capalert!
Let me get this part over with -- there was nudity in this cartoon for kids. A trio of restauranteurs dressed as Sumo wrestlers display themselves with lengthy camera-forced attention on the revealing aspects of their traditional garb. Of the screen time showing the Sumo characters, much more time was spent on their posterior or their raised legs from a lower-than-eye-level viewing angle than was spent on their faces. They even do a dance, flapping their flab in the breeze. Though display of a little more skin more often and with longer visual contact to a younger audience each year has gotten to the point of general approval does NOT free such display of its accountability to God's Word. Just because that style of "un"dress is a cultural feature of an entire population does not make display of nudity okay. Why would you suppose the Bible calls it "shameful nakedness?" Just because Homer Simpson(tm) gets away with it does not excuse it. Wide acceptance of such does not equal God's approval of it. If everyone who has ever drawn and will ever draw a breath committed theft, stealing would still be a sin. And to the adversaries of this ministry, we will not discuss a three-inch strap up the backside qualifying as "clothing."
from capalert's review of rugrats in paris.
if you are ever in need of comic relief, please visit capalert. it's a christian movie review source that is so strangely intolerant of anything that it decries even movies intended for christians and children's movies.
i finally found the naked lunch criterion collection 2xdvd. the new digital transfer looks absolutely beautiful and you really appreciate the look and feel of the film all the more. the extras look great and i'm looking forward to cronenberg's commentary.
people really need to realize some things about the film. if you start talking about how the book was "unfilmable", you've probably never read the book or else you might know that the film has very little to do with the book and is more of a biographical exploration of burroughs. yes, mr. ebert it is depressing and yes, weller plays a terribly non-descript character because that's how burroughs was. it isn't the who but the why. there is no hollywood ending to the film nor was there in burrough's life. in outward appearance burroughs might have been a nobody... if nobody read books. his hollywood moments were in delusions, drugs and his life experiences and outlook. all of which are carried in the film. watching the film makes me feel as though i'm sitting down and hearing someone recounting crazy stories about their "better days" and the visuals are just an added bonus. then again there are people that would rather stick a needle in their eyes than sit and listen to such stories and of course those that eat up serial novels sold at grocery stores. ebert also gave fear and loathing a bad review, so maybe it's just me.
playlist:
jawbreaker - bivouac
jawbreaker brightens any day. what a great band.
rachel's - music for egon schiele
absolutely beautiful.
j-live - all of the above
you don't see many explanations of songs in hip hop albums. this just hits every point of what makes a good hip hop album.
sinaloa - fathers and sons
one of the best lp's of this last year. a lot more intelligent in terms of musical content than most anything in similar genres.
four hunded years - the new imperialism
still important years after their break up.
brokeback - looks at the bird
i've been on a mellow kick lately...
<3
benny
from capalert's review of rugrats in paris.
if you are ever in need of comic relief, please visit capalert. it's a christian movie review source that is so strangely intolerant of anything that it decries even movies intended for christians and children's movies.
i finally found the naked lunch criterion collection 2xdvd. the new digital transfer looks absolutely beautiful and you really appreciate the look and feel of the film all the more. the extras look great and i'm looking forward to cronenberg's commentary.
people really need to realize some things about the film. if you start talking about how the book was "unfilmable", you've probably never read the book or else you might know that the film has very little to do with the book and is more of a biographical exploration of burroughs. yes, mr. ebert it is depressing and yes, weller plays a terribly non-descript character because that's how burroughs was. it isn't the who but the why. there is no hollywood ending to the film nor was there in burrough's life. in outward appearance burroughs might have been a nobody... if nobody read books. his hollywood moments were in delusions, drugs and his life experiences and outlook. all of which are carried in the film. watching the film makes me feel as though i'm sitting down and hearing someone recounting crazy stories about their "better days" and the visuals are just an added bonus. then again there are people that would rather stick a needle in their eyes than sit and listen to such stories and of course those that eat up serial novels sold at grocery stores. ebert also gave fear and loathing a bad review, so maybe it's just me.
playlist:
jawbreaker - bivouac
jawbreaker brightens any day. what a great band.
rachel's - music for egon schiele
absolutely beautiful.
j-live - all of the above
you don't see many explanations of songs in hip hop albums. this just hits every point of what makes a good hip hop album.
sinaloa - fathers and sons
one of the best lp's of this last year. a lot more intelligent in terms of musical content than most anything in similar genres.
four hunded years - the new imperialism
still important years after their break up.
brokeback - looks at the bird
i've been on a mellow kick lately...
<3
benny