Recently watched 21, Becoming Jane, Rashomon, and Rear Window.
Some pretty good stuff.
What Movies are you Watching?
I just finished watching Big Fish directed by Tim Burton. It was fascinating to see Tim Burton drop his usual cinematic style of Gothic Expressionism to employ the violent bright shades of the older German Expressionism. The style was well employed in a film that looks at the prospects and perils of the American dream through the lense of a teller of tall tales. It reminded me a lot of an old pastor I used to know before it became prudent to move on to another church. I'm thinking about giving it to him in gratitude for the years I spent at that church. The film seemed remarkably personal to both Burton and I as they involve coming to terms with the older generation in all its glories and failings. On that note, I'll now respond to some of posts written to me.
If anyone ever asks me who my favorite director is, I always respond that its an even match between Tim Burton, Jim Henson, and Hayao Miyazaki. These three directors have each discovered a certain special cinematic niche that only they are qualified to fulfill. If anyone wishes, I can share some of my thoughts on what makes each of these directors so special. On the other hand, this means that each director is irreplacable. Tim Burton is not the new Jim Henson. Tim Burton is Tim Burton and Jim Henson was/is (perhaps he continues his art in heaven) Jim Henson. Even so, Tim Burton's sheer creative potential manifested from early on and continues to do so. Therefore, I happily endorse Burton's work and look forward to whatever he has in store for us.
Now, as to A Scanner Darkly, knowing some of your own tastes in movies, I can see no reason you shouldn't watch it. Its a much different sort of Cyberpunk fim from movies like Blade Runner or Renaissance, though. So don't bring in expectations from those movies and you should be fine.
Scarecrow wrote:Yea, Jim Henson was fantastic. I'm still waiting for a director to be as experimental and imaginative as him but no one has really taken the risk and stepped up to the plate.
GrubbTheFragger (post: 1215370) wrote:I still need to watch scanner Darkly heard alot of good things about it. Anyways watched The mist the other night. Love the two disc set with a black and white version of the movie that was the directors vision. Also concerning someone steping up to the plate after Jim hensen i think Tim Burton is the next jim hensen or soon will be. He is the most daring film maker i can think of off hand except and this one is very close the director of Hellboy, and pans labyrinth comes very very close with the costumes and stuff.
If anyone ever asks me who my favorite director is, I always respond that its an even match between Tim Burton, Jim Henson, and Hayao Miyazaki. These three directors have each discovered a certain special cinematic niche that only they are qualified to fulfill. If anyone wishes, I can share some of my thoughts on what makes each of these directors so special. On the other hand, this means that each director is irreplacable. Tim Burton is not the new Jim Henson. Tim Burton is Tim Burton and Jim Henson was/is (perhaps he continues his art in heaven) Jim Henson. Even so, Tim Burton's sheer creative potential manifested from early on and continues to do so. Therefore, I happily endorse Burton's work and look forward to whatever he has in store for us.
Now, as to A Scanner Darkly, knowing some of your own tastes in movies, I can see no reason you shouldn't watch it. Its a much different sort of Cyberpunk fim from movies like Blade Runner or Renaissance, though. So don't bring in expectations from those movies and you should be fine.
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Tonight I was in the mood for some of my favorite movies, so I watched Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal and Nosferatu The Vampyre. They went together quite well thematically and cinematically.
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watched Infernal Affairs again two days ago. such an awesome movie. the ending is somewhat interesting. not what i expected.
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"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
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Disney's Aladdin. Possibly my favorite Disney movie ever; the best love song I've ever heard is "A Whole New World."
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"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
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I started watching Disney's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame yesterday...I forgot how good it is. Esmeralda rox!
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Just saw Michael Clayton!
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Amzi Live (post: 1216386) wrote:Just saw Michael Clayton!
excellent if not a really slow movie
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Watched part of Pride and prejudice with my girlfriend and was quiet simply bored. Then i went home and watched Boondock saints and I still keep that movie at my top 5 of all time list. Sooo good.
