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Redemption themes dominate Oscar flicks
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Posted on 03/07/2010 9:06:02 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Films and Faith:

Redemption themes dominate Oscar flicks

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: academyawards; culture; faith; film; hollywood; oscars; redemption
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To: RoseofTexas

It’s a damn good movie. Politically correct Obama choice
no doubt.

I quit watching the awards many years ago since “Porky’s”
was not nominated for best picture,


21 posted on 03/08/2010 1:44:18 AM PST by ChiMark
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

‘Hurt Locker’ was originally released (in Italy) in October, 2008, before Obama’s election. It went into preproduction about a year earlier. Whatever led to its acceptance, the project was not a response to Obama.


22 posted on 03/08/2010 2:06:30 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Hi Lucius,

I believe people were referring to the attitudes of the Academy and critics, rather than the makers of the movie. While the movie might have been released earlier, would it have been as honored and awarded while Bush was President? That’s the question.

To be honest though, I have not seen the film and despite Hollywood’s leftist bias, I don’t make them all out to be one-dimensional code pinkers. If it’s a good movie, it’s a good movie.


23 posted on 03/08/2010 2:12:30 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege (When I survey the wondrous cross...)
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To: luckystarmom; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; ...
Re: Is Hurt Locker nice to our military or is it anti-military?

Worse, IMHO, it was a boring film like another Oscar nominee, 2003's Lost in Translation. Both came and went with tons of applause but neither had much of a plot.

24 posted on 03/08/2010 3:02:43 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

Started to watch the show, but it was so full of self-love, and pretty damn boring to match, that we just went to bed. These folks are really impressed with themselves.


25 posted on 03/08/2010 3:23:10 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Anyone pushing Romney must love socialism...Piss on Romney and his enablers!!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: luckystarmom

Nice. I liked the movie. Some EOD techs say that it is not fully realistic but still liked it.


26 posted on 03/08/2010 4:13:48 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: ncalburt

frankly the sandra bullock movie took cheap shots at gw bush

Oh brother. It was made during his presidency and what they did was funny. Lighten up...I bet you did not even see the movie.


27 posted on 03/08/2010 4:15:42 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I was happy too. Loved that movie! I was rooting especially hard for her after I read some criticisms of The Blind Side--typical liberal nonsense such as criticizing the Christianity of the Tuohys (although it wasn't over-emphasized in the movie--you didn't even see them going to church) and calling it "condescending".

Can you imagine, a family opening their home to a total stranger and immediately considering him a member of the family "condescending"? It is an amazing display of love and compassion, not condescension!

Here's a link to an excellent article about this situation: Blind Side v. Precious

28 posted on 03/08/2010 4:28:59 AM PST by GatorGirl (Eschew Socialism!)
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To: ncalburt

What movie? The Blind Side most definitely did not. In fact it was one of the only movies I’ve seen recently that portrays Southern Christian Conservatives in a good light. Tim McGraw/Sean Tuohy in fact says something like “I never thought we’d have a black son before we met a Democrat”.

I’m glad Sandra Bullock won. She played a strong, unapologetic character and the movie portrayed conservative values: if you see a problem, solve it yourself!

Check my link in my previous post. The article is from Big Hollywood.


29 posted on 03/08/2010 4:33:59 AM PST by GatorGirl (Eschew Socialism!)
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To: GatorGirl
the dmv portion of the film.
30 posted on 03/08/2010 12:44:47 PM PST by ncalburt (e)
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To: napscoordinator
i am correct here.
Name the gw bush cheap shots in the Hurt .
None.
31 posted on 03/08/2010 12:46:47 PM PST by ncalburt (e)
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To: Impy

Haven’t seen Avatar so it may be unfair to say this based on the previews on TV but those characters and the world in which they live just don’t look real at all. It looks like a video game.


32 posted on 03/08/2010 1:51:19 PM PST by GSWarrior
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