Be prepared P-C.

I am a firm believer that one of the reasons there was so much 'controversy' when it came out...were you even born then?...was because Scorsese knew that it is essentially boring in great huge chunks.

He screened it for 'religious leaders' specifically to kick up a fuss. Which worked. And I'm glad it did.

Lots of people got to see a fresh perspective on the Jesus story as one where the son of God was essentially a (hu)man with a really crappy job to do. He suffered the slings and arrows because he loved them so well, despite their behavior towards him and each other.

There are some particularly rich bits, (some unintentionally funny), sumptuous visuals and a cracking score by Peter Gabriel (which I listen to regularly) and a 'hey it's that guy' cast of thousands.

Pay special attention to the scene where Harry Dean Stanton...not even trying to dampen his southern accent...speaks to Lazarus. The resurrected one has the best line of the entire film. Words to live by...or not, as the case may be.

I have returned from watching Captain America: Winter Soldier, which entirely lived up to my (high) expectations and was mega fun. It pitted Captain America against Hydra once more, an organisation with global reach and inexhaustible resources, with the exception of a replacement mask for the Winter Soldier if he happens to misplace his.

I have other thoughts about the movie, but first I wanted to share with you the story of Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly was the last and best-known of Australia's bushrangers. The son of an Irish convict, his family had a long history of run-ins with the law, and the Kelly gang became well-known for bank robberies in the area. His last stand was at the town of Glenrowan in 1880, where they had planned to derail a train of policemen coming to help hunt and capture them. The police were forewarned and instead it turned into a shootout. Ned Kelly was dressed in armour, capable of stopping bullets, as shown here: [link] Nonetheless, the police brought him down, by firing at his unprotected legs. The 19th century Victorian constabulary - smarter tacticians than modern-day Hydra's elite hit squads.

I thought the same thing while watching the movie, billytea.

Snerk.

So true. STILL, I was just as glad that the WS misplaced his mask for...reasons.

(some unintentionally funny)

watch out for the accents.

watch out for the accents

Seriously.

"Yo, Lazarus. Howyufeelin'?"

ETA: I woke up in the middle of the night saying to myself, "There is a typo in my last Movie post." Seriously. I'm editing in my unconscious!

I thought the same thing while watching the movie, billytea.

OMG, SO MUCH THIS.

for...reasons.

Yes. Reasons.

Having rewatched CA:TFA yesterday, wow, it really sets up CA:TWS nicely.

Damn it, still suffering from what the kids these days call FEELS. All of them.

Funniest thing I've seen all day (very slightly spoilery for CA 2): [link]

Abigail Nussbaum reviews Snowpiercer: [link]

Sounds like the cast is good, anyway.