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JeSoul (f)
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Max, see your husband said its okay lol. My email addy. Vesc would have something to say about that.  Seriously though, nothing happened, right? You've just been busy? I need to be sure. Well, long story that would lead the thread astray.
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Mad_Max (f)
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Max, see your husband said its okay lol. Well, long story that would lead the thread astray. It really wouldn't and if it does it does. Lol. I too much of nothing to say about that. Literally. Sandra Oh is so aloof it turns you on. Probably high school made her tough. On account of her name that is. You little masochist you. I saw Oh in a movie with graphic sex scenes. Maybe in her struggling Arthouse days. I 'get' nudity onscreen and on stage a litttle, but sometimes I don't. They've friends and family and children who'll see that, don't they?  I watched an Eva Green interview on one movie she did that contained extensive nudity. She said she didn't care until her parents saw it at the premierre, and then she almost died squirming from embarrassment.
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JeSoul (f)
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Well Max Craig, its a combination of several things of the worst being another passing (my friends mother I mentioned a while back) at the hands of cancer, and the "walk" being particularly unsteady right now . . . how do you go about 'ministering' and attempting to communicate to others a truth you yourself have no strong grasp of at the moment?
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Mad_Max (f)
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I'm so sorry to hear that. There's really no worse pain than losing a loved one. There really isn't.
'Ministering a truth you yourself have no strong grasp of at the moment'. JS, I know precisely, exactly, absolutely and totally what you're saying. I've been through that. More or less still going through it. You'd expect more people than less to experience this, but certainty is so fashionable right now, and most of us really don't want to plumb ourselves and our truths to that extent; we hold them too dear, and we're too frightened of what we might uncover. That you feel this tells me there is real depth to your 'walk'. With this sort of thing it's the answers you discover for yourself that holds true, that mean anything, and that will sustain you through uncertainties to come. Shakespeare says in Hamlet that, above all things, to thine own self be true. You're under no contract to 'perform' and to 'please', to play a role. You're beholden to the truth, and if it is lost, you must take it upon yourself to search until you find it, steeling yourself for what you might find.
1 Corinthians 13, 12 : For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
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JeSoul (f)
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My sister, infact the mercies and blessings of God will pursue you, overtake you and imprison you! Amen You're beholden to the truth, and if it is lost, you must take it upon yourself to search until you find it, steeling yourself for what you might find.
Absolutely, absolutely. And I think truth is a journey that never truly ends isn't it? Lemme say though that the crisis of faith wasn't borne out of the times . . . proverbs say God lets the rain fall on both the righteous and wicked, bad and hard times I understand and accept along with the good. Heard that famous quote "We have met the enemy, and it is us"? That is me. The heart of the matter is I am frustrated with my complete inability to live in a manner that is worthy of the calling - as if that were even possible.
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ibkaye
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Waiting for New Moon, 15 days
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Mad_Max (f)
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Anyone who believes himself living worthy of his name has to be seriously deluded. The 'enemy' is you? Lol
@ibkaye New Moon?
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spikedcylinder
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Has anyone seen Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces?
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JeSoul (f)
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Has anyone seen Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces?
Nope. Is that a place? Anyone who believes himself living worthy of his name has to be seriously deluded. The 'enemy' is you? Lol My sister, you better believe it! lol The devil is peanuts compared to the flesh.
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Mad_Max (f)
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My sister, you better believe it! lol The devil is peanuts compared to the flesh.  Has anyone seen Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces? Familiar name. He made a movie we talked about on this thread?
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spikedcylinder
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Pedro does a lot of movies with Penelope. This one was also with her in it. Good movie.
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Mad_Max (f)
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Cruz's movies generally are. The woman is a goddess. Only one of hers I didn't enjoy was that nonsense she did with Halle Berry; Gothika.
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JeSoul (f)
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What was wrong with Gothika?
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Mad_Max (f)
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I remember I didn't enjoy the plot. Something about the ending. But it was so long ago. It was a pysch ward movie, I think.
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JeSoul (f)
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Yeah its mostly a 'pysch ward' movie. I thought it was okay though . . . a little odd and strange but okay.
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Mad_Max (f)
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What was the The Box about? What's it genre? You have me intrigued.
