I'm watching a supposedly great documentary (well, the critics collectively gave it a B rating), Religulous, but more than 60 minutes into the movie I still can't see how this is supposed to be great. Yes, the movie is directed by Larry Charles, the same person responsible for the incredibly funny mockumentary Borat, but at most, I only snickered once or twice in the last hour watching this film. That's not good.
I think it's mainly Bill Maher's presence in it that spoiled everything. Maher, a stand-up comic with "libertarian" ideals, suddenly thinks he is privileged and authorized enough to just make ambush interviews and edits them to his advantage. I would have to hand it to him though for choosing the "perfect" targets for his barrage of self-serving assaults on Christianity (especially Catholicism). Where does he find these victims? They're plainly stupid and just utterly ridiculous.
I am not Catholic, nor a devout practicing Christian, but Maher simply offends. To make matters worse, he does not even care! What a selfish prick!
For all its worth, Religulous, amounts to nothing more than an amateur YouTube video (with high quality effects, mind you) challenging the validity and significance of religion and it's corrupt influence on the world today. I mean, what's new?!? This is not something off the beaten path of evangelization!
Another example of morons who have bitten more than they can chew. Sadly, the religion of invisible idiocy remains powerful because it is concealed even to its perpetrator...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Abbey and the mysterious dvd player...
I just got off the phone with Abbey, my Dimsum partner and my kumare. I'm still laughing uncontrollably (by myself) writing this blog about her story on the doomed fate of a dvd player. For delicate reasons, I will not elaborate on this story.
Abbey's life is an open book to many of her closest friends, of whom I count myself a lucky one. This book is, of course, far from over. In fact, with the addition of a new protagonist, Alfonzo, my inaanak, a new chapter has begun. Still, her story, as is, captivates with its heavy doses of drama, action, romance, and (like the mysterious dvd player) comedy.
I told her earlier, "Puwedeng sitcom ang buhay mo!" because like many wonderful books, this makes a good tv show adaptation. A moving and funny teleserye.
Indeed, I pray, that your life remain a sitcom, Abbey, because sitcoms always have happy endings.
Now, about that dvd player...
Abbey's life is an open book to many of her closest friends, of whom I count myself a lucky one. This book is, of course, far from over. In fact, with the addition of a new protagonist, Alfonzo, my inaanak, a new chapter has begun. Still, her story, as is, captivates with its heavy doses of drama, action, romance, and (like the mysterious dvd player) comedy.
I told her earlier, "Puwedeng sitcom ang buhay mo!" because like many wonderful books, this makes a good tv show adaptation. A moving and funny teleserye.
Indeed, I pray, that your life remain a sitcom, Abbey, because sitcoms always have happy endings.
Now, about that dvd player...
Why "The Thick Red Line"?
... because I believe in common sense. Everyone has the right to safeguard his interests. The thick red line allows even the most insensitive man to see it from a comfortable distance, lest he carelessly crosses that line and suffer the innocent some gratuitous "gore" and "fatalities".
... because there are NO gray areas. There is, however, a thick red line that separates black from white - and everyone "sees" it, whether he chooses to like it or not. It is thick for a reason. No exceptions. No excuses.
... because the sides you choose in life should always be conscious decisions and not impulsive whims that you pass off as pathetic "lessons" you don't really learn, should you eventually fail.
... because the url name: thethickline.blogspot.com is no longer available and red is one of my favorite colors. Besides, red simply stands out. Imagine, the thick yellow (or green, or blue, or purple) line!
... because JP says bright red is in (for lipstick, haha).
... because there are NO gray areas. There is, however, a thick red line that separates black from white - and everyone "sees" it, whether he chooses to like it or not. It is thick for a reason. No exceptions. No excuses.
... because the sides you choose in life should always be conscious decisions and not impulsive whims that you pass off as pathetic "lessons" you don't really learn, should you eventually fail.
... because the url name: thethickline.blogspot.com is no longer available and red is one of my favorite colors. Besides, red simply stands out. Imagine, the thick yellow (or green, or blue, or purple) line!
... because JP says bright red is in (for lipstick, haha).
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