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    Before Sunrise / Before Sunset

    I love both films very much and how the two films put together is really about chances not taken and what consequences it can have. It kind of reminds us of how sure and timely we must be to get what we really want. And, particularly in the second one, the movie pulled off the daunting task of...
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    Best Christian Allegory

    My favorite movie of all time and many others' favorite, The Shawshank Redemption has a very strong Christian allegory. The hero, Andy Dufresne has some parallels to Christ in that he is a wronged man and is a good samaritan in prison only to be punished by a sadistic warden (who seems like a...
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    Your favorite Christian movie?

    One of my favorite movies is A Man for All Seasons, which is about the life of St. Thomas More. I think it's one of the strongest depictions of faith I've ever seen in a mainstream Hollywood film and it actually won 6 Oscars including Best Picture. The writer of the film (based on his own...
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    Indie Flicks

    Yes, that is the trend these days. Smaller films are often better because they don't have to rely on huge visual effects or production values but instead on basic storytelling like character and plot. It's good to know that there are more people who appreciate smaller, independent films. I...
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    Just saw "Transformers" last night...

    I came away a little disappointed. The visual effects were truly astonishing, as they showed the robots transforming into everyday objects and automobiles. But the last fight of the movie went on forever and as Bay's films abundantly show, explosion after explosion can be very deadening. I...
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    Ratatouille

    This is the latest Pixar film out in theaters and I have to say it is another home run from those geniuses. Amazing digital animation with a much richer, more mature story than any of their previous films. Please feel free to read my thoughts on http://moviejohn.blogspot.com/. Has anyone else...
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    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    I loved this movie and I hope more people give it a chance. I really liked how the movie presented a character who seemed like the stereotypical domestic 50s housewife, builled by her husband on the surface but really was a fierce independent woman. When her husband emotionally abuses her and...
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    Amazing Grace

    "Was blind but now I see." That was a lyric that kept passing through my mind as I saw this movie. It's about how one man was able to think the right way by faith and had to convince others to be enlightened to share the same view. It shows how we people as sinners are sometimes not so quick...
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    Blood Diamond

    I thought it was a good movie that got its message quite powerfully and realistically. There was one problem I had with it though. I did not like how the civil war sequences were made to be conventional, exciting action scenes. They were made to be a little too choreographed and...
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    The Queen

    The stag was meant to be a metaphor for how the Paparazzi were desperate to catch a faceshot of Diana, much like the hunters wanted to get the magnificent stag's head, which the Queen did not want. So when she finds out that stag has been killed, she feels genuine sorrow for Diana who was...
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    Once

    This movie, "Once" is an Irish film that may not be playing everywhere but if it is playing in your town, please go see it. Amazing music and moving story. If you would like to read more about it, go to my blog site at http://moviejohn.blogspot.com/. Has anyone else seen it?
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    Tom Hanks Quotes

    From "The Green Mile": Paul Edgecomb to John Coffey: "On the day of my judgment when I stand before God and He asks me why did I kill one of His true miracles, what am I going to say? That it was my job?"
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    Hi All!

    Praise the Lord for bringing you closer to Him! I thought I would share one of my favorite passages in the Bible, one I read whenever I am feeling down. "Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and...
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    What is your favorite movie love story?

    It's a curious thing that my favorite love story is actually an anti-romance, "Casablanca." I really admired how the two leads put nobility and honor ahead of their own romantic interests. Among more recent films, I really like "Say Anything" because it shows how openness and honesty is the...
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    Hostel II

    Well, I have seen the first movie, much to my dismay, and I thought it was terrible because it tried to be a horror film and it did not scare at all. All it did was to gross people out and see how far people could take it. Considering that I've read that this sequel is more of the same with...
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