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JeSoul (f)
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Well . . . I don't wanna inadvertently include spoilers as its tough to describe. It's fiction, scary, dark, delightful atimes, emotional, even horror, weird, complicated . . . seriously, you'll need at least 20-30 descriptors in order to capture this movie. And the relationship btw Mardsen and Diaz was just beautiful, and not in the superficial, fake, unrealistic typical hollywood type of rubbish love, no this was solid, human and real - the kind that everybody hopes for. It gave the movie a very tangible, relational type of feel, like it could really and actually be ordinary you in their shoes. I'm laughing now cos I came across this review online from someone who saw it and felt exactly as I did lol, especially the last paragraph below! I guess I ain't crazy afterall: Wow, this certainly isn’t what I expected from the relatively benign interview I saw of star James Marsden on “Live with Regis and Kelly.” It’s dark, drear, and troubling. It starts like a fairly straight forward thriller, and then descends into weirdness involving scenes that are phantasmagorical.
Norma and Arthur Lewis (Cameron Diaz and Marsden), comprise a young married couple with a young son, having financial problems. Out of the blue their doorbell rings and there stands a facially disfigured Arlington Steward (Frank Langella), holding a box with a button on top. He explains to them that if they press the button they will be given $1 million in cash, tax free, but if they push it someone they don’t know will die.
In the movie, Norma presses the button (this happens at the beginning of the film, so it’s not a spoiler; I’m not letting anything out of the bag; Writer-director Richard Kelly has pulled out all the stops. Well acted by Langella, Diaz, and Marsden, what genre this could be is anybody’s guess. It’s definitely a thriller, but it could also be classified as sci-fi and/or horror.
The film presents a moral dilemma without being particularly judgmental, although there is one unfortunate short piece of dialogue where it seems to be making some sort of political statement. Despite that, overall it handles it in a manner that leaves one thinking.
I can’t say I enjoyed this movie, in the ordinary definition of “enjoy,” but it did keep me involved and it did cause me to think about it long after I left the theater. To me, that’s one good definition of an entertaining movie.
The last part is so true . . . this is not an enjoyable movie in the traditional sense, like I said, I'm not even sure I 'liked' it. But I took away so much as a human being.
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ThiefOfHearts (f)
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The Box got 0.5 stars on most review board
The inclusion of Cameron is enough for me not to see it.
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JeSoul (f)
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The Box got 0.5 stars on most review board
The inclusion of Cameron is enough for me not to see it.
Yet another reason why people should not pay so much attention so these 'critics'. Karma forget your aversion to Diaz, she was solid in this flick.
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Mad_Max (f)
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I haven't seen a movie in weeks and this sounds like my kind. I can't wait to see it. Must finish this couples thing.
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ThiefOfHearts (f)
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na na\
I have 3 critics I follow cos I always agree with them and they all gave it a No
cameron is terrible, she's the reason i didnt see Sister's Keeper
Im tempted NOT to see "Precious" cos of Monique and Mariah
why must they ruin films with shitty actors, na by force?
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JeSoul (f)
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 common Karma . . . Im tempted NOT to see "Precious" cos of Monique and Mariah
why must they ruin films with shitty actors, na by force?
lol . . . Mariah I understand but what did Monique do now? lol
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No2Atheism (m)
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someone should please give me a review of the movie . . . i don't want to watch it hence i am looking for an additional reason to completely boycott it . . . I am not really into all the emotional emotional movies . . . i need things that would actually stimulate my scientific mind . . .
the way Karma and Jesoul are talking about the movie sef makes it sound as if its undesirable . . .
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Mad_Max (f)
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No2, how na? I asked around and almost everyone had good things to say about it. Those who weren't sure said it was different and worth watching for the experience and that it'll compell you to swap shoes with the lead characters and ponder what you'll do 'in their position', whatever that is. Seeing it soon. You don't need a reason to boycott it if you don't want to see it though. Simply don't.
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spikedcylinder
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I might just watch that Precious to see why Monique seems to be generating the Oscar buzz.
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JeSoul (f)
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I think its too bad that oftentimes we refuse to see certain movies because of who's in it . . . sometimes we miss out. That being said I will still not see anything containing Geroge Clooney . . . what kind of movie is "The men who stare at goats"? have they been consulting Nollywood for movie titles?
No2A, if you're looking for a mind stimulating movie - this is definitely one! I think even though its not an "enjoyable" movie, its a powerful one with a lasting message - how often do we see movies that make us better as human beings?
