Archive for April 11th, 2007
300 (2007)
James' take: A Must See and Own the DVD!
Do you know when you see a new movie trailer, and you get the sense of the movie? If you're gonna like it or not?
I hated 300's trailer. Watching it, I rolled my eyes and thought "what a waste of film".
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Posted: April 11th, 2007 under Film Reviews, Movies.
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Jesus Guevara
I was shaving this morning and found myself thinking of The Passion of the Christ… It was on the other night on TV, and I caught the second half of it, when Jesus is sent to be crucified. First of all, I’m not a religious type, and I’m not out to offend. Only to offer a point of view. I was thinking of how we have “records” of very specific details of the events of the crucifixion. Words that were said. People that acted in certain ways. Location of wounds.
- Pontius Pitate saying “Ecce Homo!” (Behold the Man!)
- Veronica wiping Jesus’ face with a cloth
- Symon of Cyrene being made to carry the cross
- and many others
These are so specific and at the same time, so mundane, that they clearly show that the people that witnessed the event were keen on recording everything that happened.
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Posted: April 11th, 2007 under Religion.
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