Posted on 12/17/2005 11:10:22 AM PST by dangus
Guess the sheep wouldn't have them.
I'm not interested in sissy cowboys.
I don't really know, but they are over paid, and under performing.
You cannot make fun of these people. Any reducito ab absurdum becomes a plan of action. Consider that in the current King Kong, Kong is made into a sympathetic character.
Narnia was great.
Sheepherder is the term used in Idaho sheep country where I grew up.
Nobody knows. That's the problem.
Look, I have several gay friends. All of them plan to see Brokeback Mountain, but aren't all that anxious about it. Do you know the most popular movies I've seen on DVD in their homes? Chicago and the Austin Powers movies.
I am turned off of the movie because of the game.
One way Jackson tried to get young guys interested in the movie was the game.
But, the game sucks.
It is scripted to the hilt. I HATE games like that. I want to be able to do whatever I want almost in a game, not be forced to take one or two choices.
That turned me off of the film. I am sure a lot of other young people are feeling the same.
Tell them to save their money. It will be on disc in feb.
The lion obviously represents Christ. Heck, even the altar breaks in two and he comes out shining in light for crying out loud.
The lion is Christ.
I loved Narnia, and I never read the book.
About the only other movie coming out I might see is Fun with Dick and Jane since it has Jim Carrey.
I have to agree and disagree with you. Allegory has a definite meaning. It doesn't depend upon individual whim or taste. Allegory is a literary device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles or forces, so that the literal sense suggests a deeper, symbolic sense.
Individual interpretation of a piece of writing is, however, a personal judgment. Is the lion symbolic? Yes, a symbol of Christ. Is the lion symbolic of an abstract principle like justice? It could be interpreted that way. But from the letter you quoted, Lewis wasn't trying to create a work to convey abstract concepts. The lion is Christ. That would be metaphor, not allegory. If the story is interpreted as the triumph of good over evil, that is allegory.
...they'll keep it in theaters through the academy awards nominations, etc. then release it in the summer.
...they'll keep it in theaters through the academy awards nominations, etc. then release it in the summer.
..maybe it would have done better if they had made a 2 hr. version of the Brokeback Kong parody...
Looks like it won't be showing where I live. A pity, I would have loved to read a review of it in the local rag. I can just see them sweating over it -- how do we push the homosexual agenda without disgusting our readership?
No, NO, it's called "Barebutt Mountain".
That leaves out somewhere around 90% 97 of the population.
There. that fixed it.
"FudgePack Mountain . . . "
That's BAD! It's SO bad, in fact, that I'm falling off my chair laughing! (I LOVE bad stuff like that.)
I thought the best line was when one fag asked the other, "Do these jeans make my ass look fat?"
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