Comments on: Sometimes Movies Get It Right http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brendthttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html#comment-4077 Brendt Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:01:47 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html#comment-4077 Saw <i>Over the Hedge</i> on its opening week -- my little financial salvo against DVC. In my <a href="http://csaproductions.com/blog/?p=355" rel="nofollow">review</a> of the movie, I said that it <blockquote>pokes a lot of fun at the over-consumption rampant in American suburbia, but doesn't get preachy at all. Like I said, it pokes fun.</blockquote> So, "crunchy" might be over-stating it a bit, but the themes would definitely ring true with a crunchy person. Saw Over the Hedge on its opening week — my little financial salvo against DVC. In my review of the movie, I said that it

pokes a lot of fun at the over-consumption rampant in American suburbia, but doesn’t get preachy at all. Like I said, it pokes fun.

So, “crunchy” might be over-stating it a bit, but the themes would definitely ring true with a crunchy person.

]]> By: salguod.nethttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html#comment-4052 salguod.net Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:45:34 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html#comment-4052 <strong>Cars...</strong> We went and saw Cars. .. Boy, what a wholesome, laugh out loud, feel good, bunch of moral, gear-head goodness that movie is. I cannot say how much I enjoyed it. ...... Cars…

We went and saw Cars. .. Boy, what a wholesome, laugh out loud, feel good, bunch of moral, gear-head goodness that movie is. I cannot say how much I enjoyed it. ……

]]> By: Rayhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html#comment-3956 Ray Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:46:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/06/sometimes-movies-get-it-right.html#comment-3956 There is a definitive odor infiltrating our society; <b>MAYBE</b>, just <b>MAYBE</b> consumerism is not an end to itself. Maybe there is more to life than three computers, four cars, an iPOD and two cell phones... Dan, while we have not always agreed 100% on everything, I so appreciate your heart, and the heart of thers who are trying to answer the hard questions about our consumerist lifestyle, and the idol of materialism... Not only have I learned a lot from reading your excellent articles, but I have been pointed to good reads, and now, good movies! There is a definitive odor infiltrating our society; MAYBE, just MAYBE consumerism is not an end to itself. Maybe there is more to life than three computers, four cars, an iPOD and two cell phones…

Dan, while we have not always agreed 100% on everything, I so appreciate your heart, and the heart of thers who are trying to answer the hard questions about our consumerist lifestyle, and the idol of materialism…

Not only have I learned a lot from reading your excellent articles, but I have been pointed to good reads, and now, good movies!

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