Posted by Ritch on June 22, 2002, at 0:09:44
In reply to movies and books, posted by susan C on June 21, 2002, at 20:37:32
> I watched (well, kind of, my attention span is about the same for movies and books and I skip a lot) Mockingbird and Sling Blade. Mair, your descriptions of genre of books and what appeals to you and what doesnt, is a good description for me too. So many of the descriptions, or sets in the movies are familiar...Perhaps that is why I enjoy some more than other, I identify with them. For example, one Halloween I made a complicated tree out of chicken wire, paper and paste. It even had an owl on the branch. I had to walk to school, a good 10 blocks, and of course, I was wearing it....so I identify Strongly, with scout and her ham...
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> The character in Sling Blade, the justification, the moral decisions represented in each movie would be an interesting discussion all in of themselves.
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> Mouse with three different remotes
Susan,What I noticed about Sling Blade is that Karl seems to act from FREE WILL based on principles he has read in the Bible (he is torn between "Thou shall not kill" and Jesus' statement about not allowing children to be harmed-or woe unto him that allows it to happen-a sin of OMISSION. Owen seems to be a FREE THINKER observing FATE unfolding in front of him, which he has no control over.
Mitch
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