a man for all seasons is the best film i have seen. if you care for manly things, you should do yourself a favour and view it. thomas more knows what he is and what he lives for; his strong sense of what is important in life guides you through the story. he is no fickle wuss either; he stays firm to what his conscience tells him and he perseveres in honoring what he loves even unto death. now that is manly behaviour; worthy of all commendation.
i saw a film last night with vic and ramone --- i should say i was tricked into seeing a movie last night by vic and ramone (i had wanted to see king kong battle it out) --- however that may be, i had to sit through a brutual chick flick called the family stone. don't see it; my butt was aching as i watched it just from shifting around on my seat so much out boredom. it is the anti-thesis of a man for all seasons. no one knows who they are or what they stand for. it is a movie about wasted lives. oh, it is supposed to get the tears flowing...the way it does so is by appealing to either superficial liberal platitudes or to superficial romance. the drawn out scene of the bus leaving...going...going...going..may be stopping???...no, going....going...won't it stop?....going ...going....(of course it will stop)....but some more of it going...going...and then, voila! it stops and she gets out to smooooooch! ah so original i didn't see that sentimental scene:) again, don't see the family stone: find a copy of Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons instead.
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We were under some severe time constraints and this was the only film we could see;
But, I agree with Thomas is was not worth the $. It was a confused movie with confused characters...
If you separate the acting from the story... you felt the discomfort at particular family scenes... but ultimately you were left with a falsehood. Family over everything...no God at all.
I thought we agreed, thomas, that it was kurt's fault for being on graveyard shift!
believe me, I would much rather have seen King Kong.
I love a well done 'chick-flick', and each genre has its stars, but this wasn't one.
the movie had its own identity crisis, like each character.
it had no idea what it was trying to say.
Now, the matriarch theme could have been built upon.
"One True Thing" is a really good movie about the role (unbeknownst, though it may be at times) of the mama within the family.
It's a great film about a strong woman who sacrifices herself for her family, but allows them to hold their superiority complexes over her, as they delegate her to her quaint 'martha stewart-perfect-pta-mom' role.
In the end, they realize that she was the strength in their family, she was the linchpin. But she never demanded accolades for it. She just did it because they were her family and she loved them.
I have to buy that movie. I love it.
It speaks to me as a woman and a mother and a wife.
and we are in complete agreement about the family stone.
don't bother. it's not even a rental.
yes, vic, i think that is correct: it IS the krut_meister's responsibility that we had to see those two sodomites adopt a baby; somehow the perversity just isn't relayed...they seemed to want to normalize it.
ps: didn't receive the email invite for gmail yet, did you send it to kurt's address or mine?
yours. i also sent kurt an invite...he can decide whether it is manly enough for him:)
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