tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64947362024-03-07T17:44:33.614+11:00Worth watchingTalk to us about that great story on Film or Video.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-45253282699110404902017-08-15T22:58:00.003+10:002017-08-15T22:58:45.867+10:00The bad news must be faced before the good news can be foundFinding hope means facing the really unpleasant consequences of the cul desacs many take <br /><br />The bad news is not that we as human beings are alone in the world ( which in some way we are ) but that we strive desperately to find fellowship with the places and people we share our lives with. We make idols of marriage family sex and economic sense for starters.<br />I don't know of any human who has an answer but I has lived <a href="http://thechrist.blogspot.com/">an answer given to me</a><br /><br />At this very moment in Australia the ideal of Marriage is back on the agenda after being rejected by progressives as unworkable feature of the Dinosaurs's age only a few decades earlier. <br />I don't believe those who want the blessing of marriage will be any happier for the same reasons the people in these films find completeness in these very incomplete ambitions. <br /><br />I am not going to here list the myriad of mind games that go into so called logic on this subject .<br /><br />Instead , if you haven't faced the first sentence above, its time you watched "<br />DOCUMENTARIES on what happens when you chase the good in relationships but without understanding the limited way they will meet your need .<br /><br />A few offerings Not easy watching but realistic about real life. Let me know of more .<br />
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<li><b>Chasing Amy </b> about a young woman and man who seek the perfect partner but find themselves stuck because there is no such thing. </li>
<li><b>Anesthesia 2014 </b>about the unanswered loneliness , purposelessness and lies which lie behind so much human ambition. </li>
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journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-64289750501179626502016-09-02T10:23:00.001+10:002016-09-02T10:23:19.963+10:00Father Brown - model of many paradigms <br />
Great that these fantastic stories are making prime time viewing in Australia this year<br />
Model of the modern detective drama, this brilliant original work is more than skin deep in its associations . Like all good art, it says something about things on the edge of reason ; the elements of beauty and both good and evil in tension ; Why innocent people die and why good people do bad things . <br />
How then does he marry the hard with the fun and beauty of people you meet in those stories? Father IMO does it , as we all should do, by seeking the truth above all else .<br />
As Chesterton knew so well , you should never let a lot of words get in the road of the point Life can be fun and serious at the same time ,but don't whatever you do bore people with lumbering logomachy .<br />
<b>What makes his stories work ?</b><br />
You may think you would need to risk a bit of boring unreality to talk fun and serious together , Strangely as he knew so well, you need a bit of fantasy to watch or read his stories . Gilbert was a great fan of fantasy ( see chapter 4 of his Orthodoxy ) but he wrote drama and story mostly to show that real life can have the joy of fantasy in it .<br />
His point is that you can't see much if you don't investigate . Fantasy does at least two things mere rhetoric can't <br />
--draws you in to what can appear to be dull and obvious on the surface . <br />
--short circuits mere argument<br />
-- presents the complex in a simple picture format<br />
---can unhook us from the heavy chains of reason alone<br />
--can demonstarte truths in a succinct way ( think of the picture of the Emperors New Clothes )We don't know <br />
Chesteraon wants everyone to be their own detective.<br />
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<span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 248); color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Father takes all the story to find all the relevant facts for him
to challenge the audience with . The church and other people ( even highly
qualified ) beside him are - to be frank , a bit too quick to judge . . Fiction and art are great for dealing with big
topics- the missing bits too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 248); color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Lessons even for science </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: inherit;">To make his point about not being stuck in a rut with mere reason Chesterton like </span><span style="color: #141823;">Eisentein </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: inherit;"> talked bout equations we can know and things we can only fanaticize about , </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: inherit;">Fantasy is alright up to a point but we need real boundaries to our beliefs .. lucky for us they both siad somthing similiar for example about the cretaor . we have only 2 choices about God . either our view of god is that he smaller tan us or He is infact bigger </span></span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 248); color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What about a real life problem then like the internet ?<br />All scientists know that little is
achieved without hard and pointed ( throw half the facts out ) research . You
