Posted on 01/31/2008 6:40:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
What do monks, kites, unwanted pregnancies, a 19th century abolitionist, and a young man with a life-sized inflatable doll have in common? They're all in movies that we've deemed the ten most redeeming films of 2007. posted 01/29/08
First off, what do we mean by "redeeming" films? They're all stories of redemption—sometimes blatantly, sometimes less so. Several of them literally have a character that represents a redeemer; all of them have characters who experience redemption to some degree—some quite clearly, some more subtly. Some are "feel-good" movies that leave a smile on your face; some are a bit more uncomfortable to watch. But the redemptive element is there in all of these films.
It's interesting to note that six of our ten choices are all based on true stories. Maybe that just goes to show that some of the best redemptive stories—at least the ones that move us the most—are those that are really true. And so, our list:
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You’re giving moeny to someone like them anytime you see any movie these days.
I know I was kidding. Sorry if it did not sound like that.
That site you link to carries a very eccentric definition of contemplative prayer, using sixties oddities and personalities to discredit an ancient Christian way of life. While people try to pass off “centering prayer” and transcendental meditation as the contemplative life, they are often misrepresenting the practice. That site takes the misrepresentations at face value, and it should not lump them in with an understanding of true contemplation.
I know that but how come its only black themed films that have these grammatical gaffs in the titles?
It’s like Mark Twain writing in dialect. ‘Puddn’head Wilson’ and so forth.
I see your point.It just irks me sometimes how partonizing the cool hip white liberals are when it comes to black youth.
I see it all the time in the public schools.”Oh,Tamika just called Deandre a punk ass MF.Those people speak so charmingly quaint”.
Makes me sort of understand why some of these black nationalist types want all black schools.
Just keepin’ it real.
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