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Pride and Prejudice?....Boring? Was it the Kierra Knightly version or the AMC series? The AMC one is freaking hilarious....Sarcasm was as great an art then, as it is now....
Anywho, just watched Henry V last night....Let's just say it was like watching an actual Shakespeare play, just not a stage and with great cinematography.....It took a good hour before I could figure out what all the ruckus was about, but then I started liking it.....
Would definetly recomend to anyone who loves Shakespeare or has the patience for his plays......
Anywho, just watched Henry V last night....Let's just say it was like watching an actual Shakespeare play, just not a stage and with great cinematography.....It took a good hour before I could figure out what all the ruckus was about, but then I started liking it.....
Would definetly recomend to anyone who loves Shakespeare or has the patience for his plays......
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Danderson (post: 1218049) wrote:Pride and Prejudice?....Boring? Was it the Kierra Knightly version or the AMC series? The AMC one is freaking hilarious....Sarcasm was as great an art then, as it is now....
Anywho, just watched Henry V last night....Let's just say it was like watching an actual Shakespeare play, just not a stage and with great cinematography.....It took a good hour before I could figure out what all the ruckus was about, but then I started liking it.....
Would definetly recomend to anyone who loves Shakespeare or has the patience for his plays......
I watched the new version. I am sorry it bored me becuase its just my type of movie. Nothing wrong with it. It has probably some of the most beautiful shots i have ever seen in a movie. Very well done from the artistic stand point and even some of the camera angles were good. I am just not one to watch slow romance movies XD
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Watched two interesting movies tonight -
Next with Nicholas Cage....Interesting plot and effects, but the ending while suprising lacked satisfaction....
Then I saw August Rush....Amazingly well done story....sad at times, but very moving and amazing to watch, especially as a musician myself....The kid was a freaking prodigy!!! I recomend this to any musician.....
Next with Nicholas Cage....Interesting plot and effects, but the ending while suprising lacked satisfaction....
Then I saw August Rush....Amazingly well done story....sad at times, but very moving and amazing to watch, especially as a musician myself....The kid was a freaking prodigy!!! I recomend this to any musician.....
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Just saw Fellini's "8 1/2."
...Wow. Maybe I'm just stupid and uncultured, but I really couldn't stand it. It was hugely pretentious, and the symbolism was blatant and in-your-face to the point of aggravation. Some of the surreal scenes were really beautiful, but others were just like "OK, we get it, you angst a lot and you hate yourself. MOVE ON, FELLINI." I swear, anyone makes some surreal autobiographical art film full of cheap symbolism and it will be a considered a classic just because it's avant-garde and angsty >_>;
...Wow. Maybe I'm just stupid and uncultured, but I really couldn't stand it. It was hugely pretentious, and the symbolism was blatant and in-your-face to the point of aggravation. Some of the surreal scenes were really beautiful, but others were just like "OK, we get it, you angst a lot and you hate yourself. MOVE ON, FELLINI." I swear, anyone makes some surreal autobiographical art film full of cheap symbolism and it will be a considered a classic just because it's avant-garde and angsty >_>;
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Watched Al Pachino's new movie 88 minutes.One of the better thrillers i have seen in a bit.
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Without digging up the argument that ensued in another thread, my wife and I went to see Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed last night. I highly recommend it to everyone and will do so to my congregation tomorrow.
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Transformers, still love it XD. And Juno, best comedy of the year
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watched Forbidden Kingdom yesterday night. somewhat disappointed. the fight scenes were quite good. however, the movie's cheesiness, predictability, and anti-climatic ending made the movie a not-so-fun experience...
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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Really?
My brothers and my Mom are all excited to see it Monday, wait a sec, thats tomorrow. O_O
And they are all excited and I am not. I don't feel the need to see it. I am thinking of asking my mom to let me see something else while they watch that....like.....*thinks*Speed racer? DAW! it aint out yet. ;_:
I might end up watching Horton hears a who.