can get lots of the facts off the </span></span><br />
Back on prime TV ( ABCTV ) these stories of GKChesterton have provided the frame for yet another revival of interest in his words .Not before time . While you will struggle to find one of his books in your local library ( in Austalai where i have tried) his works are regularly republished .<br />
So what do we make of this anachronistic and predictable priest and and his ongoing attraction . <br />
<span style="background: rgb(246 , 247 , 248); color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> FB takes all the story to find all the relevant facts for him
to challenge the audience with . The church and other people ( even highly
qualified ) beside him are - to be frank , a bit too quick to judge . Gilbert
came to faith by digging deep . Fiction and art are great for dealing with big
topics- the missing bits too. Some Christians today are quite good at punching
through with a story and the hope that is needed to keep us acting in a
positive way in our own patch..<a href="http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>All scientists know that little is
achieved without hard and pointed ( throw half the facts out ) research . You
can get lots of the facts off the </span></span><br />
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His plays are so popular that the latest editions have temodern writers plagerizing the frame but changing the content - not soemthing they would get away with in the host of centuries when literature like authorship was respected . If we can't suport authors in principle don't expect APRA to suppot your performance rights in the futue . The implications for those who used to make their living out of the Arts is celar<br />
<br />journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-59913588413481434792016-09-02T10:23:00.000+10:002016-09-02T10:23:03.276+10:00CROMWELL 1970<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">We can all be highly cynical about politics and polys - but we shouldn't always be - there are a few real heroes . <br /><br />What makes the story of CROMWELL ( 1970) so great is that his character , action and legacy shine through all the heaps of garbage that's said about him .(Product of the reformation 1640's )</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">We owe him deeply for showing us that good things are worth fighting for ( father of modern democracy; proxy substitute for the head cut off King of England to his left </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">for 5 years ) and that YOU may have to walk the road alone ( as he often did) Go people !</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-75224576713468415532015-01-01T10:41:00.001+11:002015-01-01T11:40:17.047+11:00The Hobbit -- Home and wilderness <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lDFRokCaZH9WYzgeRZlhNt2lV1__ipxHsjGeZvO8v8n9Np_j3MO_opLdIdoRe8UQRPHND0fhu2qbeWKB0EBS1QQbNG5hOEh5zMXyHvWix1ga4Kcmi133zRf-13LbSa0tcZ15Iw/s1600/beechtrer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lDFRokCaZH9WYzgeRZlhNt2lV1__ipxHsjGeZvO8v8n9Np_j3MO_opLdIdoRe8UQRPHND0fhu2qbeWKB0EBS1QQbNG5hOEh5zMXyHvWix1ga4Kcmi133zRf-13LbSa0tcZ15Iw/s1600/beechtrer.jpg" height="92" width="320" /></a>"Its a religious film" someone said to the person in front of me as we lined up for tickets yesterday .She was worried the person would be " threatened" by such a thing- how pathetic The things people are scared of- all the wrong things.<br />
<b>Its the absolute best film of 2014</b> . <br />
Sure you can live in your castle, even play merry meadows in the Shire, but if you want to be truly human as Tolkien reminds us , you have to venture beyond ; not just be a sheep, but draw swords.<br />
Christianity is not for wimps, though some make it so . and ,,,, to be fair it seems so on the surface.<br />
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Point is,, if you want to go deeper than the superficial - which you do if you are a scientist or want to discover things - you don't fall for the slipping and sliding <br />
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Hobbits don't suggest strength and survival , but they can be strong in the right way<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As a space scientist ( the earth sort) working through the two gardens concept of Genesis, its great to see Tolkien reminding us, as Jesus and that old Book does ,that whatever happens we have a place Just where and how big and what we do there is our special calling as Os Guinness has recently published in his book " The Call"</span></span><br />
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I have just finished preparing a paper for a science conference in March about the challenge of the wilderness. Wilderness is seen to be some kind of ideal in the world of today , but like most things its a superficial and incomplete view . Wilderness regions are just part of the picture of what can be. Yes it can represent the higher trophic levels, but its still a home for many - a community with mostly symbiotic not competitive associations , A sort of home too for things other than what it might naturally be home to too. A home with possibilities .The leaf appears in the Otways after surviving for eons on the very edge of Australia without any companions and a decent sized gene pool. What is it? <br />
