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DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: shmokes on November 25, 2011, 10:30:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on November 24, 2011, 02:20:59 pm ---You really dont get it do you?
People judging films they have not seen, and judging religions they know absolutely nothing about, and then having the blind ignorance to call others hypocritical are no doubt the clear definition of lost.

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The idea that it's somehow foolish or unfair to judge a film having not seen it is intuitively appealing. But, of course, you do it all the time. Look at the movie poster for the new Adam Sandler movie, Jack and Jill. Or how about the new Twilight movie? Ya been to see that yet? Have you sampled the latest offerings on Nickelodeon or the Lifetime channel? There's simply no way to sample every single thing in life. You have to make choices. That doesn't mean that you have to just close your eyes and point or do a little eeny-meeny-miney-moe. You make educated prejudgments about movies. Obviously a movie sometimes defies the odds and ends up surprising you (in one direction or the other). But generally speaking, I find that I usually like movies that I expected to like and dislike movies that I expected to be crap. And before you grab onto that, keep in mind that it's unlikely that I would like a movie because I expected to like it. If anything, the opposite is true. I'm much more likely to end up disliking an otherwise passable movie because I expected it to be excellent.



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I was just saying that before you tell everyone how bad a movie is, you should have seen it first.

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on November 26, 2011, 02:12:52 am ---Just for the record, I was raised a Babtist and my grandma would probably knock the taste out of anyone's mouth who accused me of being ignorant to Christianity.  Rejecting parts or all of a religion and being ignorant of a religion are not the same thing. 

My only crime is being too smart to see a film that is obviously exploiting people's obsession with a religious figure to make money for what it is.  If it were truely a moving, religious film, Mel, being the saint that he is, wouldn't have charged you to see it.  If you were moved by it anyway then you were simply one of his "marks".  Beware of false prophets my children, beware of false profits.   

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I wasnt talking about the movie, I was talking about why Christ had to die, and you should already know that, if you paid attention in Sunday school.
As for the movie, I liked it, but it wasnt 100% Biblical. As far as movies about Christ, I much prefer "Jesus of Nazareth", which I think was a mini series on TV a few years back.

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on November 26, 2011, 02:12:52 am ---Just for the record, I was raised a Baptist and my grandma would probably knock the taste out of anyone's mouth who accused me of being ignorant to Christianity.  Rejecting parts or all of a religion and being ignorant of a religion are not the same thing. 

My only crime is being too smart to see a film that is obviously exploiting people's obsession with a religious figure to make money for what it is.  If it were truly a moving, religious film, Mel, being the saint that he is, wouldn't have charged you to see it.  If you were moved by it anyway then you were simply one of his "marks".  Beware of false prophets my children, beware of false profits   



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 Fixt.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on November 26, 2011, 08:48:02 am --- I much prefer "Jesus of Nazareth"

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I can't make any statement I'd be willing to defend about that movie, but as a kid (and Christian), I liked it. It's been like 15-20 years since I've seen it, though.

But seriously, Last Temptation of Christ is a good movie. Also, I don't understand what the fuss was about. I think it was perfectly respectful to the religion, certainly moreso than, ya know, American Pie or Mission Impossible (or fill in just about any typical modern media).

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