Movie Day!
Hi - how are you going?
It's very wet on the Sunshine Coast today...which is good, we need the rain. But...well... wet.
Therefore, I know this hurts people in 9 to 5 jobs, and I'm sorry for that...but I'm going to console myself by going to see a movie this afternoon.
A small part of me wants to give Woody Allen one more chance and go to see 'Match Point'...but I'll probably regret it. The reviews say it is the best Woody Allen film yet, but for me...in fact for anyone who sat through Melinda and Melinda...that's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
'Rent' has just started - but for some reason I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into movie musicals...even though I usually love them...
Then there's 'Kinky Boots', the new pommy comedy starring Joel Edgerton.
I think we all know the problems with this one. It's an English film. Doubtless, all English films look enticing. Fond memories of 'Billy Elliot' and 'Love Actually' keep you going back for more...but every now and then you get sucked into a 'Millions' or 'Johnny English' and, well, that's exactly the problem with English films.
Australia is at least a little more consistent. We only make crap films. When you hand over $13.50 for an aussie flick you can be confident you are only there to do your bit for the film industry..not because you're expecting quality entertainment!
Sure, every now and then you stumble on a 'Somersault' or 'The Castle', but in truth, for every one of them, there 350 of 'You and your stupid mate'!
What about you? Want to defend and Australian film? There must be at least one good one out there??? Or maybe not!
Which one do you hate the most? I think mine might be something from Jimoein (Is that spelling correct?) just because I always expected better from him!
Be good,
Love Caroline
It's very wet on the Sunshine Coast today...which is good, we need the rain. But...well... wet.
Therefore, I know this hurts people in 9 to 5 jobs, and I'm sorry for that...but I'm going to console myself by going to see a movie this afternoon.
A small part of me wants to give Woody Allen one more chance and go to see 'Match Point'...but I'll probably regret it. The reviews say it is the best Woody Allen film yet, but for me...in fact for anyone who sat through Melinda and Melinda...that's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
'Rent' has just started - but for some reason I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into movie musicals...even though I usually love them...
Then there's 'Kinky Boots', the new pommy comedy starring Joel Edgerton.
I think we all know the problems with this one. It's an English film. Doubtless, all English films look enticing. Fond memories of 'Billy Elliot' and 'Love Actually' keep you going back for more...but every now and then you get sucked into a 'Millions' or 'Johnny English' and, well, that's exactly the problem with English films.
Australia is at least a little more consistent. We only make crap films. When you hand over $13.50 for an aussie flick you can be confident you are only there to do your bit for the film industry..not because you're expecting quality entertainment!
Sure, every now and then you stumble on a 'Somersault' or 'The Castle', but in truth, for every one of them, there 350 of 'You and your stupid mate'!
What about you? Want to defend and Australian film? There must be at least one good one out there??? Or maybe not!
Which one do you hate the most? I think mine might be something from Jimoein (Is that spelling correct?) just because I always expected better from him!
Be good,
Love Caroline
1 Comments:
Dear Caroline,
As I treasure peace and harmony, it is nice to see the Muslim girls wrapped in our flag. However; I cannot see how the Muslim values can be consistent with what we have grown to accept as Australian values. I am big on social justice issues, but I have some big problems with what I understand as fundamental Islamic doctrines and practices; namely:
1. I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared, that by killing an infidel, which is a command to all Muslims, they are assured of a place in heaven. As people who are not interested in the Muslim doctrines are infidels: most of us are obviously their enemies.
2. The fact that there are countries in the world today that is ruled by a Islamic "Shariah" law where women severely discriminated against, and are not even permitted to vote. This doesn’t seem to bother our Australian Imams, unless I have missed something. And I don’t hear any other Muslims condemning this either. “Shariah” seems to be in accordance of how a devoted Muslim must live, according to their holy Koran, as I understand it.
3. The fact that there is and has been, so little outcry of the atrocities that their Muslim brethren are committing around the world. I would be so embarrassed that I would never stop expressing my disgust, if the government or the population of the country that I originate from,, where behaving like that. In fact there where many reliable reports of cheers and outburst of jubilation by the Muslims in the Sydney Markets, when the news of the London subway bombings broke.
I don’t think that religious beliefs should be exempt from our discrimination laws. There are examples in the Christian Bible that are also discriminatory against females, and I believe that the Christian churches should be challenged about this. The Mohammedans however; stand out as the most blatant and cruellest discriminators of all the religious followers.
The girls pictured in The Courier Mail are to be commended for their courage, but it should be pointed out that their faith, is unfortunately not compatible with any kind of social justice.
Kindest regards,
Lars Karlsson
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