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I love how man works again with his new friends in the film - the animals the Goatsjourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-61876937839067790202014-11-23T08:12:00.004+11:002014-11-23T08:13:53.279+11:00 Some incredible people live in the Outback BACK OF BEYOND Made in 1954 <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2014/s4129598.htm#.">this series</a> about Tom Kruse and filmed by John Heyer has been translated into 12 languages . A tribute to all involved . Funded by Shell Company <br /><br /><br /><br />See some others of the era like SMILEY<br />
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<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2014/s4129598.htm#.">http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2014/s4129598.htm#.</a>VHA9t7hxx-Y.facebookjourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-38616761267229322132012-04-09T11:54:00.001+10:002013-01-04T20:55:46.011+11:00The UP side of AngerFairytale marriages are just that .This no holes barred comedy is really good value because it doesn't preach, it just reminds us of how to deal with the dragons in our lives and learn to love again and more deeply.<br />
Teenage Daughter feeling left out, unloved and frustrated with her mothers high expectations and mums own personal limits in full view of everyone - who wouldn't feel frustrated !!!!!<br />
after honestly putting this to her mum " you used to be so sweet " ( and successful) she says "you don't seem to love me " ( this girl tries really hard and mum is " never happy " with her efforts ( bit like sin is to God )<br />
Implication " am I hopeless?" Cause i am sure feeling it right now <br />
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No she says " your just like a lot of people in my life at the moment .You need to listen MORE CLOSELY to what I say !<br />
Point taken <br />
Don't let the determinists and faith deniers kill your appreciation of the need to deal with anger and the demons within. Strong women and strong men are those wh<a href="http://dogood.blogspot.com/">o use nature as a base </a>, not as a bottom line, or worse an excuse. The DJ <br />
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Talk about an embarassing parent - a bloody mary driven tirade at a restuarant .<br />
Take your teenagers along for the ride !!!!journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-58163563037427392272012-02-02T12:25:00.003+11:002012-02-02T13:06:21.327+11:00YES YES Prime Minister<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Ya GOTTA see YES PRIME MINISTER because you might never see it on the ABC. 25 years after Anthony Jay ( who witnessed the events) and Jonathon Lyn wrote the first series , these blokes have done it all again . Heartwrenchingly funny and brilliantly honest --all with a touch of Faulty Towers ( in the Prime Minister at some of his most harrowing moments) . A masterstoke because it tells the truth, tests belief and bares all about the extreme poverty and wastefulness of reactionary politics.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #444444; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">You may not like it, but it portrays patterned predictability that is unworthy of thinking people and our own public broadcasters and "public servants ". Only the PM and Bernard come out heroes in a play that should rock the nation - a morality play for our day . See what they are saying about it in the<a href="http://yesminister.blogspot.com/"> blue room</a> </span>journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-25782270152246508662011-05-14T20:06:00.000+10:002011-05-14T20:06:11.876+10:00A royal performance for the queens of the kingdomShow<a href="http://seeds.churchonthemove.com/video/video-mommy-rhapsody"> this</a> to a mother near youjourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-40347077197578939172011-05-01T09:02:00.001+10:002011-05-01T09:02:42.800+10:00The Royal Weddingjourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-57529625177944249992011-03-15T13:41:00.000+11:002011-03-15T13:41:09.449+11:00Conviction kitchen'Conviction kitchen' is more than powerful drama - In sharing Ian's conviction and care , we are privileged to be reminded that we all need a second chance and real self control, every day . Excellentjourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-89067547854452655432011-01-31T18:03:00.000+11:002011-01-31T18:03:46.770+11:00The King's speechGood things often create differences of opinion. I normally warm to anything that speaks of historically real characters ( keeps the wannabes who workshop them a bit under control) A film is either worth seeing or NOT .<br />
This must be <br />
The most frustrating thing is when movies just come out to decide BETWEEN what's hype , what's normal cynicism ( some arts people can't hack celebration of the good) The Nyork reviewer talks about a load of sugar and I think i wish we had newspapers that were worth buying - The NY reviewer can't even split it out- makes him seem like the dill . <br />
Cynics are everywhere - who needs em ,. Some people don't like all the swearing in this film but if its real what more powerful storytelling can one have than to be exposed to a real but unusaul family who had a lot of influence . <br />
Finally found someone who makes me see its at least worth watching <br />
