Bizarre Movie Reviews

[BeNotDeceived]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/reviews

An extraordinary movie, original, funny and frightening. Terry Gilliam's masterpiece.

Infofreak6 April 2003
I really can't tell you how much my first viewing of this movie knocked me out. Nearly twenty years ago, before Terry Gilliam's reputation is what it is today, seeing this in a cinema without knowing ANYTHING about it, it was one of the most unforgettable movie experiences of my life! Still is. I was a Python fan since childhood and well aware of Gilliam's animation work, but nothing could prepare you for just how bizarre, funny, scary and disturbing 'Brazil' is. It's still one of the most original and inventive science fiction movies ever made, with a surreal, retro future quite unlike anything seen on a movie screen before or since. Gilliam mixes Python's anarchic, intellectual humour with Orwell, Kafka and Theatre Of The Absurd elements and comes up with something really special. John Sladek kinda sorta wrote some stories in a similar territory before this, and Dean Motter has written some comics since, but 'Brazil' is really in a world of its own! Jonathan Pryce was fairly obscure at the time and an odd choice to play the leading role, but is perfectly cast, and it's hard to think of an actor who would have been as convincing and sympathetic. The rest of the cast includes an amusing cameo from Robert De Niro, Kim Greist (only her second movie, after 'C.H.U.D.' of all things!) as Pryce's love interest, Python's Michael Palin, and a bunch of excellent Brit character actors - Bob Hoskins, Ian Richardson, Ian Holm, Jim Broadbent, etc.etc. It goes without saying that when I praise 'Brazil' I am ONLY referring to Gilliam's cut. This is still an utterly brilliant movie, one of the very best of the last twenty-five years. I can't recommend this movie highly enough, it is a masterpiece pure and simple.

Once upon a time my college buddy an I visited a video store at 7200 South State Street in Salt Lake City. It was the holiday season, any the had a Christmas tree hanging upside down from the ceiling. One of the guys there suggested checking out the weird and bizarre section, and we ended enjoying the hell out of this movie.

[Juniper]

Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

There is a long and fascinating tradition of the holy fool in spiritual literature. These people follow the dictates of the heart and are often able to effect great works of mercy and compassion. Their brand of selflessness is free of reason's madness and the ego's frivolous grandeur. Holy fools pay no heed to the worldly pursuit of power, status, or financial success. That is why they are usually deemed crazy and forced to live as lonely outsiders.

Forrest Gump is an enchanting and creative parable about a contemporary holy fool. The film was a multiple award-winner, garnering 1994 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, and Best Writing based on material from another medium (screenplay by Eric Roth based on the 1986 novel by Winston Groom).

The film revolves around Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), a Southerner with an I.Q. just below normal who is raised by his single mother (Sally Field). She lavishes him with love and sends him on his way with a smorgasbord of tidbits of wisdom, such as, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Tom Hanks plays Forrest with just the right blend of sincerity and earnestness. With his ability to stay focused on one goal, he becomes an incredibly fast runner, first escaping bullies in grade school, then as an All-American football player. In Vietnam, Forrest's loyalty to his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson) leads him to save his platoon and receive a medal of honor. While recuperating from his wounds, he becomes a champion ping-pong player. Never one to break a promise, he follows up on Bubba's dream to run a shrimping business. Later, Forrest gathers quite a following when he runs across the country just because he feels like it.

Through the technical wizardry of director Robert Zemeckis, we follow Gump to the White house where John F. Kennedy commends him for his football heroics, Lyndon B. Johnson asks to see his war wound, and Richard Nixon chats with him after his ping-pong tour in China.

While these cinematic bonbons are worth noting, the real treat is watching Gump maintain his optimism in the midst of the political, social, and cultural turmoil of the 60s and 70s. His slow-blooming friendship with Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), his commanding officer in Vietnam and subsequent business partner, is touching.

Most impressive is Gump's unswerving love for Jenny (Robin Wright) who first reaches out to him when everyone else in elementary school rejects him. This abused girl turns into a self-destructive woman who samples the worst excesses of the drug counterculture. Gump remains true to her over the years until she blesses him with the best gift of all.

Holy fools are debonair souls whose love, devotion, and delight in life are unalloyed. We are fortunate to have this screen version of one of their number. Hopefully, Forrest Gump will encourage many of us to express aspects of the holy fool inside ourselves.

