s buddies was raising money for flowers for Raquel now her goal is to raise $500.00 for the insurance deductible for Raquel’s parents. As of this morning she has reached that goal. The principle is going to give the money to the family on behalf of Raquel’s school friends. None of this should be necessary but for a bunch of wrong impulsive decisions.
( ”Kingdom_of_Heaven_Review_Tons_of_Spoilers )
I am grateful for movies that make me think.