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<i>" Though they( lead characters ) eventually form a friendship, the relationship is more interesting than that: it's also the relationship between a therapist and a patient, a royal and a commoner, a closed man and a flamboyant one. Handled by such superb actors, stuttering and a strange friendship provide more than enough fascinating material for a wonderful movi</i>e.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-1827328150862039202010-09-24T08:19:00.000+10:002010-09-24T08:19:07.918+10:00Living through the tough times<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saw a great film ( true story) this week ." The Pianist" A man who lived in Warsaw through WW 2. Disturbing but wonderful . For those who missed it " The Concert " too is an outstanding celebration of life in the face of great stress and trauma. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I am in it apparently - guess who ; go on !</span>journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-31639096394243545222010-07-08T12:26:00.003+10:002010-09-08T13:26:05.518+10:00Really funny serious family stuff - Best nightcap for your kidsToo tired for visitors but wouldn't mind if they were ......funny and came and left in 30mins . Got just the thing for you --The Cosby Show! ( Carsey warner). No its not dated - To be as funny as Cosby is , you have to be seriously on the ball ! Makes a great nightcapjourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-87078790044464176102010-06-01T23:57:00.003+10:002010-06-02T09:26:16.842+10:00TV Book Clubs?I like the idea , but seldom find it satisfying to watch. Colm Tiobin was good on ABCTV tonight, but the resistance to his passion ( apart from Jason and, I trust Geraldine D who overuses that word ) annoying for the girls predictability and distraction .<br />
<b>Jennifer </b><b>Byrne's program on ABCTV </b> constantly tries to drum up some excitement for all the latest, when, as Colm Toibin tried to say this week, many of the best "pictures" and formats are old and their stories can be "retold" to a waiting audience. Revivals of Shakespeare in our time prove it. More on <a href="http://agoodbook.blogspot.com/">agoodbook </a>journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-7689289355368115552010-04-22T14:51:00.000+10:002010-04-22T14:51:20.565+10:00The Good Life-- indeed it is<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90IaCJ3DWVJS2cvgcfkFn8adbgviWsMcophiMcY-3kqUOyBH18FQ0_uOK_8gECjspgBQZvCA4iGkW7VXTW36uBmLe117Kl-Ve_1IhzBseT6y9aShKVsDt4VRekGnRsloHWyTe/s1600/thegoodlife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90IaCJ3DWVJS2cvgcfkFn8adbgviWsMcophiMcY-3kqUOyBH18FQ0_uOK_8gECjspgBQZvCA4iGkW7VXTW36uBmLe117Kl-Ve_1IhzBseT6y9aShKVsDt4VRekGnRsloHWyTe/s320/thegoodlife.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div>Life is not so much about where you live, but how you live. This outstanding timeless comedy from Bob Larbey should enable generations of new western young people to enjoy exploring their opportunities in their own backyard ( however small) . Not that any of us really should slavishly follow either lifestyle choice outlined in the story - no rather the gift of sharing what little we have with our neighbours - whoever they are and whatever their jobs are in the new millenium .<br />
The story is not so much about the wonders of self sufficiency, but the wonders of life ; discovering that more is less, and less is more - that what we have indeed been given is really enough. That greed is not only bad , but bad for you ! And how funny it all is trying - reminds me of Tevye in Fiddler on the roof - Tim and Barbara trying to play a little tune on the roof . <br />
Love and adventure can and should be constrained by our backyards our callings and our <a href="http://cuttingedgecare.blogspot.com/">footprints</a> . Love and care for the world therein makes any backyard grow into a world big enough to house all our ambitions . Tom and Barbara prove that its not what you have, but how you use what you have, that matters. The world is not short of resources, but<a href="http://dogood.blogspot.com/"> a willingness to share </a>those resources. Full series on DVD is a must for your library.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-70657388299329166052010-04-22T12:47:00.004+10:002010-04-22T14:13:11.336+10:00As time goes byYou meet some horrible people don't you. Take that Lionel (Geoffrey Palmer)bloke from this series . Why would you ever invite such people to your living room again ? Let alone live with him ? <br />
Perhaps the grumpy old men like the series because Judy Dench is so patient and kind.<br />
But why would women enjoy the torture of living with that cynical old self centred sort .Maybe it reminds them that theirs is not so bad after all? <br />
Maybe its like the gos mags and funniest home vidoes - we enjoy seeing someone else suffering? <br />
No, I think whatever it is "As time goes by" is enjoyable because its realistic and its charm is because there is love there - the really tough kind .<br />
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While we have only just watched the first series ( we got the whole lot for nicks at Lifeline book sale in Canberra last week )its even got a bit of romance - how did I miss that first time around ; I wonder how long the romance will last? The lasting kind <br />
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What does that great comedy writer (Bob Larbey - The Good Life) think of whats happening now ? <br />
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<i>Bob Larbey, the co-writer of The Good Life – voted not so long ago one of the nation’s top 10 sitcoms of all time – is more qualified than most to judge the state of television today. <br />