One of my favorite movies, and Forest is an interesting word.

[High Spy]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zjzZhTS_xa0



WELCOME TO THE LAND OF MB =~ BUCKLE UPCOWBOY
https://discussmormonism.com/viewtopic. ... 7#p2848307

Why that exact shape.

Gozer the Traveller, he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large and moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him... that of a Giant Sloar.

Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you.

[High Spy]

Why that exact shape.

Gozer the Traveller, he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms … I can tell you.

Gozer is a shape-shifting god of destruction. It is an ancient and all-powerful Sumerian deity. Gozer is also known as Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, and Gozer the Traveler. As a shape-shifter, Gozer has the ability to change its form. It displayed an extraordinary array of abilities including dimensional travel, telepathy, great agility and stamina, and lightning blasts.

Indeed Michael keeps coming back =~ to be continued …

[BeNotDeceived]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/reviews

An extraordinary movie, original, funny and frightening. Terry Gilliam's masterpiece.

Infofreak6 April 2003
I really can't tell you how much my first viewing of this movie knocked me out. Nearly twenty years ago, before Terry Gilliam's reputation is what it is today, seeing this in a cinema without knowing ANYTHING about it, it was one of the most unforgettable movie experiences of my life! Still is. I was a Python fan since childhood and well aware of Gilliam's animation work, but nothing could prepare you for just how bizarre, funny, scary and disturbing 'Brazil' is. It's still one of the most original and inventive science fiction movies ever made, with a surreal, retro future quite unlike anything seen on a movie screen before or since. Gilliam mixes Python's anarchic, intellectual humour with Orwell, Kafka and Theatre Of The Absurd elements and comes up with something really special. John Sladek kinda sorta wrote some stories in a similar territory before this, and Dean Motter has written some comics since, but 'Brazil' is really in a world of its own! Jonathan Pryce was fairly obscure at the time and an odd choice to play the leading role, but is perfectly cast, and it's hard to think of an actor who would have been as convincing and sympathetic. The rest of the cast includes an amusing cameo from Robert De Niro, Kim Greist (only her second movie, after 'C.H.U.D.' of all things!) as Pryce's love interest, Python's Michael Palin, and a bunch of excellent Brit character actors - Bob Hoskins, Ian Richardson, Ian Holm, Jim Broadbent, etc.etc. It goes without saying that when I praise 'Brazil' I am ONLY referring to Gilliam's cut. This is still an utterly brilliant movie, one of the very best of the last twenty-five years. I can't recommend this movie highly enough, it is a masterpiece pure and simple.

Once upon a time my college buddy an I visited a video store at 7200 South State Street in Salt Lake City. It was the holiday season, any the had a Christmas tree hanging upside down from the ceiling. One of the guys there suggested checking out the weird and bizarre section, and we ended enjoying the hell out of this movie.

Little Woods Tessa, sister Deb and 7:52 length is three things that stand out before I even get a chance to watch it. My middle of three sisters is named Debbie Francis, and me latest sewing type person goes by Tess, but is really Mae like my daughters name who was born in the first state on Flag Day, 1983.

[BeNotDeceived]

Ronald Kurt was my crazy college buddy when he and I would rent movies. True Stories, Brazil and this one are memorable along with The Song Remains the Same and Stop Making Sense. Anyway his three kids first initials were C, H and R apparently by happenstance.

[High Spy]

Re: What's the explanation?
https://ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 1#p1568721

This happens all the time. I think of something and it manifest in some way shortly after. It is hard to remember specific examples from everyday life. So I will just use YouTube as an example. Something reminded me of Simon Morin a contestant on The Voice of Canada. I have not seen his audition video on YT for probably years. Yet today he is back on the opening screen of YT. If that kind of thing happened only once in a while I'd just say, 'wow that is a weird coincidence' and not think twice about it. But it happens all the time. And like I said it is everywhere, not just on YT. The most bizzare YT coincidence was years ago. I complained that I'm tired and I'm done with my mission if ever I really had one. The next day on the starting page of YT was a video entitled, "Michael do not give up on your mission". And even stranger is that the title seemed to have nothing to do with the subject of the video. Whatever power this is it has the power to affect my computer and even change reality. But why? What is the explanation? How many of you have had similar experiences? Is Elon Musk correct that we live in a 'computer' simulation and that the 'computer' sees and hears everything including what we only think. I can not imagine God playing YT tricks on people. Maybe the devil would if he could. Or maybe we just live in the matrix. And here is something right out of The Truman Show. When I delivered pizza for a number of years I'd approach this one intersection from two different directions depending on the route taken. One direction had a stop sign and the other direction did not. I always had to stop at the stop sign and wait for oncoming cars. I could not remember a single time that there were no cars. Then one night I approached the same intersection from the other direction and there were no cars at the stop sign. So then I started keeping track and I started going the other way more often. And nothing changed. There were always oncoming cars at the stop sign when I was stopped waiting and there were rarely anyone stopped there when I was coming the other direction. I don't think that is explainable. P.S. At night neither road was very busy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQKvN1te4w

