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I have been goofing off as late, and have been able to see a few videos...

Good movies that I have seen...

Thought provoking...Lord of War with Nicolous Cage....made an impact on me...I think I now hate gun runners...

Cute, but somewhat unrealisic chick flick...Must Love Dogs..

[i am a John Cusak fan anyway]

Biography....Walk the Line....Inlightening insights into the life of Johnny Cash...Depicts life of drugs, but I get the sense that there was a redemption that was alluded to, but never shown. Good flick.

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I heard that family members of Johnny Cash were upset with the movie and claim that is not how it happened. It is typical of Hollywood to leave out his life of faith. Any movie or book abouthim that doesn't include his faith is incomplete at best and fiction at worst. He died a very religious man.

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Cash on the Line

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"Walk the Line" was the widescreen version of that experience. "It was like it would be for anyone who saw some-one else's idea of their childhood. You would say, well, some of those facts are right, but that's not what happened. That's not my experience." She gives a little shrug. "You know, I just don't have a need to see the Hollywood version of my father's drug addiction and my parents' breakup."


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If you want to see a Christian movie made by Johnny Cash, you can purchase one of these: [:"brown"]The Gospel Road[/], made in 1973 (Re-releasing now-2006)

The write-up goes like this:

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The Gospel Road

Johnny Cash, the legendary Man in Black, telling the story of Jesus Christ as only he can tell it- from the heart with no compromises!!

It is the story of the Gospel, filmed in Israel in the early 1970s. Cash stars in, sings, and narrtes this timeless tale of faith, courage, and one man's selfless acts of kindness and charity.

Featuring original songs by JohnnyCash, June Carter Cash, and Kris Kristofferson, and written and produced by Cash, The Gospel Road is his most passionate labor of love. Join country music's greatest star on this inspriational journey.

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Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

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I've been watching the first season of Battlestar Galactica lately. Very interesting and enjoyable indeed. Driven by real moral commitments, and by people being put in situations they're not prepared for. Interesting take on religion too.

Haven't been in a cinema for a long time because there's just not much at all I want to see at the moment. Last one was Hoodwinked, an animated movie that was a lot of fun. Overlapping different perspectives on the story of Red Riding Hood.

Truth is important

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Battlestar Galactica is a Mormon production with Mormon belief undertones.

<p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>

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....weeeellll.... the original 70s series was produced by a Mormon and has a few rather tenuous links... like the similar sounds of the Planet Kobol (in BSG) and the Star Kolob (in Mormonism). Mormonism, as far as I know, doesn't have 12 gods, as the main characters in BSG do.

The show's take on religion is interesting because the robotic Cylons are also highly religious, and they are monotheistic. There are scriptures, prophecies and pastors...

Maybe there's a Mormon influence carried over to the new shows from the old ones, but I think it's more in the way of looking for a non-hackneyed belief system than a specific attempt at Mormon evangelism or anything.

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Maybe there's a Mormon influence carried over to the new shows from the old ones

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<img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/oops.gif" alt="" /> thought you were talking about the old shows. I haven't seen any of the new ones beyond the pilot. I couldn't get my head around the new "flesh & blood" cylons nor the female Starbuck.

<p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>

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I watched a very good movie this afternoon. I recommend it for jr high age on up. A young jewish boys struggle to stay hidden and survive in a Polish/Jewish ghetto after his mother and then father are taken away by Natzis.

"The Island on Bird Street" by Uri Orlev

Review: http://www.ce-review.org/kinoeye/kinoeye22old1.html

<p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>

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