tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post1584819945986240417..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Life, Death, and Reconciliation: The Descendants and Gran TorinoJanet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-58708053090423495452012-07-08T19:28:55.100-05:002012-07-08T19:28:55.100-05:00It's been a while since I watched the movie no...It's been a while since I watched the movie now, but I'm sure you are right. There were several scenes that were weak or unbelievable or predictable, but overall I really liked the movie.<br /><br />AMDGJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-6888305193516507482012-07-08T01:27:05.181-05:002012-07-08T01:27:05.181-05:00One thing about GT: I basically appreciated the ef...One thing about GT: I basically appreciated the effort, but was saddened to see that he included some scenes in which it's pretty apparent that 1) he told the actors to wing it, 2) they did a tepid job, and 3) the offending sequences were *NOT* left on the cutting room floor. It's never nice to see a cool guy like Eastwood let something like that slide.<br /><br />That said, it also has to be admitted that GT has some mythic resonance.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931033635073836857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-12753049152789102882012-05-06T12:08:55.560-05:002012-05-06T12:08:55.560-05:00Paul--I've never seen this before. I think the...Paul--I've never seen this before. I think the character in this movie would pretty much agree with the lyrics of the song.<br /><br />My Dad, being an Italian Catholic in the Navy during WWII, and you can see how they are portrayed in movies, was really good at turning whatever names people called him into an asset. Of course, he was the kind of person that could make anyone like him and he had a pretty thick skin. Most people don't have that ability. Still I think if we can learn to laugh at stuff like that, it robs us of the power to harm us.<br /><br />AMDGJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-35354308599830357932012-05-05T13:12:45.854-05:002012-05-05T13:12:45.854-05:00There's never any shortage of derogatory terms...There's never any shortage of derogatory terms for an enemy. Grim picture.Machttp://lightondarkwater.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-67864544218685653282012-05-04T16:04:17.990-05:002012-05-04T16:04:17.990-05:00Have I ever linked to this before? It provides som...Have I ever linked to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCC2QV_ID4" rel="nofollow">this</a> before? It provides some derogatory terms used of Koreans and Chinese about 30 seconds in. It's worth listening to for much better reasons than that, though.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-65831900029424434222012-05-04T12:46:02.279-05:002012-05-04T12:46:02.279-05:00Some Catholic college students would be exceptions...Some Catholic college students would be exceptions to the general rule of unshockable-by-prurience. In general I think what we would term unPC-ness is the form prudishness takes in our society.Machttp://lightondarkwater.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-9594428252477403352012-05-02T10:07:44.799-05:002012-05-02T10:07:44.799-05:00Right about not condoning it. One of the things th...Right about not condoning it. One of the things that happens in the movie is that he comes to see the people that he calls "gooks" (that's what he says, right?) as real people. <br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-13135540614064385152012-05-02T10:01:32.715-05:002012-05-02T10:01:32.715-05:00Well actually, this lot are quite weird about sex,...Well actually, this lot are quite weird about sex, at least from my experience of students. Some of them were worried by the nonmarital love relationship in The Lives of Others. I told them that the unconditional love exhibited by the playwright toward his girlfriend was surely a good thing and that the Stasi guy was converted by witnessing their 'vigorous sex' (as he describes it in his report to his superiors). It is not shown in any kind of detail.<br /><br />For me, the odd thing about objecting to Clint E's unPC language is that the movie in now way condones it - it makes fun of it. But it also makes light of it, and that's the rub.grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-68852879479934939702012-05-02T08:34:11.058-05:002012-05-02T08:34:11.058-05:00I know--and you could have shown them any sort of ...I know--and you could have shown them any sort of sexual degradation and they wouldn't have batted an eye.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-59391815514170580332012-05-02T08:01:25.029-05:002012-05-02T08:01:25.029-05:00I have seen it several times. I showed it to my &...I have seen it several times. I showed it to my 'Film and Theology' class - some of them were shocked by its unPC elements. I was shocked by their purience.grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-69565989802156691602012-04-30T12:57:08.312-05:002012-04-30T12:57:08.312-05:00This is not the first favorable review of GT I'...This is not the first favorable review of GT I've heard from a reliable source. I'll have to put it on my ever-expanding list.Machttp://lightondarkwater.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com