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Sandler of the Colossus

Have we talked about this in class yet? Does it already seem passe and cliche before we even start?

A month or two back I was seeing The Departed, or something, and saw the trailer for Reign Over Me, which has Adam Sandler playing a guy who loses his family in 9/11 and catches up with old pal Don Cheadle. I wasn’t paying that much attention in the theater because I’m not quite that interested in these kinds of dramedy films, until I noticed that the movie apparently included Shadow of the Colossus as a bonding experience between the two leads. I managed to track down an article about the game’s inclusion a little while ago, but lazily forgot to post it until now. For some reason I think we’ve already covered this, but just in case…

Here’s the link.