Posted on 02/18/2005 1:10:19 PM PST by mrustow
Know your movies.
I didn't know anything about the pro-euthanasia message in this film but made the conscious decision NOT to see it because any picture about women getting socked in the face for a living (even if it is willingly) does nothing for me.
Zip, zilch, nada!
Everyone should go see "Beyond the Sea". Now THAT is a good movie.
I wonder why that film hasn't gotten as much criticism.
"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you got to ask yourself one question... Do I feel lucky. Well, do ya punk?"
As for your claims to care so much about life, if that were true, you wouldn't work so hard to make other people's lives miserable.
You're as bad as the damned communists!
Neither is Million Dollar Baby. It's a drama. And a pretty good one, too.
BTW, movie hater, did you even see the movie you're bashing?
Hummm...I wonder haw many people who will read this and say "yah, you uptight busybodies need to get a life" were so level headed when it came to discussing Fahrenheit 911?
Maybe because it's from Spain and almost no one has seen it. Believe me, it's a beating. Although every character in the movie, except the main one, gave pro-life speeches and tried to stop him...including a paraplegic priest who was in worse condition than him.
Another movie hater. Did you even see the movie?
You didn't know that?
Father Horvak: Frankie, most people figure out by kindergarten that it's about faith.
Frankie: Is it sort of like snap, crackle, and pop, all rolled into one big box?
Gotta love those straw man debates in movies. Ever see a shamrock, Clint? Next St. Patrick's day, ponder how he explained the Trinity to the Irish.
HUH??? I'm just hoping you didn't do Film Studies in college. In any case, check out Propaganda in Nazi Germany for a thoughtful commentary on the role of films, some of them technically brilliant (and DRAMATIC) in shaping the consciousness of the Third Reich.
Ouch. So what, are these people incredibly attractive? I've never seen a movie with any of them in it, but I believe that Lopez and Affleck are big-name actors. They're so famous that I, culturally disconnected citizen, recognize their names.
Jennifer Lopez's fans will tell you that she is beautiful, and probably punch your lights out if you disagree, but I worked in The Bronx, and I had lots of Dominican students who were much prettier than her. I think she's just been playing the ethnic card. IOW, she's an affirmative action baby. And nasty! Her abuses of the "little people," like hotel clerks, are legendary.
Sean Combs isn't a bad-looking fellow, but Denzel Washington, he ain't. I think he came along at the right time, and was able to combine his middle-class background, ruthlessness (he caused the deaths of several young people at City College about 16 years ago, when he vastly oversold a performance he produced in a small venue, and people were trampled to death), and the desire of so many black folks to give their money to other blacks, regardless of the latter's talent.
But that leaves Ben Affleck. For him, you're going to need a Delphic Oracle, because his success is one of the great mysteries of the age. He ain't pretty, he doesn't claim to be gay, and I don't think he's that political. The only thing that comes to mind, is that he was friends with Matt Damon (who if you ask me, is a pretty homely cuss) when Damon had his breakthrough, with Good Will Hunting, and may have co-written the Academy Award-winning orginal screenplay to Will with him.
A few weeks ago, I caught about (second) half of Josey Wales. Liked what I saw. I also like the Italian westerns, Pale Rider (though it can't hold a candle to Shane), the two Dirty Harry movies I've seen, and I love Unforgiven.
Sorry, but I don't know how to post pics. Frankly, the whole process intimidates me.
This is the closest the reviewer appears to come to even hinting at the euthanasia plot twist.
P.S. Plenty of FReepers have criticized Eastwood for this movie.
I believe that's called being a good movie reviewer, who doesn't ruin movie lovers' viewing pleasure. Did you even bother seeing the flick, movie hater, or are you content to echo Michael and George?
Nothing in your letter suggests that you saw the movie, or reflected on it yourself, rather than merely spouting other people's talking points. Yet another movie hater.
Let me guess: You run the box office at the local Cineplex?
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