Are they still working on the footage?

It’s rather strange that the trailer for Godzilla’s 50th Anniversary Release is just a teaser. Godzilla isn’t in it. In fact, no clips from the movie are in the trailer. You would think they would be able to get their hands on some clips.

The re-release will actually be new to American audiences because it will not feature the American footage. Raymond Burr filmed American scenes which were spliced into the film, as a reporter covering Godzilla, and many of the battle scenes have Burr narrating the action. All of that will be gone from this “new” release. It will be interesting to see if audiences can stand to watch the show subtitled with the original Aramaic…I mean, Japanese dialogue.

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Let’s talk more about LOTR

…just to bug Eric, who dislikes the Rings trilogy movies. Hopefully this post will prompt him to once again refer to Legolas as a female character. That’s just such a hilarious dig, I can’t get tired of it no matter how many critics make it and think they’re being original.

Anyway, here’s a look back at the making of Lord of the Rings, no doubt in order to raise a bit of hype about the upcoming Oscars.

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The Passion of the Christ is FREE FREE FREE!!!

Seems that all the promotional materials from the movie THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST are free (*though you have to pay your own shipping… but that is fair). Any attempts to say that this movie is a cash-cow for Mel Gibson can be curbed with such generous steps.

Back in bible college I remember reading an article for my ‘Advanced Exegesis’ class entitled “Is Exegesis Without Presuppositions Possible” by Rudolph Bultmann. In that article, Bultmann challenges the notion that a reader/scholar of the biblical texts can approach the texts without any bias and presuppositions. His case is strong and makes sense. We all approach everything and everyone with all the hardwiring and whatnot that have gone into making us persons. Why do I mention this? Simply to point out what may not be as abvious to some as to others.

Some are judging the merits of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST based on alleged anti-semiticism in the film. Yes, there were Jewish leaders on the Sanhedrin who voted to have this Jesus of Nazareth consigned to death. They still needed the Romans to make it happen though. But Jesus was Jewish. As was his mother and father. As were all of the twelve disciples. As were almost all of the earliest church followers. It was only after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple that the Gentile influx of believers began to be larger numerically than that of Jewish ones. But some people will only focus on those Jewish persons who directly called for Jesus head on a stick (not literally) and call the film anti-Semitic. It’s a shame and it is loathesome that such simplistic logic or emotivism is being applied to a film of such raw power and vulnerability. On the other hand, some are practicing eisegesis and are simply ‘seeing’ what they want to selectively see.

See the film. See what you think. See what you experience (*isn’t that the reason that many of us go to films.. to experience a story or tale?). That’s what I invite you to do. This is a film far more about Jews than it is about Christians if you think about it contextually. And that is a honour in and of itself from a Christian such as Mel Gibson to Jews past and present.

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Ra’s is….

For the most part I’ve been of the belief that Ra’s Al Guhl is Arabic.

This is only because in his second appearance on Batman: The Animated Series the named “Ra’s Al Guhl” was “translated” into “the Demon’s Head” or some such. The language that it was translated from was said to be “Arabic” as I recall.

Apologies to all for not linking to anything whatsoever.

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But Ra’s Al Ghul isn’t Asian….

Batman-on-Film has confirmation that it is Ken Watanabe who will be playing the Demon in the upcoming Batman film. Which is… weird.

Don’t get me wrong, Watanabe is a great actor with charisma to spare. After seeing The Last Samurai, I had half a mind to hire the dude to follow me around town because the pure force of his scowl alone would be enough to deter any attacks on my person. But hasn’t Ra’s always been European?

Also, does anyone know how good Watanabe’s English is? It was heavily-accented but understandable in TLS; it’s possible that his American accent is much better and he was merely pulling a Lambert Wilson for the dramatic effect. Oh well; at least it guarantees he’ll sound cool calling Bale “detective”.

Does this mean that Talia will also be Japanese, or what?

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But Ra’s Al Ghul isn’t Asian….

Batman-on-Film has confirmation that it is Ken Watanabe will be playing the Demon in the upcoming Batman film. Which is… weird.

Don’t get me wrong, Watanabe is a great actor who has charisma to spare. After seeing The Last Samurai, I had half a mind to hire the dude to follow me around town because the pure force of his scowl alone would be enough to deter any attacks on my person. But hasn’t Ra’s always been European?

Also, does anyone know how good Watanabe’s English is? It was heavily-accented but understandable in TLS; it’s possible that his American accent is much better and he was merely pulling a Lambert Wilson for the dramatic effect. Oh well; at least it guarantees he’ll sound cool calling Bale “detective”.

Does this mean that Talia will also be Japanese, or what?

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Altar Boy Ebert speaks

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST / **** (R)

Ebert really nails the whole point of this movie: It makes the crucifixion come alive for all the kids who read the right words in church in reenacting Jesus’ death but never envisioned what it was they were saying.

One of Ebert’s comments prompts another link.

If it does nothing else, Gibson’s film will break the tradition of turning Jesus and his disciples into neat, clean, well-barbered middle-class businessmen. They were poor men in a poor land. I debated Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” with commentator Michael Medved before an audience from a Christian college, and was told by an audience member that the characters were filthy and needed haircuts.

Last night I found this diatribe against the movie which really must be read to be believed. It’s a hoot!

One complaint is that Jesus is portrayed in the movie as having long hair. A fair complaint, I guess, considering the buzz cut Leonardo Da Vinci gave Jesus in his paintings. It also accuses Mel Gibson of making a graven image…and committing this sin 24 times a second for the two hours of the movie. The very act of making any movie about Jesus already has Mel in trouble in half a dozen ways before they even get to the complaints about his particular film.

I’m hoping to see this film in the next day or so and post a review on our Reviews site. Any other contributors wishing to do so may post them on the reviews site.

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