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Unbelievable all the fuss over this.

Hey, folks:

(a) It's just a work of fiction

(b) It's just a movie.

Thanks, folks, for your attention. Enjoy the buffet.

15 posted on 05/12/2006 12:30:56 AM PDT by JennysCool ("I simply do not remember getting out of bed.")

Just a movie? Just a movie!

Was Pauly Shore's Son-in-Law just a movie?
Was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, just a movie?
Was Dude, Where's My Car just a movie?

16 posted on 05/12/2006 12:35:09 AM PDT by durasell (!)

"Enjoy the buffet"

But don't eat the shrimp.

18 posted on 05/12/2006 12:46:22 AM PDT by Mongeaux (''I would sooner be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone directory," W.F. Buckley)

Without getting into the debate specifically on this film, it was not enough to say of any movie " It's just a work of fiction ". Lots of folks who'll see the Da Vinci Code will leave the theater saying "I believe that could be true" or just assume it's an accurate portrayal of reality.

My best friend's son, a smart kid was maybe a sophomore in high school at the time, said that the Tom Hanks movie The Terminal was a "true story" one night. I couldn't believe it, because I thought the film was very implausible. So the next day I looked it up. It was based on actual events, but they happened in France, not the U.S., under entirely different circumstances. But for this young man what the film said about the U.S. government was real.

Movies are almost never just entertainment. They always have a message, if the makers are striving to make "art" in any shape of fashion.

29 posted on 05/12/2006 5:47:01 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie

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