Religion, Mr. Jones, and Zach Braff...

[bnaked]

I've got some fun things to talk about today, so I'll just get right into it

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[drunk_again]

Find somewhere that is showing "A Scanner Darkly"

Then go see it.

It's the best you'll have felt about spending $9 to see a movie in at least 3 years.

[bnaked]

Really? I wasn't sure if it would suck or not. I think the Waterfront has it. I'll have to go up there.

[deadhead17]

i havent really had much beef with the whole ritualistic parts of religions. I can understand what you're saying though, but I dont have much experience with catholic, orthrodox, serbian ceremonies. i can easily imagine them being absurd. I find it disturbing how women are portrayed in the bible and in wedding ceremonies. they have evolved a bit from the total servitude aspect, but it's still there. but i guess you can say women are treated better in christianity than in islam. I dont even know what they think of women, just that they cant show their hair or faces when they're married. and they can be executed for adultery and other stupid shit. maybe if the men werent so fucked up over there they wouldnt have to cheat on them.. i doubt its prevelant though, when it could result in u getting shot or stoned (not the good stoned

[tevis864]

I wasn't the biggest fan of Garden State. I don't know if that was because it was on HBO every two seconds so I caught bits and pieces before I watched the whole thing. I liked it, it was a decent movie and I love Natalie Portman - but I just don't think it entered into the realm of "best movie I've ever seen". Maybe I don't get it. I don't know.

[bnaked]

Yeah, that's probably a film you have to see in full, from beginning to end. I just love the way what's happening to Large is mirrored in the set design and feeling of the movie. He's so numb to everything going on around him. He doesn't cry, laugh, or even really smile unless it's nervously. He's seperated and shut off from everyone else, and this is symbolized in the doctor's office scene, which has this large room and only a three people in it spaced very far apart. Then, all of a sudden, we see Natalie Portman out of the corner of Large's eye. She brings him into her world by getting close to him and pulling him into the music she's listening to. Then the doctor, who is only on screen for about 3 minutes, but probably has one of the biggest roles. His office mirrors what's happening in Large's head, with all the clutter. And the doctor offers Largeman a different way of viewing the world. From there on out, it's all about him actually starting to feel bit by bit again, and with every scene you see him opening up more.