"Crash" Wins Academy Award for Best Picture

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Liberalsaved:
Way to ignore the parts of the post that don’t give you ammo there.
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You need a “tongue in cheek” detector. He was joking in an obvious (well obvious to most of us) attempt to tone down the rhetoric in this thread.
 
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estesbob:
You need a “tongue in cheek” detector. He was joking in an obvious (well obvious to most of us) attempt to tone down the rhetoric in this thread.
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Thanks. That was my intent. Most of the rest of liberalsaved’s post was about her(his?) POV. I have every reason to respect and honor that. To do otherwise would undermine him(her?) as a person. I am sorry if I missed your gender in reading through posts lately.

She really did give me pasue to think about my own arrogance when it comes to imposing my tastes on others.

I still think Armeggedon rocks.
 
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pnewton:
Thanks. That was my intent. Most of the rest of liberalsaved’s post was about her(his?) POV. I have every reason to respect and honor that. To do otherwise would undermine him(her?) as a person. I am sorry if I missed your gender in reading through posts lately.

She really did give me pasue to think about my own arrogance when it comes to imposing my tastes on others.

I still think Armeggedon rocks.
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Great movie-I watched it the other night again. I can tell you a little of the inside story on its filming. I have a friend who worked in Public Relations for NASA for many, many years. She talked about when they filmed Apollo 13 what a gentlemen Tom Hanks was and how much she respected him. She said everyone at NASA was glad to see Willis leave when they were done with Armageddon-she refused to elaborate.

BTW-It is easy to come across as arogant in forums-i dont think you sounded arrogant at all but then i have been posting on the NET for 20 plus years. Takes a while to get used to this form of communication!
 
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pnewton:
Thanks. That was my intent. Most of the rest of liberalsaved’s post was about her(his?) POV. I have every reason to respect and honor that. To do otherwise would undermine him(her?) as a person. I am sorry if I missed your gender in reading through posts lately.

She really did give me pasue to think about my own arrogance when it comes to imposing my tastes on others.

I still think Armeggedon rocks.
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I can change sexes like a single cell organism…or something. :whistle:

If I ever go off at you, it’s the stress talking. I do try and look at everything evenly. That said, I will continue to hold firm to only one point I consider fact about film: “A movie is not about what it is about, but about how it is about it.” This is why i ruffle when people say that just because a film contains a certain subject matter, it’s automatically propaganda for that subject matter.
 
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Liberalsaved:
I can change sexes like a single cell organism…or something. :whistle:

“A movie is not about what it is about, but about how it is about it.” .
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Wow great way to put it! Although, even though I am a liberal like you are, you kind of remind me of me when I first joined the Forums. I’m still a teen, but I came here and was very selfrighteous, refusing to see other people’s beliefs, getting angry at people who felt homosexuality was wrong, very pro-choice. You’re not nearly as bad as I was, but I’ve learned that sarcasm and “clever” remarks ruffle feathers and take away from your very good points. If I speak more rationally and politely, I feel like I don’t antagonize people and they accept my point more openly. Same with the people here…I’m opposite on most positions but I now have more respect for Catholic positions and am almost pro-life. I guess what I’m trying to say is, while I totally agree with you, sometimes you seem condescending and it takes away from your effective arguing. 🙂
 
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siamesecat:
Wow great way to put it! Although, even though I am a liberal like you are, you kind of remind me of me when I first joined the Forums. I’m still a teen, but I came here and was very selfrighteous, refusing to see other people’s beliefs, getting angry at people who felt homosexuality was wrong, very pro-choice. You’re not nearly as bad as I was, but I’ve learned that sarcasm and “clever” remarks ruffle feathers and take away from your very good points. If I speak more rationally and politely, I feel like I don’t antagonize people and they accept my point more openly. Same with the people here…I’m opposite on most positions but I now have more respect for Catholic positions and am almost pro-life. I guess what I’m trying to say is, while I totally agree with you, sometimes you seem condescending and it takes away from your effective arguing. 🙂
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Sarcasm is something I do a lot. In the circles I run in, it’s almost a second language. So there’s no malice, really, I just kinda do it.

And I stole that quote from Ebert, which is why I quoted it, but didn’t steal the idea, that I do beleive in.
 
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Liberalsaved:
IThat said, I will continue to hold firm to only one point I consider fact about film: “A movie is not about what it is about, but about how it is about it.” .
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That makes no sense to me at all.
 
Let’s not see this as a failure for gay movies, rather a stepping stone!
 
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