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Old 08-29-2017, 02:08 PM   #20081 (permalink)
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I have no problem with graphic violence so long as it serves the plot.
Like in "I Saw the Devil". The graphic violence was necessary for that movie to have 100% full sensory impact.
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Old 08-29-2017, 02:40 PM   #20082 (permalink)
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At least I'm using something the system recognises. Which smiley I use is my choice and doesn't change anything for anyone. It had to take Batty longer to write, asterisk and then bold the two "spoilers" than it would have for him to simply click the spoiler tag and write a note. I really don't give a ****, I'm just arguing to be a ****, but I do wonder what his thought processes were when it took longer to do it the way he did? I thought he was a lazy ****er.
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the Passion of the Christ. Exactly two hours of Jim Caviezel groaning and pretending to bleed a lot. Surprisingly little story. Even most of the symbolism won't make a lick of sense if you haven't read the Bible or heard the stories. Satan is in the movie, for example, but his presence makes zero sense, changes nothing and means nothing if seen only inside the context of what the movie presents us with. As such, the movie is 100% preaching to the choir. You're not supposed to watch it if you don't already know the New Testament in and out. I'm not religious, but I still find theology interesting. This movie has nothing on Cecil B. Demille's Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments - two movies that I enjoyed very, very much. Those movies work outside the confines of an already devout Christian mind, Passion of the Christ does not.
Watch The Last Temptation of Christ; far superior movie.
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Torture Porn disguised as something significant.
Indeed. One reason why I won't watch it. Also, I don't speak ancient Aramaic.
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Mind you, you have to admire the stance the Church took on the movie. When asked what he thought of it, Pope JP II said "It is what it is". Huh? Nice and clear condemnation/endorsement there, JP! Typical ****ing Church!
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Watch The Last Temptation of Christ; far superior movie.
Willem Dafoe and Harvey Keitel? I'll get right on that!

And it's even by Scorsese. Incredible that I've never heard of it.
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Willem Dafoe and Harvey Keitel? I'll get right on that!

And it's even by Scorsese. Incredible that I've never heard of it.
It's totally brilliant. Keitel is a bit useless, Dafoe is good but not great, but the idea in the movie is just stunning.
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Mind you, you have to admire the stance the Church took on the movie. When asked what he thought of it, Pope JP II said "It is what it is". Huh? Nice and clear condemnation/endorsement there, JP! Typical ****ing Church!
Why should they be expected to do either of those things?
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It's totally brilliant. Keitel is a bit useless, Dafoe is good but not great, but the idea in the movie is just stunning.
I'm not even sure why I like both of those actors so much. Dafoe probably for Platoon. Keitel, maybe mostly for Bad Lieutenant.
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Why should they be expected to do either of those things?
welllllll ... considering a lot of Christians were probably conflicted as to whether to watch it or not - would it be a sin, watching Christ get tortured, or was it their Christian duty to understand what He suffered for them? - I think the Church really dodged coming out either in favour of or against the movie, and I think Christians were expecting a decision from el Papa. I wasn't, but I was mildly interested in how they would react, and to just shrug was, to me, a total cop-out. Not that I'm surprised, as I say.
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