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Re: Quick Review: The Happening, well, more of a Quick Rant

Carole McDonnell — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:58:31 -0000

Makes me want to see it even more now. I always like M Night even when other folks don't. I think his stories are very rich and multi-layered and have yet to be disappointed once I've really studied one of his films. The need for us to see the twisty ending in his stories has ruined our ability to appreciate what he's doing. For instance, I was initially disappointed with the villagers because of its flat ::rolls eyes:: twist but after I thought of it I was really impressed by his story.

As for him believing in himself and being so self-impressed that he puts himself in great categories, no problem on this end. A writer needs to be cocky. And in the end, only posterity -- if it manages to exist with all the environmental issues going on in the world-- will tell. That's what makes B movies...

You may be right and it might be super-preachy but I can deal with preachiness. I'm hoping I like it.

Re: Graphic Novel "Julius" Gets Optioned

Carole McDonnell — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:22:12 -0000

Oh my!!!! This sounds good. This sounds really good. Loved O! Never read the graphic novel but will definitely go see this flick. Hadn't thought of Julius Ceasar as being a good gangsta story but come to think of it...it's perfect. -C

Re: Life on Mars: Issue

Carole McDonnell — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:49:18 -0000

I feel you, black geek. I just have a problem with hotties in general. In the British version his original girlfriend is East Indian, sweet and normal looking. Then when he gets to the 73 world, he has a normal looking white brunette girlfriend. But that's Britain, which seems to have a sanity about actresses. In the US, everything has to be sexed up.

Re: Quick Review: The Watchmen

Carole McDonnell — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:40:52 -0000

"BTW: Two black people. One died and the other was a psychiatrist. I consider that a wash."

That was my first big laugh of the day. Just totally tickled my funny bone. -C

Re: The Supernatural … Do You BELIEVE?

Carole McDonnell — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:42:34 -0000

I too believe in the supernatural. We see so much of the devil's intervening into human lives nowadays. Why can't we accept that God and good can also intervene? I'm a Christian and a Bible believer. I totally believe that a) we are the temple of God and that God lives in me and when I speak his word with authority it is the same as Him speaking the words. Christ in me...the hope of glory. We should only believe. Which is hard in a world where we are taught to unbelieve. We were made for belief. But it's hard working our way back to that childlike faith. Plus we often don't do what Jesus has told us to do. "Believe that we HAVE received"? That's hard when we are taught that only what we see, feel, hear is true. "Command the mountain to move?" Equally hard because we are taught to believe that only God can command, or that actions are more powerful than words.

Great post. You showed that we christians are all battling...Lord, I believe. Help our unbelief. -C

Re: The Remake List: The 5 Worst, The 10 Best

Carole McDonnell — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:20:15 -0000

One of the worst remakes was Washington Square. The Heiress had subtlety and nuance and its heroine was likable. The character was wounded and shown to be so wounded she might go overboard into bitterness, yet the movie was far from cynical. Washington Square was flat and one-note and the heroine in this remake was merely an object to be pitied until she reached "feminist enlightenment." When the film ends with the emancipated heroine, there is an element of cynicism. Very hard to watch. -C