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No2Atheism (m)
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No2, how na? I asked around and almost everyone had good things to say about it. Those who weren't sure said it was different and worth watching for the experience and that it'll compell you to swap shoes with the lead characters and ponder what you'll do 'in their position', whatever that is. Seeing it soon. You don't need a reason to boycott it if you don't want to see it though. Simply don't.
Am alright . . . how is the baby and your better half. I still find it hard to believe you are a gaming geek. Wonders shall never end . . . at least Jesoul is one of such female geeks . . .  . . . hence urs should not be too much of a surprise. @jesoul i am not really into reviews of which actor is in a movie or not . . .i could care less . . . about which actors are in it. My main concern is whether or not the storyline and effects are mentally stimulating and whether or not i can predict the movie. Ability to predict a movie is what makes me hate nigerian movies . . .
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JeSoul (f)
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Am alright . . . how is the baby and your better half. I still find it hard to believe you are a gaming geek. Wonders shall never end . . . at least Jesoul is one of such female geeks . . .  . . . hence urs should not be too much of a surprise. I don't know if I qualify for that title anymore, its been a while since I touched my Xbox. @jesoul
i am not really into reviews of which actor is in a movie or not . . .i could care less . . . about which actors are in it. My main concern is whether or not the storyline and effects are mentally stimulating and whether or not i can predict the movie.
Ability to predict a movie is what makes me hate nigerian movies . . .
Lol . . . I hear you on that one. But seriously though go and see the box, you will not regret it.
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No2Atheism (m)
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I don't know if I qualify for that title anymore, its been a while since I touched my Xbox. Lol . . . I hear you on that one. But seriously though go and see the box, you will not regret it.
Heya . . . wats your Xbox live id sef . . . I guess its too much work or something . . .
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JeSoul (f)
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Heya . . . wats your Xbox live id sef . . . *cough cough* I'm not "live" . . . yet lol. I got the arcade and even dragged my feet at the opportunity to upgrade for free. I guess its too much work or something . . . Well when I get home from work usually about 4:30/5p its a choice btw Grandtheftauto or guitar - as an active musician, the guitar wins 99% of the time. One skill is profitable long term, the other is not  .
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No2Atheism (m)
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*cough cough* I'm not "live" . . . yet lol. I got the arcade and even dragged my feet at the opportunity to upgrade for free. Well when I get home from work usually about 4:30/5p its a choice btw Grandtheftauto or guitar - as an active musician, the guitar wins 99% of the time. One skill is profitable long term, the other is not  . I am jealous , i want to learn a musical instrument . . . but i feel i am getting to old for it . . .I seriously need to learn one. I get your point about guitar being more profitable in the longterm. Am disappointed that u do not have a live id. Its good sha . . .I must confess that i do not really like GTA . . . I am more of a football or racings kinda of a person . . .i used to play FPS before until i stopped cus they were starting to freak me out (the idea of going round to shoot and kill in the games) and i did not like the fact that it desentitises someone to the idea of shooting and killing.
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JeSoul (f)
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I am jealous , i want to learn a musical instrument . . . but i feel i am getting to old for it . . .I seriously need to learn one. I get your point about guitar being more profitable in the longterm. Trust me brotha, you're never too old to learn. I've seen 60yr olds picking up instruments and learning for the first time - go for it! And with youtube, you can learn for free inside your own house - that's how I started. Am disappointed that u do not have a live id. Its good sha . . .I must confess that i do not really like GTA . . . I am more of a football or racings kinda of a person . . .i used to play FPS before until i stopped cus they were starting to freak me out (the idea of going round to shoot and kill in the games) and i did not like the fact that it desentitises someone to the idea of shooting and killing.
I told myself after the first few times of playing it that it wasn't a good game to be playing, then I got hooked on it and would mute the volume so as not to be bombarded with the cuss words and rubbish talk. Games really have taken a turn for the immoral. But funny enough, I've been playing shooting and killing games since I was yay high . . . lol, I don't think I'm desensitized one bit, but rather trained in the art of seperating quite efficiently, fiction from reality. And contrary to you, I don't like racing and most sports games  infact in stages where I have to race in my adventure games I get upset. I've played my NBA live less than 10 times, football once but finished Naruto, GTA several times 
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