tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post2798030092903497578..comments2023-04-10T04:31:13.824-07:00Comments on Metropuritan: Good MoviesMetropuritan Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03701098347633676801noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-1616902689760070212009-06-21T14:34:45.890-07:002009-06-21T14:34:45.890-07:00Mark,
I'd like to get a hold of a copy of the...Mark,<br /><br />I'd like to get a hold of a copy of the book Kingdom Triangle by JP Moreland. Do you think the Cstone office has one I could borrow? I'm going to a conference at the end of the week where he's speaking and I'd like to read it before I go. I should have ordered it weeks ago but didn't get around to it. Sorry I'm posting this here but I don't have your email. Thanks.<br /><br />Marti Skow<br />marti@skow.orgMartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157198858039588210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-16378680148526082132009-06-19T20:26:14.958-07:002009-06-19T20:26:14.958-07:00On Seven Pounds. It was a good movie and I found ...On Seven Pounds. It was a good movie and I found myself pondering it for a couple days afterward. There was something that made me uneasy after watching it, and perhaps that was the point. However, I couldn't shake that what Will Smith's character did was incredibly selfish. Which seemed contradictory since he gave his life for someone else to live. Taken as a metaphor perhaps it works. The probables that kept running through my head was how many lives were changed because he chose to leave his job (or close his company), or because HE decided it was in HIS best interest to end his life. In the end it seemed like an out on life. A very good movie though, and at least it caused a little thought.clarkitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06649716270404641462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-43049836359191996172009-06-19T08:01:20.912-07:002009-06-19T08:01:20.912-07:00J and J-
It's cool how you sought to use 7 pou...J and J-<br />It's cool how you sought to use 7 pounds as a bridge to the Story!<br /><br />Lissa-<br />I wasn't a fan of the priest's acting. But the overall story was so well told. I'm glad we can agree on 7 pounds :)<br /><br />Mikaela- <br />I will definitely check out "defiance". Thanks for the tip.<br /><br />Tad-<br />That's funny stuff! Great minds think alike. I can't wait to hear about your time in central asia.<br /><br />Ed-<br />Bro, I can't wait to hear your message on Gran Torino. I still get emotional when I think about that last scene. Driving in a car he didn't earn (we get in on God's inheritance!!!!), on a peaceful joyride with no foreseeable end, with such a breathtaking ocean expanse to look out on. That's especially sweet to some landlocked Iowan... like me. How moving!<br /><br />Finally, I thought I'd post this comment from an email I got...<br /><br />"______ & I sooo agree with you about Gran Torino!! Thanks for your blog posting on it. I tried to get someone from our Connection Group to go to it when it was in the theater and they would not, because it was not a Christian movie.<br />Thanks for the posting, and thanks for always having your eyes open. :)"<br /><br />The thing I wanted to comment on was...<br />1. This is one of the most "Christian" movies I've seen in a long time. There was actual sin in the movie. Not just "nice bad guys." That sin was atoned for, which made the atonement so precious.<br /><br />2. We still have to remember to respect people for their movie choices...in this case refusing to see the movie. I respect that. There were some crude and offensive scenes in this movie. It was extremely vulgar. But as I mentioned in the original post, I think it was done in a way that neither glorified sin or caused me to stumble by it.<br /><br />- MarkMetropuritan Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701098347633676801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-34108339009168813572009-06-18T21:49:18.904-07:002009-06-18T21:49:18.904-07:00Markie,
What an insightful review of the GT. I&#...Markie, <br /><br />What an insightful review of the GT. I'm in the middle of prep & took a break to ck your blog. Thanks. I'm stealing bro! I totally missed the heaven scene. Totally! Thanks. <br /><br />Lissa, I'm sorry, I thought, with Roger Ebert that this was Clint's tour de force! <br /><br />May He give us the grace to take up our cross.Ed Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946175857396743066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-28292299706851253662009-06-18T18:15:53.869-07:002009-06-18T18:15:53.869-07:00I find it funny that I watched Grand Torino and li...I find it funny that I watched Grand Torino and listened to that exact Mark Driscoll message on the plane ride back from Turkey yesterday...crazy. I must say, I liked the movie as well and agree with a lot of your points...how about that Driscoll message :)Tad Asayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781003984039361249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-53141330765846095142009-06-18T06:48:24.585-07:002009-06-18T06:48:24.585-07:00Another good movie I think you would enjoy is Defi...Another good movie I think you would enjoy is Defiance - true story on the Jews in Russia. Check it out!Mikaela Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259966656707474649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-91133356560849086102009-06-18T04:03:33.845-07:002009-06-18T04:03:33.845-07:00Oh Mark, I like you, but I thought Gran Torino was...Oh Mark, I like you, but I thought Gran Torino was just plain bad acting. :) Our team watched it together and we all thought so. Jason informed me today, sadly, that you liked it. The storyline was good, but the acting was awful. But we did like 7 Pounds. The end.Lissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11622574134223905521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-38803708151383085082009-06-18T00:28:00.653-07:002009-06-18T00:28:00.653-07:00seven pounds-our good spanish friend has been very...seven pounds-our good spanish friend has been very much jacked up by what the catholic church has told people about redemption for ages. he continually tells us that he is a very good person, and that the more good he is, the more God will accept him. yet we know he has this sense of guilt that we all have and want to be rid of. he LOVED this movie and we know that a lot of that probably comes from seeing someone pay for their own guilt, just like he tries to do daily, by being a good person. it's been a great movie to talk through with him we loved it.The Massonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048194702309176015noreply@blogger.com