His verdict is damning: a lot of the comedies he sees strike him as “deeply offensive” and he believes broadcasters are using them to try to attract younger viewers. <br />
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“They use words like edgy, but that is ----------, because they don’t know what edgy means. Till Death Us Do Part was edgy. Steptoe [and Son] was edgy.”</i>From Tim walker of the Guardian last monthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-68669099197778751832010-01-31T22:22:00.006+11:002010-02-14T02:22:19.597+11:00GRAN TORINO***** Clint Eastwood acts real tough. BUT, if you haven't seen this big shooting film, "you ain't seen nothing YET" . How about YOU Make your day and see this great film; <br />It forces the audience to watch a few people just like us grabbing solid toughness in desperation; In doing so it shows up the shallow and ineffecetive Noise and Bluster of the cheap immitations We get to see just what a few really tough choices look like . <br />Some people think the best thing to do is "the natural thing to do" - This film shows how inadequate that is . How though do we go beyond our emotions and try the immpossible . The natural instinct for revenge provides nothing but self justification and stupor on both sides; no way out seems possible ; The escalating war and hostilities in our homes and neighbourhoods would be depressing if it wasn't for the not so obvious kind of toughness discovered in this great film . <br />The film is a must see, with some great young heroes to inspire YOU . For more on doing the impossible <a href="http://dogood.blogspot.com">CLICK HERE </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-69596171945868875902010-01-07T23:36:00.006+11:002010-02-14T02:09:46.567+11:00Treasures YOU can afford !The Holiday DVD place on the Coast at Phillip Island had changed hands and was throwing out its old VHS to make way for the DVD's. As usual, I couldn't remember any reviews of the many mystery bag tattered covers bags that were now losing their appeal to everyone but me : I expected little, although i felt that like old records , wear could mean treasure !. I was therefore surprised to go to the desk with 21 tapes. <br />Amongst the great surprises was <b>BIG MOMMAS HOUSE</b> (proof that great comedy often has to work with the trash before you catch a glimpse of what's worthwhile; Darryl Quarles well written stuff is carried well by all; <b>QUICK CHANGE </b>is another 4 star comedy with great suspense; <br />BOX SETS The advent of series tapes for sale has meant we can follow some great series properly and without interruption. <b>BALLYKISSANGEL </b>tops our list of family engagements with guts ; with <b>TO THE MANOR BORN </b>and MOTHER AND SON good ways to wind down the day ) <br />So you are saying - "<i>I can't afford them</i>" - us too . Try visiting your friends or neighbour; hint to your children that you would like them ; and setting up a library at your church - why watch rubbish when there are works of art around . <br />One movie to make you appreciate the good news was <br />called THE GOOD SOLDIER .Its a must see. a really powerful exploration of 2 couples in particular and the way their best intentions are not enough to get them to really enjoy their marriages . Not that they couldn't , just that they didn't. Tell me what you think if you see it ? Quite scary for its honesty and challenge to think deeply about the path to forgiveness and health. <br /><br /><br /><br />Others we could recommend for reasonably mature children are " <b>RUN FAT BOY RUN</b> "and "NOTHING TO LOSE "- both great comedies with twists and turns over quite serious matters. Not sure why script writers feel obliged to overdo the swearing- KISS is always better although i have to confess that the chorus of "shut the F up" in NTL was powerfully used and purposefully well done !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-69879417617059233702009-11-16T22:19:00.000+11:002009-11-16T22:19:36.296+11:00Lilies and moreI wish I could do this more often, but the ABC have done very well to bring us LILIES and <b>GEORGE GENTLY </b>. Keep up the good work. More on bestbbc.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-68242407310932560472009-11-14T23:43:00.000+11:002009-11-14T23:43:27.403+11:00The highest forms of ArtRE <b> JUMP 2007 <br />
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There is no escape from the truth in the outstanding film <b>JUMP</b> (2007) <b>*****</b>. By telling the true story of Phillipe Halsman, we ride the rough road of anger , frustration, unfairness, deliberate personal destructiveness and prejudice together.<br />
The scary thing is that many of the real participants in this real life drama were not at war, but were destined to let it happen by their weakness. Are we any different ? Jumping to conclusions about others ? <br />
On the very positive side , I hope you will find the last few films listed here really helpful/enjoyable for your family viewing. Like all the best literature, there is no shurking of the evil lurking on both shoulders . <br />