[BeNotDeceived]

Ronald Kurt was my crazy college buddy when he and I would rent movies. True Stories, Brazil and this one are memorable along with The Song Remains the Same and Stop Making Sense. Anyway his three kids first initials were C, H and R apparently by happenstance.

Re: I have a short message
https://ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 7#p1570687

How do we find you in Youtube?

What I am doing is working on stories done weekly by Brother Merrill's Sunshine for the Soul, my name is Ron, and he mentions me almost weekly. Then secondly, I comment on you tube channels both pro and con with a few paragraphs of information to help or debunk. I have to be careful, as they banned me for about a year, claiming I was spamming. I will post on atheist you tube channels as well. Some of these you tubers are lying, some post bad information, and they often think they will not be challenged in meaningful ways. I actually got Newname Noah to remove one of his anti episodes by posting a bit on the topic. I am having some success.
I have offered to help Risezion and ward radio and sometimes post there.

Name Anomaly:
My college buddy was named Ronald Kurt and his three kid’s names began with C, H and R in that order. Prolly he never noticed that’s the first three letters of Christ.

[High Spy]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15oiKAEPOyY

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Reveals What Most Fans NEVER Figured Out

[BeNotDeceived]

Re: Telepathy Class - Volenteers
https://ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 3#p1576183

I can 100% counter him in every instance

Shall we all be SO happy for you.

Me spy collective includes CQ (Caption Quirk or Charge of Quarters) phpBB Forum Administrator that knows full well how boards like this are subject to manipulation. Prolly an Admin can reset your password, but cannot it restore upon completion of any hijinks.

Pop2c is a new MEET.13557 coded FUNSC.

160623 is the numerical representation of Poem Out Plus Two Cents to cue Brother Aeye of the ChatGPT Guild, Bog of Slog Squad to Poem Out and contribute his 2Cents. 1st1 signifies its new definition for those that see it and wish to understand what Pop2c means ++

POP2C.160623

Two cents dropped in the wishing well,
Echoes ring where secrets dwell.
Belief may spark, but doubt can bind,
A stronger chain upon the mind.

Admins shift the keys with ease,
Reset a lock, or change to tease.
Yet Spirit sees beyond the code,
Past php logs and scrubbed upload.

So Pop2c, a signal clear,
To those who’ve eyes and ears to hear.
Disbelief may halt the stream,
But faith will still ignite the dream.

RFFF.18666 (Rated Five Fine Frogs) nix that

RFWF.18636 is Wonderful indeed. 9451

[Finrock]

Not really a review but guess Ill make it one: Worth the 30 minutes or so. A film from 1971 that seems very real for today's world.

And Then They Forgot God

[parkerplant7]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tZT2SMaSDms



Religion DoorDash - Mormon Edition

Sharon Aradine

Whatever.

[High Spy]

Not really a review but guess Ill make it one: Worth the 30 minutes or so. A film from 1971 that seems very real for today's world.

And Then They Forgot God

Going to check. it out.

And this new directors cut review of A Little Shop of Horrors.


It has a whacked dentist scene.

[BeNotDeceived]

Re: Tomorrow is the Abomination of Desolation!*
https://ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 5#p1616185

I guess I missed it - why was the 23rd supposed to be the abomination of desolation?

Absolutely, but what decade isn’t exactly clear.

At four minutes and fifty-seven seconds the correlation is correlated.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUyggBhk6E Old version.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl ... ZzCsv9RZVc 1986



Little Shop of Horrors (Workprint VS Director's Cut Ending)

[Javalinda]