Christ Centered Gamer

Deepfreeze32 wrote:The Godfather


Whoah. Whoah. There are few words that I can use to describe this. Awesome, epic, quotable, amazing, and one of the best movies I've ever seen.

S (Since an A+ doesn't do it justice. And I love that grading scale. )

This grade... it is appropriate.

No. No it's not. Because I get freaking accosted, berated, and toilet slapped when I try to apply an S rank to something.

RACISTISM.

Toy Story 3.

Yep. Didn't like it. Wished I hadn't watched it...and generally want those hours of my life reclaimed. Spiraling depression symptoms and general apathy will be my emotional state for the next few days.

The bad thing is...I knew that this would happen before I watched the movie, but since it was family movie night, I couldn't really avoid it without being a jerk.

Really? You hated it that much? I can understand it not being your thing, but can an unoffensive, clean family movie like that actually give you depressive feelings? What didn't you like about it?

The only movies that make me depressed are torture porn horror movies like Hostel, so I choose not to watch movies like that.

I think he refers to the themes of childhood being over and thus moving on; both of which were substantial to the movie.

To be honest, I kinda felt the same way after watching the movie as well.
Although I wasn't depressed for days, it made me wish I was a little kid again...so I could still be a kid. However lame that sounds. I'm going to college next year, and I grew up with Toy Story, so those factors didn't help either. But, I did love the movie. I'm never disappointed with Pixar. Perhaps once, and that was with Cars, but 1 lackluster movie in like 10 years doesn't do much to tarnish such a great record, IMO.

TS3 was alright in my opinion. I wasn't super impressed, but I thought it was fun.

But, your sentiments....are how I feel about Up. XD


The Passion of the Christ

Uhh...I was not terribly impressed. After hearing loads of hype about it, I was left with a feeling that I had essentially wasted my time. Now, don't get me wrong, the casting, special effects, music, and other technical aspects were fine (Except for writing but I'll get to that later). But I wasn't disturbed. I barely flinched during this movie. Maybe I'm "Desensitized" or something, but while it was unrelenting, it wasn't shocking. And I didn't find it sad. Not even remotely tear-inducing. I was left with the feeling that this movie was made for the express purpose of shocking Christians into being serious about faith. Which I didn't get. Instead, I felt like Gibson had tried to turn the story of the Christ into a gore-fest simply because he could.

Now, about the writing. I found it to lack cohesion. The overall movie just didn't work. From a plot-centered guy, I found the story to be weak. Even weaker than the somewhat-vague depictions in the bible. The final result felt like someone had taken the story, shattered it, and pieced it back together without all of the pieces. Maybe this was just me, I don't know.

Finally, I found some problems theologically. The last time I checked the bible, which was a week ago, Satan wasn't constantly hounding Jesus like a dementor during the crucifixion. There's no real mention of his presence at all, actually. Then we have the resurrection scene. Or maybe I should say, video-byte. For a story as important as this, you can't just add the resurrection as an afterthought! That's just as, if not more important. Yeah yeah, I get that the focus was on his suffering. But the movie leaves with a "And what was the point?" feeling. Why? Because the writing failed to portray Jesus as the Son of God AND failed to show what it was all for. I don't even care if you're supposed to know this, making assumptions like this is inexcusable for me. In my opinion, if you aren't going to explain something as important as the story of Jesus without giving it the treatment it deserves, then frankly you shouldn't be making a movie about him at all. Yes, I GET that there's only so much one can fit into a movie. But if you make a movie about his death, you'd better dang well include a resurrection scene that makes it worth something.

D+

*prepares to be berated*

Pretty much that ^. But hey, it was Mel Gibson, what can you expect?

I wholeheartedly agree, Deep. The first (and hopefully last) time I watched that movie (I think I fell asleep) I remember asking myself what exactly the point of all this was, and Gibson, for the most part, failed to show that to us. It didn't seem raw enough to me. Not in blood content, but in the way it was shot. The continuous repeated slow motion shots of Jesus suffering, falling down, etc. for some reason felt too calculated. That was just my feeling.

A Knight's Tale - It's a favorite of mine, so I never mind watching it again.

Favorite quote ever: "I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every last pimple, every last character flaw. I was naked for a day, you will be naked for eternity." (That's as best as I can remember it.)

She's the Man - Most of the people I know love this movie and I don't understand why. I kind of like it because of all the references to Twelfth Night and how much I love that story, but I never really got into this one. The movie's sense of achievement wasn't too high; I felt like it could have been a lot better, but they decided to go the easier route. I think it just would have worked better if they played it as a more straight-laced comedy rather than something so goofy. Also, Amanda Bynes is an awful actress.

Guys, guys.

You aren't Catholic. You aren't fundamentalist Catholics. Gibson is.

Catholics tend to really differentiate from Protestants in how they perceive Christ's sacrifice: for them, it's about the suffering. The "passion," if you will. For Protestant Christianity, it's about the redemption.

That pretty much explains every single problem that you're mentioning with the movie. It's differences in the way that the Crucifixion is taught, and that came through in the film.

But that doesn't matter, I still thought it sucked.

And besides, the people who've given me crap for it....were Church of Christ. NOT Catholic.

Deepfreeze32 wrote:But that doesn't matter, I still thought it sucked.

This. Doesn't matter where you come from if you don't like the movie.

Also...This:

ohnolookout wrote:I think he refers to the themes of childhood being over and thus moving on; both of which were substantial to the movie.

To be honest, I kinda felt the same way after watching the movie as well.

Spoiler:

Especially in the incinerator scene where they're looking at each other and they've all accepted their fate. Also in the very last scene where Andy gives all his toys to the little girl.

Although I wasn't depressed for days, it made me wish I was a little kid again...so I could still be a kid. However lame that sounds. I'm going to college next year, and I grew up with Toy Story, so those factors didn't help either. But, I did love the movie. I'm never disappointed with Pixar. Perhaps once, and that was with Cars, but 1 lackluster movie in like 10 years doesn't do much to tarnish such a great record, IMO.

Pretty much exactly, but something deeper I can't figure out...the movie drove me to tears.

Having watched Toy Story 3 myself tonight, I can understand where you're coming from, Chozon1. It's a very emotional picture, with all the cute toys, cute kids and the theme of saying goodbye to your childhood. While at the same time being very funny and creative. I personally loved it! 9/10

Also, I watched Unthinkable tonight. Here's what I wrote on another forum.

Don't let the straight to DVD release fool you, this movie is worth seeing and thought-provoking! Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen. Aims to shine a light on the whole torturing of terrorists debate. How far would you go to stop nuclear bombs from going off? Would you torture the terrorist responsible? Further plot spoilers:


It's a gripping movie with great acting (Jackson is his usual intimidating self and Michael Sheen is great as the suffering terrorist, didn't know he had it in him). Not for the squeamish though and I really must stress that.

A producer of the movie is active on the imdb message boards and he says that the aim of the movie was to make you think how far society should go to protect its citizens, and to make right-wingers scream "it's left-wing" and left-wingers scream "it's pro-torture" while being neither of those two.

I must say though, the European DVD ending I saw does make the movie seem a little like a pro-torture propaganda piece, but the more ambiguous US ending removes this element and is preferred by that producer, the director and Sam Jackson.

8.5/10

Star Trek IV - still my favorite original cast ST movie

The Lord of the Rings

Fellowship and Two Towers over the past few days.

This trilogy I've seen too many times to count... and I still love it more than any other movie(s) out there.

It is beyond scoring. <_<

RED

Uhm, disturbingly hilarious. Also, awesome moves.

B

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Best movie.

Ever.

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