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To: ksen
Wow, has anyone here discussed the following? Each remarkable, for very different reasons:

AWFUL REVIEW OF TTT BY AN IDIOT AT MSNBC

"What a creepy death kit this big movie is....This epic kitsch is cousin to the paintings of Thomas Kinkade and countless comic books. Imagine Tennyson’s Arthurian saga bloated to a theme park."

He's obviously never read the books. Why the heck is he reviewing the movie?

TOUCHING MEDITATION ON HOW TTT SPEAKS TO OUR CURRENT WAR

"Both the author and his cinematic interpreter inspire the LOTR audiences to stand firm in defense of our civilization, despite its flaws, without rewarding them with a sense of unearned triumphalism. There is far too much at stake for that: only the souls of individuals, and the soul of Western civilization."

460 posted on 12/18/2002 8:54:52 AM PST by Wordsmith
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To: Wordsmith
"Unearned triumphalism" really now.

There's nothing unearned about it.

Name another human civilization as successful as ours.

His guilt is getting the better of him - better ship him off to the New York Times.

463 posted on 12/18/2002 8:59:21 AM PST by The Iguana
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To: Wordsmith
Never mind that - i didn't read that correctly.

Send the first idiot to the Times.

464 posted on 12/18/2002 9:00:07 AM PST by The Iguana
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To: Wordsmith
You're right Word, the first guy was an idiot. I liked Dreher's review though.
473 posted on 12/18/2002 9:11:38 AM PST by ksen
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