My brothers and my Mom are all excited to see it Monday, wait a sec, thats tomorrow. O_O
And they are all excited and I am not. I don't feel the need to see it. I am thinking of asking my mom to let me see something else while they watch that....like.....*thinks*Speed racer? DAW! it aint out yet. ;_:
I might end up watching Horton hears a who.
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I saw Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed on Friday. All I have to say is that before you believe any claims about it, see it for yourself.
It was unbiased and presented evenly both sides through most of the movie. I think it's worth seeing if you haven't.
Before you say anything about the movie, see it. Then you can say something. I just don't feel you can have an adequate and justified opinion about something until you check it out for yourself. (Ex: Harry Potter --lots of Christians/church people said it's evil, but never read/watched it for themselves. )
It was unbiased and presented evenly both sides through most of the movie. I think it's worth seeing if you haven't.
Before you say anything about the movie, see it. Then you can say something. I just don't feel you can have an adequate and justified opinion about something until you check it out for yourself. (Ex: Harry Potter --lots of Christians/church people said it's evil, but never read/watched it for themselves. )
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I saw "Expelled" a couple of nights ago. Recently at home, I've been watching classic Godzilla movies. The one where they bring Godzilla and Rodan to Planet X.....that's just too funny.
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The City of Lost Children.
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OH MY GOD SOMEONE PLEASE RIP MY BRAIN OUT AND REPLACE IT. I seriously lost 10 years of my life watching that movie. I won't be able to sleep tonight.
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OH MY GOD SOMEONE PLEASE RIP MY BRAIN OUT AND REPLACE IT. I seriously lost 10 years of my life watching that movie. I won't be able to sleep tonight.
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Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart. Oh my goodness the actor Reynolds is so hot 
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watched Bourne Supremacy yesterday night w/ my dad.
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- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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GhostontheNet (post: 1215714) wrote: It was fascinating to see Tim Burton drop his usual cinematic style of Gothic Expressionism to employ the violent bright shades of the older German Expressionism.
Someone else who knows about German expressionism! Have you seen Metropolis? I want to see it really bad!
GhostontheNet (post: 1220105) wrote:Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Oddly enough, that's the last MST I watched too. XD And I was listening to the our common music interests today. Weird how that works out.
Just finished watching Cloverfield. I applaud it for not being totally predictable or falling into cliches, but I wish the CGI had been more convincing.
[color="Red"]As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. - Proverbs 23:7[/color]
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Robin: "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything."
Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
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Robin: "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything."
Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
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Tonight I watched Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell. Its nice to have another Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher in my collection.
Yep, I'm fairly familiar with Expressionist art, cinema, and even music. In fact, I just recently used Christ's Entry Into Brussels by James Ensor for the Powerpoint of a sermon titled "Jesus: Mascot or King" at my church. I have indeed seen Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang - its one of my favorite movies. There are so many classic scenes in that movie, its just incredible. Not to mention, there are so many references to that movie all over cinema its just mind-boggling. It you pay attention to it, your understanding of the real meaning of a lot of Horror and Science Fiction symbolism takes leaps and bounds when you realize it began right in this movie.Doubleshadow (post: 1220267) wrote:Someone else who knows about German expressionism! Have you seen Metropolis? I want to see it really bad!
Well, as they say "Great minds think alike." I really liked Raul Julia's performance in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. He was like a wild animal filled with passion let loose on a boring dystopia. It was quite charming. Our common musical interests run deeper than you know. If you ask me, I say you should bite the bullet and purchase some Gothic/Darkwave CDs. Half of your favorite musicians are/were either directly involved in that music scene or were strongly influenced by it anyways.Oddly enough, that's the last MST I watched too. XD And I was listening to the our common music interests today. Weird how that works out.
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I last watched Miss Potter, a movie about the life of Beatrix Potter. It was really good, funny and emotional. Plus, it had Ewan McGregor, so I was happy XD
You can find out things about the past that you never knew. And from what you've learned, you may see some things differently in the present. You're the one that changes. Not the past.
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
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