Dear Cinephiles,
We are now meeting on FACEBOOK in our exclusive group by the same name "Cinephiles".
Therefore, the posts here on the blog will be shorter, and discussions will be carried out in that forum.
Something's Gotta Give (2003) with Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves.
"A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age". www.imbd.com
This movie was written and directed by Nancy Meyes. There's a host of famous pictures written and/or directed by her. Click on the link above for her filmography.
Enjoy it!!!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Student's post on some key issues in Anglicanism and Catholicism
They are both Christian churches springing from the same ancient source. Both administer Baptism and Confirmation, as well as the 4 other sacramental rites of Penance, Matrimony, Anoiting of the Sick, and Holy ...Orders. There are Roman Catholic and Anglican Shrines to Mary. Some Anglicans pray the rosary. Both churches maintain calendars of saints.
The main differences are:
- Anglicans do not accept the authority of the Pope. To them, the Head of the Church is the Queen (or King);
- Some Anglicans also ordain women as priests;
- In the Anglican Church, clergymen can marry;
- While the Roman Catholic Church takes a hard line against abortion, euthanasia, and birth control, the Anglican Church doesn't;
- Private confession to a priest is optional in th Anglican Church whereas the Roman Catholic Church requires it.
When King Henry VIII declared the Church in England independent of Rome, the differences were more personal than doctrinal. Over time, however, The Anglican Church adopted a revised liturgy and became influenced briefly by Lutheran and then more lastingly by Calvinist doctrine.
by Marcia (posted on Facebook - Cinephiles group)
Protestantism compared to Catholicism:
for Protestants
Mary - the Assumption and Immaculate conception of Mary are both denied. The claim that Mary was sinless is rejected - only Christ was sinless.
Mary was a holy woman who was chosen to bear the Son of God. Her perpetual virginity and intercession are denied.
Purgatory- Purgatory is rejected - Christ's death on the cross is sufficient to remove the penalty for all our sins.
Saints - All Christians are saints, called to imitate Christ. Only Christ may mediate between God and Man.
by Cláudia
Monday, May 2, 2011
Some more on ELIZABETH (1998)
Some comments, texts and videos on specific SCENES.
SCENE 1
Do you remember one of the first scenes of the movie, when Mary I's husband was sitting next to her, sunk in a chair, looking like a no one (a no one?!), apparently bored and disgusted, hating everything around him (including his wife)?
And then later, in another scene, Mary yells, "My husband is gone, they have poisoned my baby...",
...guess where her husband had headed to.
Find out ALL about him.
SCENE 2
Remember the scene in which Elizabeth is rehearsing the address she was supposed to make to rival clergy on the "Act of Uniformity"?
Cate Blanchett's acting was superb!!! WATCH THE VIDEO here. You may also read the transcript to this scene.
SCENE 3
Elizabeth meets Duke d'Anjou.
Factual Mistake: "Elizabeth was nearly twenty years older than the flamboyant, bisexual transvestite Duke of Anjou, and they never met in person. He went on to become King Henry III of France, and his younger brother became Duke of Anjou. It was this Duke that Elizabeth met, and they actually got along very well and even talked about getting married. However, due to unpopular public sentiment towards the match and Elizabeth's own aversion to marriage in general, the plans were called off". See source.
SCENE 4
Anachronisms: Robert Dudley recites Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet "My true love hath my heart" to Elizabeth in a boat. This sonnet was not written until at least 1580, about 20 years after the time the movie is set, and wasn't published until 1593. (source: Imdb)
Whether it's anachronic or not, it's beautiful and veeeeery romantic.
READ and LISTEN to the sonnet here.
Last but not least...
After Elizabeth I's reign the Tudor dynasty was survived only in the female line, with the House of Stuart occupying the English throne for most of the following century. Click on the links to learn more!
SCENE 1
Do you remember one of the first scenes of the movie, when Mary I's husband was sitting next to her, sunk in a chair, looking like a no one (a no one?!), apparently bored and disgusted, hating everything around him (including his wife)?
And then later, in another scene, Mary yells, "My husband is gone, they have poisoned my baby...",
...guess where her husband had headed to.
Find out ALL about him.
Phillip II of Spain
SCENE 2
Remember the scene in which Elizabeth is rehearsing the address she was supposed to make to rival clergy on the "Act of Uniformity"?
Cate Blanchett's acting was superb!!! WATCH THE VIDEO here. You may also read the transcript to this scene.
SCENE 3
Elizabeth meets Duke d'Anjou.
Factual Mistake: "Elizabeth was nearly twenty years older than the flamboyant, bisexual transvestite Duke of Anjou, and they never met in person. He went on to become King Henry III of France, and his younger brother became Duke of Anjou. It was this Duke that Elizabeth met, and they actually got along very well and even talked about getting married. However, due to unpopular public sentiment towards the match and Elizabeth's own aversion to marriage in general, the plans were called off". See source.
SCENE 4
Anachronisms: Robert Dudley recites Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet "My true love hath my heart" to Elizabeth in a boat. This sonnet was not written until at least 1580, about 20 years after the time the movie is set, and wasn't published until 1593. (source: Imdb)
Whether it's anachronic or not, it's beautiful and veeeeery romantic.
READ and LISTEN to the sonnet here.
Last but not least...
After Elizabeth I's reign the Tudor dynasty was survived only in the female line, with the House of Stuart occupying the English throne for most of the following century. Click on the links to learn more!
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