— 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.
— Quintus & Maximus, Gladiator (2000)Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
— 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!
— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
— 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.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
— Parry, The Fisher King (1991)I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!
— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.
— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
— 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.
— 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!
— 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.
— 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.
— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.
— 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.
— Jack Lucas, The Fisher King (1991)I'm hearing horses! Parry will be so pleased!
— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.
— 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.
— 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.
— 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.
— Quintus & Maximus, Gladiator (2000)Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
— 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!
— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
— 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.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
— Parry, The Fisher King (1991)I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!
— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.
— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
— 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.
— 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!
— 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.
— 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.
— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.
— 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.
— Jack Lucas, The Fisher King (1991)I'm hearing horses! Parry will be so pleased!
— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.
— 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.
— 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.
— 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.
Two days ago, I started my No Woman Diet with the Authentic Man Program. It will last six weeks and I have shut down all of my contact in social media channels for as long as the program lasts. This site will be my only place for reaching out to the world. I will probably blog about my experiences from time to time.
This diet is important for me and I’m excited and fired up to finally do a program with the AMP guys.
I just caught Iron Man 2 at the movie theatre. I thought it was entertaining. Not significant enough to write a full piece on, but with some relevant reflections from it fresh in my mind, I figured I’d jot them down.
Tony Stark is clearly a very troubled, albeit charismatic man. He has a very distracted, boyish consciousness, seen in one scene to be totally put off his balance by a rotating windmill-like desk decoration. He is incapable of listening to others with presence and seems unable to feel deeply into them, being so emotionally armored (for which I see his Iron suit as a perfect metaphor).
The reason for this, as is explained pretty well in one scene, is clearly that he did not have a close relationship with has father. He never felt his dad’s acceptance or love as a child and now he is compensating. When he hits rock bottom during the movie, the revelation through a video clip that his father loved him more than anything else in the world gives him the strength to move on.
Damned shame the dad didn’t just tell him, instead of creating a bloody film roll to be discovered 20 years after his death.
The villain Ivan Vanko’s main problem in life is exactly the same – a difficult relationship with his father, whom is seen to die at the beginning of the movie.
Iron Man 2 is hardly a movie about the father son relationship, and yet both the hero and the villain are characters defined by it. I thought that was noteworthy enough to mention before going to bed.
Now here’s a little update for you. Masculinity Movies LIVE is drawing ever closer and I’ve been talking to many people about it and putting up some posters. Excitement is building among a small group of engaged men and I have the feeling that it’s going to be a great night. As I feel into what this means to me, I realize it is an evening of great personal significance. The launch event back in June of last year was important, but MM LIVE is a more authentic expression of my own personal vision. To gather a group of men who meet as equals, brothers who pool their resources to make the sum greater than its parts; this is the way forward for men. We have been hiding in isolation for too long, talking about things we don’t really care about because we are too afraid to be authentic.
The time for that has passed! So here’s to keeping it real. The end to bullshit! I look forward to May 14.
Join me there if you can… (Invitation)
Eivind
Hi guys. I must admit I’m not putting nearly as much time into this website as I would like to, but I think that’s partly due to the fact that the traffic isn’t really taking off. I’m averaging around 20 visitors every day. Some of my more avid readers tell me they love the information here so much they are willing to pay for it, but somehow most people don’t seem to come back. Granted, this is pretty high level stuff in many ways and not so easily accessible to the uninitiated I suppose. At least that’s what my fans tell me.
That being said, I think there IS a way to make this information more accessible. I have some ideas on how to make that happen, but I would love to hear yours. I want this site to make an impact. I want it to help people! Help me reach my goal. Come out of the woodwork and make your voice heard.
Please!
Thanks 🙂
Here’s a little teaser for those of you who read this blog. If you are on the newsletter, you will know that plans are in motion to start local screenings of movies in Oslo under the Masculinity Movies umbrella. It will most likely happen at Paramita meditation center in early May.
My somewhat ambitious hope is that we will be twenty men on the Friday in question. We will watch the film, have open dialogue and male bonding before we hit a bar or club, or whatever else the gang desires.
The question is of course – what shall we watch? I just received my top candidate in the mail and wanted you to see for yourself so you can share my excitement :-). I’m really inspired by what little I have heard of this Good Men Project and look forward to watching the movie and reading the book.
I hope to see you there! I have no doubt it will be worth it.