tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post115671261635112627..comments2024-03-27T17:20:17.463-04:00Comments on The Gnostic World Of Candy Minx: Nurture Versus NatureCandy Minxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1157204408742748692006-09-02T09:40:00.000-04:002006-09-02T09:40:00.000-04:00Thanks Healing Room!Thanks Healing Room!Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1157177388657374302006-09-02T02:09:00.000-04:002006-09-02T02:09:00.000-04:00PS You could(should) be paid for this kind of writ...PS You could(should) be paid for this kind of writing, Miss C.!!!!thehealingroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715069143545611768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156943601398978622006-08-30T09:13:00.000-04:002006-08-30T09:13:00.000-04:00What a great post, Candy. It's taken me a couple o...What a great post, Candy. It's taken me a couple of days to have the time to give it the attention it deserves. As you know, I watch quite a lot of films, and yet rarely these days do I have the opportunity (time-wise) to re-watch any. Your views on AHOV are interesting, especially since I was underwhelmed and that you are such a big Cronenberg fan. I'm sure the film would easily stand a second viewing, and I could even see myself growing to like it more. It has really stayed with me. Going off on a tangent, I'd also like to add that some (not all) of my favourite films are ones that I didn't much care for first time around. Strange?<BR/><BR/>Not seen Jarhead yet, but will.<BR/><BR/>And of course we all have a history of violence, just as we all, unfortunately, have a future of violence. We are doomed to wipe ourselves out, to paraphrase Edward Furlong in Terminator 2.* (asterisk)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969314216753450118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156896539267891662006-08-29T20:08:00.000-04:002006-08-29T20:08:00.000-04:00My friends don't agree with me, they say we are ci...My friends don't agree with me, they say we are civilised and not violent. By nature man is violent. After four million years of evolution human mind has grown and evolved but human nature has always remained the same. Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin were contemporaries. It was Spencer who came out with the theory of evolution. unfortunately he chose a wrong title ' survival of the fittest' Darwin's was the theory of natural selection, which was accepted by the Royal academy of science. In my opinion, what we have seen in the humans of the past is the survival of the fittest. after four million years of evolution humans never got over violence hatred greed jealousy. There was little or no help from religion.<BR/>Religion could hardly contain human nature. Religion has history of only 5 thousand years. It is very recent. The cave man had a club we have guns. No law, religion or moral code can contain human nature. You can supress it for a while like the soviets did. but it explodes. All religions talk of peace but they advocate war. Crusades or Jehaad. They advocate killing or enslaving non believers of their faith. Take Ramayan or Mahabharat, the stories are full of violence, so are the bible khoraan or the torah. I can understand that they are killing or beheading only the bad guys. Who are these bad guys ? These bad guys are the ones who don't agree with them. Religion has sanctioned getting rid of them.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156891651466097542006-08-29T18:47:00.000-04:002006-08-29T18:47:00.000-04:00good reviews leaving me with much food for thought...good reviews leaving me with much food for thought. if we haven't learned from the cruelties of Roman times, I don't give us much hope....preordination...I daydream about what could have happened had I taken that path - or that path - or..........Gardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233358355888022857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156819515169953302006-08-28T22:45:00.000-04:002006-08-28T22:45:00.000-04:00I have seen both films, though I may rent them aga...I have seen both films, though I may rent them again after reading your thoughts. The scene that sticks with me from Jarhead is the horse wandering through the smoke and oil/rain. It is slick with the stuff and comes up to the man like nature greeting humanity in a death kiss. The tone reminds me of a painting by Alex Coville, death is waiting, you know by the hand of man: technology, industrialization, and war. The scene in AHOV is where the son blows away his father's enemies, and that is ok, because he saves the oldman and family life is restored. The history remains though beneath the surface, lurking to spring forth again when needed like latent super powers. They could, but I hope that they don't do a sequel.Timmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110887184966606843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156778665676883272006-08-28T11:24:00.000-04:002006-08-28T11:24:00.000-04:00Red, Well, I did watch AHOV for the second time......Red, Well, I did watch AHOV for the second time...and it is not unusual for me to watch a movie at home with a pen and paper. And as a seasoned Cronenerg fan...I have been long accostomed to his language and the kinds of layers he includes in his films. For example...a friend of mine posed for a public service announcement a long time ago. It was regardign teen pregnancy. He was posted as a pregnant boy. Croeneberg used tat poster in his set for The Fly. Makes sense, as we are seeing a character transform...into a completely unexpected jump. Same as a male pregnant.<BR/><BR/>I really loved Jarhead, Wandering Coyote. Did you notice the main character was reading Camus. Reminds the viewer they are in for an existential journey. Yes, I DID feel things about it compared to Full Metal Jacet. some the ssets, the mood the photography...and the very slow build up of characters.<BR/><BR/>Nancy Drew, I embrace the idea that we all can have different tastes in movies. Actually...I have such a braod taste for genres and styles, that I am quite sure you and I would have many movie enjoyments overlapping. In fact, I have quite a talent for recommending films to specific people. For instance, If I know 10 movies that you LOVE, I can probably recommend others for you.<BR/><BR/>I used to work ina book store and that is one thing you eed to be able to do.<BR/><BR/>Another clue in AHOV is that when Tom Stall is fixing his truck he says "she's coming back to life now"Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156776304101477462006-08-28T10:45:00.000-04:002006-08-28T10:45:00.000-04:00What a great post, Candy. I really enjoyed your re...What a great post, Candy. <BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed your reading of AHOV... it brought to light many things I had not paid attention to before (my favourite being the implication that time has *stalled* in the name of the main characters). <BR/><BR/>It made me think that sometimes I'm guilty of watching films with my eyes (and ears) shut, passively, rather than engaging with the subtext. MTV generation, see?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598718532932773138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156769362668739742006-08-28T08:49:00.000-04:002006-08-28T08:49:00.000-04:00check this guy out! http://www.jibjab.com/JokeBox...check this guy out! <BR/> http://www.jibjab.com/JokeBox/JokeBox.aspx?Id=154647&JokeId=51006 .<BR/><BR/>very very good.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950520588438557554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156769109556128432006-08-28T08:45:00.000-04:002006-08-28T08:45:00.000-04:00Full Metal Jacket is supurb. Not seen either of th...Full Metal Jacket is supurb. Not seen either of these yet. I will now.FOUR DINNERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675014976854343039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156734664664453242006-08-27T23:11:00.000-04:002006-08-27T23:11:00.000-04:00oh cm we have opposite tastes in movies. Could not...oh cm we have opposite tastes in movies. Could not handle war/violence in movies ever since I was 5. gets to me at too deep a level.Bridget Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440545318349892863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156732586337623062006-08-27T22:36:00.000-04:002006-08-27T22:36:00.000-04:00I have just recently seen both movies. Thanks for...I have just recently seen both movies. Thanks for this set of reviews. You have put a much deeper perspective on Jarhead than I'd come up with in my recent review of it. Did you see parallels between it at Full Metal Jacket, as I did? As for AHOV, I had to think about this one before I fully appreciated it. Apart from featuring Viggo, its so powerful in its simplicity. You put the nail on the mark when you asked if it's our past that defines us or our power to change. I couldn't have said it better!Wandering Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478039463695542535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-1156720981977789332006-08-27T19:23:00.000-04:002006-08-27T19:23:00.000-04:00nice pair of reviews....btw I didn't know that abo...nice pair of reviews....btw I didn't know that about cicadas....mister anchovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047409406840291723noreply@blogger.com