Movies

[NAD]

Phone call I received yesterday:
"hey I'm bored, let's get high and watch Passion of the Christ!"
"do you have it?"
"nah, but we can rent it."
"I'm not putting money toward that shit."

So instead we drank whiskey and watched Boondock Saints. I love that movie.

 

[J.]

if you haven't seen it, how do you know it's shit? just curious. I haven't seen it, but I'll reserve my judgment for when I do.

 

[NAD]

True, and I'll probably watch it eventually. It's just a cause I don't support.

 

[J.]

what cause did the movie have?

 

[NAD]

You know, that whole Jesus thing? Not sure about other parts of the country but around here the movie was used as a beacon for Christians to rally 'round their faith and see how those nasty bad Jews and Romans treated their ancestors.

 

[J.]

Well I think that was mostly the churches using it as a tool for recruitment, not necessarily Gibson's or the production company's motive. Their motive was money.

 

[speed]

I have an interesting idea as to Mels rather vicious portayal of the physical suffering of christ. Ive been reading a history of Renaissance Florence called APril Blood by Lauro Martines, anyway back in the renaissance italian catholics believed the only way for a human to become closer to christ is to imitate the physical suffering of christ- thus the flagellation the overall brutality and love for blood that characteried the age. I know Mel Gibson is a huge FLorentine Renaissaince buff ( as he was in Florence one summer i was, and it was all over the papers), as well as a pre vatican II catholic. Thus, I think Gibson comes from this sect of Catholicism. If you remember any of his movies, his characters pain and suffering seems almost religious. Anyway, rambling thoughts from a reader of too many books.

 

[JayKeeley]

Mel Gibson's dad is an anti-dentite.

 

[NAD]

Ol' Gummy Joe Gibson eh?

 

[JayKeeley]

An argument between Kramer and Seinfeld regarding the latter's distaste towards dentists....

Kramer: "You know what you are Jerry?"
Seinfeld: "No, what?"
Kramer: "You're an anti-dentite!!"
Seinfeld: "I'm not an anti-dentite!"
Kramer: "You're a raving anti-dentite!!! Next you'll be saying that they should have their own schools."
Seinfeld: "They do have their own schools!"
Kramer: "You see!?"

 

[NAD]

Hahaha I've been watching a lot of Seinfeld lately, if sitcoms were still that good I'd watch a helluvalot more TV.

 

[spaffe]

I italian catholics believed the only way for a human to become closer to christ is to imitate the physical suffering of christ- thus the flagellation the overall brutality and love for blood that characteried the age. I know Mel Gibson is a huge FLorentine Renaissaince buff ( as he was in Florence one summer i was, and it was all over the papers), as well as a pre vatican II catholic. Thus, I think Gibson comes from this sect of Catholicism. If you remember any of his movies, his characters pain and suffering seems almost religious. Anyway, rambling thoughts from a reader of too many books.

hehe could be, what other movies has he directed? braveheart?

it's pretty odd that he chose to have such a focus on the physical pain and the torture, the main part of the last days of christ was (for normal christians that is) his resurection, so perhaps the reason was that "sect" you mentioned, pretty interesting, extreme religious societies are always fun

 

[J.]

Hahaha I've been watching a lot of Seinfeld lately, if sitcoms were still that good I'd watch a helluvalot more TV.

I watched a lot of the Seinfeld marathon on TBS yesterday, as well as the 9:30 and 11PM episodes. I love that show. The Puffy Shirt episode, "man hands", and the episode where the mechanic steals Jerry's car are among my favorites.

 

[Demilich]

Hahaha I've been watching a lot of Seinfeld lately, if sitcoms were still that good I'd watch a helluvalot more TV.

You speak the truth!

 

[NAD]

Haha, manhands, that one is so awesome. I just recently saw the thief mechanic where Numan and Kramer are going to Michigan to cash in on the $0.10 per can recycling (when I was 10 I thought about doing that too, haha).

 

[jimbobhickville]

Saints and Soldiers - might just be a local Utah release, but I think it was at some film festivals earlier. It's about a group of soldiers who get cut off behind German lines just before the battle of the bulge, but they have vital intelligence about the upcoming battle that they need to get back to HQ, so they try to sneak back past the Germans. One of the dudes was a Mormon, and so they talk about that a bit, but not in a preachy, in-your-face way, just as part of the story. So, that's why it was released wide here. Anyhoo, it was another good WW2 movie, and based on a true story.

 

[speed]

The interesting thing spaffe, is this was mainstream in the middle ages. I know some sects of catholicism still place most of the emphasis on ones endural of pain to become closer to Jesus.

 

[J.]

Haha, manhands, that one is so awesome. I just recently saw the thief mechanic where Numan and Kramer are going to Michigan to cash in on the $0.10 per can recycling (when I was 10 I thought about doing that too, haha).

That episode is so class, especially when Newman goes to that redneck house with the hot hick daughter, haha.

I also like the one where Jerry knocks that chicks toothbrush intot he toilet and doesn't tell her, while Kramer does that Adopt a Highway thing, and George wants to get his keys out from under the street. Classic episode.

I also like the non-fat yogurt episode. And the marble-rye episode, where Jerry steals the bread from that old lady. Classic, pure classic.

 

[NAD]

So many classic episodes. I love how the show for all intents and purposes is about NOTHING, but everything just ties in together for hilarious results.

The golfing / marine biologist one =

 

[J.]

"Is that a Titleist?" hahaha, great episode

one of my favorites:

"I'm George. I'm unemployed and live with my parents."
"I'm Victoria. Hi." (in seductive voice)

I love that episode where George does the complete opposite. THe ones that all tie together at the end are great.