tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post5005593319829439977..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: “Creation”Leslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-71462896138418910632009-09-22T10:10:27.608-05:002009-09-22T10:10:27.608-05:00JBW: re the under 30 crowd. A book published last ...JBW: re the under 30 crowd. A book published last year offers up a pretty depressing look at this group. Think of Leno's Jay Walk routines.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-76570857313756433832009-09-21T15:41:57.527-05:002009-09-21T15:41:57.527-05:00Leslie, mt point in saying that it might not be we...Leslie, mt point in saying that it might not be well attended in light of the current economy was not meant to imply that people aren't going to movies, just that they aren't going to as many movies.<br /><br />Despite the positive reviews you refer to in your post (and I've read several myself) one has to remember that this is an English period piece set in the Victorian era about a JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-89556033156430468962009-09-21T09:54:59.006-05:002009-09-21T09:54:59.006-05:00Comment from yours truly on another post:
Still s...Comment from yours truly on another post:<br /><br />Still sans computer. I live off the socialist gov., so funds are a bit tight right now. But I enjoy reading your comments, so please keep coming back. Sounds like an AA meeting.<br /><br />Will try to get something out every other day.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-74024869587765888542009-09-21T09:48:28.692-05:002009-09-21T09:48:28.692-05:00JBW: "I've read that another reason it...JBW: "I've read that another reason it's not being picked up here in the states is because movie houses are worried that it just won't be well attended, especially in light of a struggling economy."<br /><br />I don't think that holds water. I think it's a weak BS excuse to not show it. If this argument were true, why are they making any movies?<br /><br />Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-86381216263319140732009-09-21T09:13:08.695-05:002009-09-21T09:13:08.695-05:00"The Catholic Church and Orthodox Judaism bot..."The Catholic Church and Orthodox Judaism both accept evolution as doctrinally sound".<br /><br />I'm not so sure the Catholic Church is quite that accepting of common sense (Benedict XVI said the use of condoms contributes to the spread of HIV, for example, and has only recently pardoned Galileo for saying the Earth orbits the sun), but assuming you're right, "doctrinally magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690258860393548951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-70167009665600245822009-09-20T12:39:54.339-05:002009-09-20T12:39:54.339-05:00'The incessant reality-denial of the religious...'The incessant reality-denial of the religiously-minded, I mean...'<br /><br />Religion and questions of God and philosophy occupy my mind quite a bit, but I don't deny reality. Mainstream and progressive Christians don't deny reality at all. The Catholic Church and Orthodox Judaism both accept evolution as doctrinally sound whether Pat Buchanan and Ben Stein like it or not.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-65194704265023599602009-09-20T06:27:02.978-05:002009-09-20T06:27:02.978-05:00I don't think it's got anything to do with...I don't think it's got anything to do with the economy, or the genre. <br />The economy is bad in other parts of the world, and people like movies with guns, tits and explosions there too.<br /><br />According to The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html - it's all about the magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690258860393548951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-50127029025758057412009-09-19T17:36:06.416-05:002009-09-19T17:36:06.416-05:00I like that last point, eclectic. Just to play de...I like that last point, eclectic. Just to play devil's advocate though, I've read that another reason it's not being picked up here in the states is because movie houses are worried that it just won't be well attended, especially in light of a struggling economy. Maybe they could write in some explosions and gun-slinging robots...JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-78590137870365216632009-09-19T14:33:30.089-05:002009-09-19T14:33:30.089-05:00These are the same people who demand boycotts of H...These are the same people who demand boycotts of Harry Potter movies and The Golden Compass. While the latter movie did not live up to the book, having been dumbed down slightly for the movie going public, it was certainly fun and watchable. The fact that the books are brilliant and thought provoking and the movie is just entertaining doesn't detract from a moviegoer's potential desire toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com