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Offline J_A_B

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« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2004, 06:55:51 PM »
Well, when you spend your life watching movies, including but not limited to such habits as watching "Citizen Kane" frame-by-frame, do you really expect these individuals to retain "normal" tastes?


Most of the public does not watch several hundred movies per year, so what seems "old" and "boring" to the critics can and will seem "entertaining" to most of us.   I imagine that is why F/911 gets such good reviews--not because of its political agenda so much as because when you watch movie after movie after movie all year long, it's something different .

Certainly there are SOME critics with political motivations, but I can't imagine ALL of them are motivated by politics.  It's just different than what they're used to, so they liked it.

Personally?

I assume that like any movie made "for today", it will be entirely forgotten 20 years from now.

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« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2004, 07:04:41 PM »
Both were Propaganda! Nothing less...
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Offline Eagler

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« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2004, 07:17:51 PM »
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So now it's:
CHRISTIANS VS. LIBERALS!!!
Sunday! SUNDAY!! SUNDAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!
This weekend only, limited engagement only!


take it easy chairboy before you bust a band ... LOL

now someone tell me again that the left is not leading this country down the toilet...
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« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2004, 07:18:52 PM »
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Both were Propaganda! Nothing less...


sad if you think the sacrifice of Christ was "propaganda"
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« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2004, 09:55:41 PM »
It was.
and I study catholic theology for a living.
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« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2004, 10:01:10 PM »
anyone here study catholic theology for a living and liked the movie?

hehe
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« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2004, 11:33:17 PM »
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It was.
and I study catholic theology for a living.


My sympathies. Four years of the Jebbies was all I could take. I you!
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« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2004, 11:45:37 PM »
the title "Fahrenheit 9/11" refers to a book titled "Fahrenheit  471"

471 degrees Fahrenheit is the temparature at which paper burns.

The book refers to a futuristic book-burning society.

^Irony....

FYI
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« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2004, 12:08:45 AM »
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« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2004, 12:10:06 AM »
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I thaught this was about moores movie fahrenheit 911?
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« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2004, 12:10:08 AM »
potatoe

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« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2004, 12:12:49 AM »
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potatoe

:D


I read good!
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Offline Arcon

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« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2004, 03:27:00 AM »
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451


Fahrenheit 451

I stand corrected. Brain Fart. It was nappy time for me.

This is relevent to the discussion really only because the title makes an "out of context" comparison to the original book.

The original book refers to a book burning (i.e. knowledge destroying) society where the common man is encouraged to remain in ignorance.

Haven't seen the movie. Done enough personal investigation to sincerely hope that Bush doesn't remain in office, and feel badly for whoever may have to follow him in the presidency. Seems like a pretty big mess to try to clean up right now.

I also believe that ANYONE posting in a quasi-political debate should also post their social class (i.e. upper,middle,low)

I'm middle class. A class that's getting smaller all the time. I work as a machinist. I'm white and speak english and I've beome the minority in my work group.

This doesn't look good to me, and seems like a very poor economic forecaster.

As far as the movie goes: very one-sided, with Moore using editorial license quite liberally, according to what I've read.

But if it encourages people to find out fot themselves what's REALLY been going on in the white house, GREAT.

It has acomplished its goal. I'd take its "facts" with a grain of salt, purely for reference.

Feel free to flame or carry on the the "discussion".
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« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2004, 08:30:31 AM »
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My sympathies. Four years of the Jebbies was all I could take. I you!


I did 8 with Dominican Nuns.

Back when they still wore wings on their heads.
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Offline Toad

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« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2004, 10:14:28 AM »
Oh, I had 8 with the Sisters of St. Joseph before that. But they weren't completely theology focused. They actually were pretty darn good teachers.

Although I have a few knuckles that still show ruler marks. Handy for measuring things.
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