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By putting the mirror up to show/remind us of " how people get in such a mess " we have some chance to further studying the process so we can avoid the very problem for oursleves ...Enjoy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-15490874093972249892009-07-13T15:26:00.002+10:002009-07-13T15:32:27.985+10:00Jimmy GrimbleA soundly constructed story with lots of guts and enough touches of fantasy and faith to make it very funny."Just kidding!"he says when the fixation on football returns. "just kidding " <br />We wait at the throwout trays of video shops to find these gems that are so good for all the family ( the hero is a teenage son of a single mum) and so good to restore our desire to fight to win! never never ever give up .journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-88613289507921790192009-06-19T07:08:00.008+10:002009-06-19T08:14:04.660+10:00I'm picking up Good Vibrations<strong>*****</strong> Very highly recommended to all ages and teenagers in particular.<br />Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys - you've got to know it . It was one of the most expensive song productions of its time - but, like so much of BRIAN WILSON 's work, brilliant in content, creativity and execution. THe documentary BRIAN WILSON <strong>" I wasn't made for these times"</strong> is a thoroughly engaging music (notable intros to "love and grace" , "smile album" , "pets") and conversation feast. <br />The film is a moving walk with a man whose story needs to be told again and again . Not only is the trip down music lane exceptional( how about all the ways he shared much musical skill with so many) , the trauma and passion of a sensitive man is so well put together and shared by his often times quite alienated family and friends; touching for its honest dealing with the dangerous obstinacy that we all share in some way with him. A wonderful piece of work. No wonder The good guys are still doing back flips with his work. <br />The title came from reflecting on a dog barking at his mum ,( "bad vibrations" he thought and in his typical way, turned it around!)Round round get around ....to watchin it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-90199566745038562282009-02-16T20:17:00.008+11:002009-06-19T08:51:33.391+10:00Nobody listens to meWhat did you say again? ..Sorry<br /> <br />Seriously . Having trouble getting your message across ? Especially with people who don't listen and/or don't know and/or don't care. Welcome to the club . You are not alone. <br /><br />What you need after yet another day of trying to reason and press for change is to watch <strong>"Mr Britas " BBC comedy</strong>. I remember it being a great antidote to the arrogant excesses of local leadership in the 1980's. Bought Series 2 recently -it is great for reminding us that often the people who make our world work are NOT those who take charge. more coming HERE <br /><br />Greetings . Perhaps you know some great dramas too! Obviously there is Yes Minister or our very own upto date <a href="http://yesminister.blogspot.com">yesminister.blogspot.com </a><br /><br />If you are into reading , can i suggest James Finn Garners "Politically Correct Book of Bedtime Stories " Tell your story too on childreninchargejourneymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-87901004196359206672008-12-16T09:15:00.002+11:002008-12-16T09:18:11.167+11:00Australiathemovie- a truly great fantasyMore on <a href="http://arealfurphy.blogspot.com">here</a>journeymanjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11679612023619721683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494736.post-86978846056498393112008-09-16T07:50:00.008+10:002009-06-19T09:02:42.937+10:00Churchill's WarGreat drama and reality therapy .<strong>Churchill's War</strong><em>"There are only two ways to see life"</em> Said Albert Einstein , The first, I suggest, is an example in this film - to see the victory we witnessed as a miracle . <br /><br />This week saw panic about the world ending with questions over LHC's ability to throw protons predictably. Reminds me of the way so many , even in the info age , get confused between what we know and what we don't. <br />We still don't know much about protons and they are some of the simplest and smallest bits , be we scientists know enough not to worry . <br />What we should fear in this great big universe of ours? . Physicists aren't worried. Why should we be? After all, too, the big freeze or fry ( if it happens) is some time away yet and we really can't do anything about it ! Eat drink and be merry????<br /><br />Maybe we humans fear impotence?????? <br />Physicists know that they are building on the work of Einstein. While they don't know very much really , they know enough to act sensibly in experiment and also to think this :<br />" what an amazing, predictable ( in parts) and yet unpredicatable( quantum questions) quite mysterious creation we live in" We have very little power - why would we want to think otherwise? <br /><br />Where does the fear come from then ? Jung said it well. The evil is not outside -its somewhere inside man himself . ( paraphrased) <br />Back to Einstein -- for a bit of choice stuff for everyone . <br />" There are only two ways to live. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is though everything is a miracle" Since he spoke those words, more and more physicists have come to this conclusion from the few facts we know . <br /><br />So ....what' s worth watching to get beyond the evil. Think about how England survived WW2 . Watch <br />CHURCHILLS WAR or THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN available on PAYLESS and reflect on what was said and what miracles happened and could have happened - you may need to read some of what was written by people such as Bonhoeffer and Chesterton as well ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0