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Why is the TLSU movie thread the most read movie thread in The Arts Board's history then? Surely I am not very funny - even Chicken has said as much.

IF that's true; and that's a big IF, I could think of several logical explanations.

1. Like all self righteous, intentionally oblivious Jesus men; you are a shameless self promoter. Here are a few examples of you quoting from and linking to that thread in other people's M/TV threads.

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See my reviews of Redemption Road and Seven Days in Utopia. Both are overtly Christian movies and neither is, IMO, good.

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So you're to blame for this being the TV/Movie Board instead of the more apt name, The Arts Board? Dolphin Tale is a good movie. LINK

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So far, the highest score on the TulaneLSU movie reviews thread this year is a 9. The following movies have achieved that score: The Fighter The King's Speech Rango Thor Midnight in Paris Sarah's Key In retrospect, I'd probably bump Thor down to a 7 and Rango down to an 8. The most fun I had a movie theater this year was at Never Say Never.

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Dolphin Tale "There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in," writes Canadian Jewish-Buddhist poet, Leonard Cohen. These are important words to consider in our culture, a culture that prizes perfection, usually of a superficial variety. Our world tells us that we should be outgoing, strong, fashionable, friendly, all the accoutrements of an American Dream-styled life. The result often leaves those who are shaped like the perfect vase with guilt that can turn into depression and self-hatred. Child prodigy actor, Nathan Gamble, begins this tale, not as a child ridden with guilt, but a child ridden with angst, the sort of angst only known by those who are abandoned by one of their parents. A life of broken relationships and broken community is the result. It is only when something as broken as his heart enters his life that he begins to see light. Of course, the salvific thing is a dolphin, and while I am not an animal rights activist or a zoolater, we see here that animals can have a sacred power that is often ignored by ecologically imperialist Christians who see the world to be used rather than loved. I am reminded of the story the Irish monk missionary who helped revitalize Christianity after the fall of Rome. He understood that all of creation yearns for redemption so much that he told his companions, when he was leaving his horse for good, "Leave the horse alone, so that he may pour his grief into my bosom, if he will. For he loves me and is wiser than many men." In another story, Columba tells a fisherman to go to the beach and wait. There, "you will behold, blown by the winds and very weary, a crane...Treat that crane tenderly, and warm it in your bosom, and carry it to some neighboring house." The crane and the horse were more than mere objects. They were beings through which God's grace flowed. For Columba and for the characters in "Dolphin Tale" animals have a crucial role in salvation history: they heal what is broken. I had no intention of liking this movie: it looked formulaic, sentimental for the masses, and cheaply made at first. But as I continued to watch, I could not help but be swayed by the ebullient performances and the sapid music of the most underrated soundtrack composer in America, Mark Isham. There are very few good family movies being made, but "Dolphin Tale" more that satisfies both children and adults. Kids will love it for the animal scenes and humor. Adults may love it for its positive, feel good story. Of course, snobbish critics may assail it because its style is as Promethean as a peanut butter sandwich, but who cares for such opinions? Such people are only hiding behind their own cracks, afraid to step from the darkness of artificial health. 8/10

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Drive will probably be the year's most overrated film. The more I think about it, the less I like it. My Drive review. All the glowing reviews I read describe its greatness in one of two veins: the movie is novel, not limited to a specific genre (being novel is not necessarily good) and the performance of Gosling. I will give the movie the latter, but how does anyone reconcile the rest of the movie with the positive reviews? I just don't understand the critical reception being so positive. I blame it on a lack of roots, culturally and morally, keeping D Brooks recent editorial in mind. There's plenty of style in the movie, but where's the meat? The story is absolutely stupid.

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