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Post by curiouscat on Nov 7, 2021 2:59:23 GMT
Starting a thread about movies or tv shows that were helpful to exPRs. Thank you notulip for the inspiration.
I have multiple, but I'll start off with one just to get the ball rolling. I've really enjoyed Manifest. It was a NBC (?) Show that got moved to Netflix. It's a sci-fi show that's highly entertaining and emotional, and also plays with the ideas of religion and your life purpose. I definitely recommend checking it out
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Post by notulip on Nov 8, 2021 13:48:14 GMT
Curiouscat, thank you for starting this! Manifest has been on my to-watch list for a while, so I'm moving it to the top now following your suggestion.
I'm really looking forward to seeing other responses!
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Post by theycallmetheseeker on Nov 10, 2021 4:23:59 GMT
Starting a thread about movies or tv shows that were helpful to exPRs. Thank you notulip for the inspiration. I have multiple, but I'll start off with one just to get the ball rolling. I've really enjoyed Manifest. It was a NBC (?) Show that got moved to Netflix. It's a sci-fi show that's highly entertaining and emotional, and also plays with the ideas of religion and your life purpose. I definitely recommend checking it out Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic." It was one of the ones that helped build upon a prior interest in philosophy and some of the practices of the more eastern religions. |
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Post by Andatlastiseethelight on Nov 11, 2021 3:46:45 GMT
I just watched Spotlight the movie. It’s on Prime—a bit of a slow start, and a bit anticlimactic. Can’t help but see the correlation from the Roman Catholics/PRC in cover ups
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Post by jojorabbitt on Nov 11, 2021 13:41:50 GMT
Starting a thread about movies or tv shows that were helpful to exPRs. Thank you notulip for the inspiration. I have multiple, but I'll start off with one just to get the ball rolling. I've really enjoyed Manifest. It was a NBC (?) Show that got moved to Netflix. It's a sci-fi show that's highly entertaining and emotional, and also plays with the ideas of religion and your life purpose. I definitely recommend checking it out Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic." It was one of the ones that helped build upon a prior interest in philosophy and some of the practices of the more eastern religions. Great movie. But to be fair Noam Chomsky has gotten a bit nutty as he has gotten older. |
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Post by fellowhuman on Nov 11, 2021 19:54:44 GMT
Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic." It was one of the ones that helped build upon a prior interest in philosophy and some of the practices of the more eastern religions. Great movie. But to be fair Noam Chomsky has gotten a bit nutty as he has gotten older. He's not senile, and agree or disagree he's smarter than either of us (pardon my assumption). You can argue with his descriptions of American empire, but it would be an argument. I don't think "nutty" is really a proper way to categorize him. I just don't think it's healthy to label highly intelligent people who disagree with you as crazy. Sorry if I misunderstood. |
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Post by Books on Nov 16, 2021 19:09:08 GMT
The Chosen. Portrays what true christianity is all about. Compassion.
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Post by Sophia M. on Dec 26, 2022 17:53:39 GMT
I have been occasionally watching Greenleaf (streamed now on Netflix) for the last year or so. It is a drama about the extended family of a prominent church leader. Last week one of the episodes (Season 1 finale) had an argument/confrontation between sisters.
One sister is motivated in most of her actions (esp. toward her adult children) to keep her place next to the church leader and the assets and social influence that go along with the first family position in their church. The other sister (played by Oprah Winfrey) is no longer closely connected the family and church, and owns a nightclub, and is motivated to help one of her nieces uncover harms that led to death of another niece.
These lines are interspersed in the dialogue, but I clumped each character's lines all together with the person. I think this exact kind of conversation is common among women who respond in different ways to the challenge of being born into a church or family that traditionally covers up sexual abuse and protects secrets to keep the church or family seeming ok to the public eye:
Mavis McReady: "What do you want? He had to be stopped. Why didn’t you say something? Why didn't you take your daughter to the police when Grace told you 20 years ago? You looked the other way. You are no different than anybody else. Get out. Come to me when you feel like you want to tell the truth, that you want to be honest. Because I am not going to be your scapegoat."
Mae McReady Greenleaf: "You think I don’t see your handprint on every brick of my ruin? You and that daughter of mine, dressing up all your resentments in robes of righteous indignation. You leave my family alone. Who are you? You are a charmless whore."
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