Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Finish watching StarDust. Such a great movie with a great effects...love Claire Danes as Yvaine :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

DVD Beaver review of The Bourne Ultimatum: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews34/bourne_ultimatum.htm :victory:

I was bored to death by My Blueberry Nights - a movie that fancies itself arty but is just without backbone.

ILll be watching The Golden Compass next. I am a huuuuuuge fan of the His Dark Materials Triology - love it much more than Harry Potter and Lotr. Hopefully itLs as good as the books. :fingerscrossed:

EstherM wrote:ILll be watching The Golden Compass next.

Having some controversy here in the States about the movie... From Christians. :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Having some controversy here in the States about the movie... From Christians. :headscratch:

Really? Why?

bmwracer wrote:
Having some controversy here in the States about the movie... From Christians. :headscratch:

DoesnLt surprise me although here in Europe Christians donLt care much... and itLs fiction, an intelligent fairytale, nothing more. These groups should worry more about global poverty or ecological stuff.

Wynter wrote:Really? Why?

I dunno.

I have no idea what the movie is about, but they're in a lather about it.


I remember when Raiders came out and there was some grousing about the story revolving around the Ark of the Covenant... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I dunno.

I have no idea what the movie is about, but they're in a lather about it.


I remember when Raiders came out and there was some grousing about the story revolving around the Ark of the Covenant... :sweat:

Ahhhh okies. I don't know what the movie is about either. Fanatics are whack.

Wynter wrote:Ahhhh okies. I don't know what the movie is about either. Fanatics are whack.

Wiki time.

>>zip...!<<

Wynter wrote:

Really? Why?

I guess because in books the traditional ideas of heaven, hell, angels, god and so on are abolished.

Wiki comes through yet again:

In October 2007, the Catholic League called for a boycott of the film due to perceived anti-Catholic themes in the source novels.

Details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Compass_%28film%29

Wynter,

I got a video called Creature Comforts America. It's stop-animation

That's an Aardman Animation production. Nick Park and Bob Baker.

I think those guys are fabulous. They're the same guys behind the "Wallace & Grommit" movies. (They do the Chevron commercials too.)

Re: the Christians making noise about a movie. I guess they're just trying to take over for the Catholics.

Once upon a time the Catholics used to put out their "BANNED!' list. Movies that Catholics could not see.

So automatically every Catholic kid in the country would rush out to see the movie.

Hollywood producers and money men used to celebrate whenever they got one of their movies on the "Banned" list.

bmwracer wrote:
Wiki time.

>>zip...!<<

lol I try not to rely on wiki all the time. ;)

bmwracer wrote:Wiki comes through yet again:

In October 2007, the Catholic League called for a boycott of the film due to perceived anti-Catholic themes in the source novels.

Details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Compass_%28film%29

Ahhhh okay, it's the Catholic church, not the Christians.

Geezer wrote:Wynter,

I got a video called Creature Comforts America. It's stop-animation

That's an Aardman Animation production. Nick Park and Bob Baker.

I think those guys are fabulous. They're the same guys behind the "Wallace & Grommit" movies. (They do the Chevron commercials too.)

They ARE fabulous. Creature Comforts was so hilarious. Brilliant idea behind it. My students got a kick out of it.

Re: the Christians making noise about a movie. I guess they're just trying to take over for the Catholics.

Nah, apparently it's still the Catholics. :shakehead:

Splitting hairs here, but Catholics are Christians too :P

Anime Dad wrote:Splitting hairs here, but Catholics are Christians too :P

Yub, they're just one of many Christian "sects" (aren't they the largest?) And aren't they the same who always cry about Life of Brian?

"I'm not the Messiah!"
"Only the true Messiah would deny this!"
"Alright, alright! I am the Messiah!"
"It's him! It's him!"
"And now F*** OFF!"
*awkward silence* "Where shall we f*** off to, master?"

But my favorite scene in that movie is:
"Romanes eunt domus... people called Romanes they go the house?"
"It- It says 'Romans go home'"
"No it doesn't!"
:rolly:


Now... movies... "Ore wa, Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shiniiku". I was extremely (and pleasently) surprised to see that Ishihara, that nationalist little bastard, managed to write such a story. Definitely a tearjerker, especially if you know one or two things about the Tokkotai (actual facts, not propaganda).

Anime Dad wrote:Splitting hairs here, but Catholics are Christians too :P

I don't believe that anymore, since they have different beliefs. I mean, Christians don't believe in the Pope, or in the Saints, and they don't worship Mother Mary.

The roots are the same, but they're the same for Islam AND for Judaism, yet we don't say that THEY'RE the same thing.

Hence, Catholics and Christians are different, but with the same roots.

Wynter wrote:I don't believe that anymore, since they have different beliefs. I mean, Christians don't believe in the Pope, or in the Saints, and they don't worship Mother Mary.

The roots are the same, but they're the same for Islam AND for Judaism, yet we don't say that THEY'RE the same thing.

Hence, Catholics and Christians are different, but with the same roots.

I know a lot of Catholics who would object (since they consider themselves to be Christians). Not me, I'm none of them.

Takekaze wrote:
I know a lot of Catholics who would object (since they consider themselves to be Christians). Not me, I'm none of them.

I've never met one who would object, but I'm sure they exist. :)

Wynter wrote:Ahhhh okay, it's the Catholic church, not the Christians.

So it's less significant?

bmwracer wrote:
So it's less significant?

Eh? Obviously not!