in other words march1 2018 9 Inside Our Films: The Hunted (2003) By Jim Bryson Memory is a funny thing. When I remember mov- ies that I watched when I was a kid I am remembering the experience I had at that age. This doesn’t mean that another viewing will result in the same encounter. A good ex- ample of this is if you were to go visit your childhood home as an adult and see that things have shrunk! Perhaps the grade school you attended shrunk in size by half when you visited with your own kids many years later. My experience re-watching The Hunted (2003) as an adult, after last see- ing it in my twenties, was very similar. I had such positive memories of this film! In fact, I’ve spent the last 10 years brag- ging to friends and acquaintances about how great a film The Hunted was. When I saw this movie in our local Vernonia Library I was very excited to re-watch it and tell you all about how wonderful a film it is! You might imagine my dis- appointment at finding that my memory has not served me well. The Hunted is an action/adven- ture film from director William Fried- kin, known for The French Connection (1971) and To Live and Die in LA (1985). The film stars Benicio Del Toro and Tommy Lee Jones and is set in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Silver Falls State Park. The premise of the story is that L.T. Bonham (Jones) is a retired civilian military trainer who taught hand to hand fighting and secretive intrusion to highly trained military operators (read, “Assas- sins”). After his retirement his star pupil, Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro), has lost the plot. He has done some terrible things in the name of the right cause and he has found the emotional cost terribly damaging. He has reached out to L.T. by letter and was ignored. Now he has gone rogue and the film starts with his murdering of several, shockingly, well equipped, hunters in the wilds of Oregon. With this murderous event the FBI contacts L.T. and he is brought in to hunt and capture his former stu- dent. What a great plot, right? Unfortunately, The Hunted isn’t a great film. There are issues with the way it was shot and there are a lot of potentially borrowed plot lines from films such as First Blood (1982), in particular. I really like the concept of the story and especially the idea of the deep and divided relationship between the two main characters. In short, its leading cast, including the head FBI agent played by Connie Nielsen, is excellent but somehow the film seems to fall short. In spite of those short-comings the last 15 minutes of this film make the whole viewing worth it. I actually went back and checked the time. The final confrontation be- tween these two amaz- ing actors may be set up poorly but the ending is still masterful filmmak- ing. The last scene is also why I think I remembered the movie so kindly over all these years. So, perhaps just like taking your kids to your childhood home, this movie may have disappointed me be- cause it wasn’t as great as I remembered but it is still worth revisiting. Besides, one still gets to see occasionally familiar glimpses of our beautiful Pacific North- west, as well as great performances from great actors. This, and quite a few other titles, can be found at your local Vernonia Library. Natural Path to Health: Winter Flues By Dr. Carol McIntyre I would like to talk to you about the flu. Why are we all getting more ill? There are many factors. Each year we all are exposed to many different viruses and bacteria. How those bacteria effect our systems depends on how we uphold our systems. We all need to keep our systems in order to fight off the pathogens. Everyone is encouraged to get vaccines. Practitioners are encouraged to have their patients get vaccines. There are arguments against getting vaccines such as contaminants and otherwise. 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