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Wasn't this just in Hotel New Hampshire? And that family is all sorts of screwed up. (although, it is my favorite)
Speaking of the Hotel New Hampshire, I TiVoed it this weekend just to catch a glimpse of the super tiny and wee young Seth Green in his movie debut as Egg.
Bwah:
LONDON (Reuters) - Producers of the upcoming movie based on the blockbuster novel "The Da Vinci Code" were not allowed to film in Britain's Westminster Abbey after church officials denounced the book as "theologically unsound."
"Although a real page turner, 'The Da Vinci code' is theologically unsound and we cannot commend or endorse the contentious and wayward religious and historic suggestions made in the book -- nor its views of Christianity and the New Testament," the Abbey said in a statement.
"It would therefore be inappropriate to film scenes from the book here."
I actually think it's a bad idea to allow filming in cathedrals anyway. On religious grounds: if you believe in the concept of sanctified ground, then you don't use it for entirely secular purposes.
...Also, quoth the Abbey, "It would really suck to have to close for a day, because that 400-mile line of Americans waiting to get in would probably hurt us."
Although a real page turner, 'The Da Vinci code' is theologically unsound and we cannot commend or endorse the contentious and wayward religious and historic suggestions made in the book -- nor its views of Christianity and the New Testament.
For the record, this sentence is both more complex than you'll find in aforementioned page-turner, and possessed of more $0.50 words than you can shake an SAT booklet at.
Whilst on vacation I saw two movies. Layer Cake was fun and clever and dark in all the neo-British caper film ways which I enjoy. Sweet Jebus, that Daniel Craig is ho-o-o-o-ot.
Also saw Madagascar, which a friend of ours produced. It was enjoyable and sweet--not a must-see for non-animation fans, but I had a really good time. The Ali G dude was hysterical.
"Although a real page turner, 'The Da Vinci code' is theologically unsound and we cannot commend or endorse the contentious and wayward religious and historic suggestions made in the book -- nor its views of Christianity and the New Testament," the Abbey said in a statement.
I think that reasoning is sound and laudable. ETA: Their abbey. Also, nice to hear not-craxy stuff come from religious spokespeople. En plus, not a Dan Brown fan here.
possessed of more $0.50 words
I think I see "theologically" and "contentious", but after that?
I think I see "theologically" and "contentious", but after that?
I think "wayward" and "unsound" are worth more than a quarter. I'm a fan of "endorse" too.
Add "commend" to the list. Anyway, half the online grammar quizzes check to see whether you know the difference between "commend" and "comment."
And Beecher and Robson acted out something like it on Oz, with the car crash being replaced by malicious intent.
And, yet as painful as that was, the stuff about Robson's gum surgery made me wince far, FAR worse.
Add "commend" to the list. Anyway, half the online grammar quizzes check to see whether you know the difference between "commend" and "comment."
Yikes. It is a precise, well-written quote, but the language doesn't seem all that elevated to me, just a little formal, which I would expect.