About four years ago, upon recommendation from a colleague, I started reading the book, "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute but I couldn't finish it because it made me just too sad.
Tonight I watched the movie version starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. I kept hoping the the ending I had presumed to be tragic would have a different result in the movie. I'll let you know, it isn't any different. It's a good movie, and even a better book, but I'm giving you fair warning, it's sad, sad, sad! What can be more tragic to us than the end of the entire human race? Sorry to bum you out so early into the spring season but some ideas are just that somber.
