other angels ( turkish : teslimiyet ) is a 2010 turkish drama film , directed by emre yalgın , which follows the lives of four transgender sex workers living together in the underbelly of istanbul .

the film , which went on nationwide general release across turkey on december 17 , 2010 , will be shown at the 22nd ankara international film festival ( march 17 to 27 , 2011 ) .

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angels are autonomous beings and do not live in strict harmony with each other . throughout the ages , they have had rivalries and disputes with each other .
the archangels have a more powerful , stronger essence than guardian angels . they oversee and guide the other angels who are with us on earth .
these angels are closest to the material world and human begins . they deliver the prayers to god and god ' s answers and other messages to humans . angels have the capacity to access any and all other angels at any time . they are the most caring and social to assist those who ask for help .
supernatural beings : supernatural beings ( i . e . gods , angels , and demons ) are able to cause physical harm to each other . gods are capable of easily overpowering and destroying angels .
sacred scripture also refers to lucifer by many other names all of which describe his
fallen nature .
dominions are angels of leadership . they regulate the duties of the angels , making known the commands of god .
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* and there was war in heaven . * michael and his angels fought against the dragon , and the dragon and his angels fought back .
this was perceived as a guardian angel of a lady in quebec province of canada . the swan is a symbol of grace . there are other angels featured in this painting on the upper left of the angel ' s face .
angels were thought of as being in charge of whole communities and individuals alike .
angels are the children of god and goddess . they grew up together in heaven . like human children , they played with each other and depended on their parents . amenadiel is the oldest one and is admired by many of his siblings .
immortality : angels cannot be killed by conventional means and thus live for many years .
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the point of the angels largely seems to be to drive other points of the plot . it seems that the plot of instrumentality itself does not really need the angels—and i think you ' re right in this respect . the angels themselves are a monster of the week trope embodiment , but you ' ll notice that each one ( except perhaps matarael ) has a large influence on the events of each episode ( and often the whole series ) .
we must not confuse the works of the angels with the role of the holy spirit .
all of us have at least one guardian angel , and some of us have more than that . guardian angels guide and protect us throughout various stages of our lives . our guardian angels are here to serve us and no one else . they are our own “personal angels . ”
the angels celebrate before the throne of god every time a sinner repents and turns to god .
nigh - omniscience : being around for a tremendous amount of time , angels know many things .
unlike gods of destruction and supreme kais , angels have no need for sleep . [ 1 ]
english title : other angelssanem is a working girl sharing a flat with three transvestites in istanbul . every day she dreams of a savior who will take her away . one day a young man named gã¶khan moves into the neighborhood , and soon sanem attracts his attention . this will be the beginning of a journey during which both will question each other and their choices in life .
however , because angels are so magnificent , people have fallen into the sin of angel - worship .
superhuman reflexes : angels possess great reflexes . amenadiel was able to effortlessly dodge maze ' s attacks .
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of angels by marian keyes .
the archangels have a more powerful , stronger essence than guardian angels . they oversee and guide the other angels who are with us on earth . as opposed to our guardian angels , the archangels can be in more than one place at a time . therefore , don’t feel guilty about calling upon them because you feel that others may need them more than you do . the exact number of archangels is debatable , but the four that are the most widely known are michael , gabriel , raphael , and uriel .
flight : through the use of their wings , angels are capable of flight . this includes flying to other realms , e . g . traveling from heaven to earth and back , including hell . as seen in
a devil of my word
, they are capable of using their wings in battle .
angels are immortal celestial spirits created by god . they are created to represent him and to guard his interests
thrones are the angels of pure humility , peace and submisssion . they reside in the area of the cosmos where material form begins to take shape . the lower choir of angels need the thrones to access god .
we may call upon both our guardian angels and the archangels at any time and they will come . our guardian angels are here to serve only us , and the archangels are here to serve everyone . guardian angels are present wherever we are , and the archangels can be in more than one place at one time .
sadly there are some strange notions regarding angels , and perhaps this article will help you to clear that up .
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only god is home for the love of the angels , just as he is for us . the angels must make their way home , for love ' s fire is the divine flame , or there is no warmth .
the bay of angels by anita brookner . 200 pp . new york : random house . $ 23 . 95 .
english title : other angelssanem is a working girl sharing a flat with three transvestites in istanbul . every day she dreams of a savior who will take her away . one day a young man named gã . . . see full summary »
powers are warrior angels against evil defending the cosmos and humans . they are known as potentates . they fight against evil spirits who attempt to wreak chaos through human beings . the chief is said to be either samael or camael , both angels of darkness .
dimensional travel : through the use of their wings , angels can travel between the heavenly realm , hell and the earthly plane .
in addition , the church of satan is well established under law in the usa and possibly elsewhere too . television proliferates these beliefs through such programmes as charmed , ghost whisperer , supernatural and many other witchcraft programmes that are very popular with our youth .
in retrospect , what was the point of the angels at all ? the goal of nerv and etc . was the human instrumentality project . why go through the effort of killing fifteen angels ? and even if you could say they had to establish peace for the moment to go ahead with the project , that just makes the entire plot of the angels a waste . so what was the point ?
shape - shifting : angels are capable of altering their true angelic appearance , making themselves look like humans ( hiding their large wings ) .
magnificent coding mom : ginny martin is still in lincoln after graduating from a san francisco code school boot camp last spring . she is loving up her kids and exploring job opportunities ( here and out west ) and continuing to mentor other would - be coders . java !
and even though satan has the effrontery to enter god ' s presence with the other angels ( sons ) he does so to
accuse
god ' s people . however , you will notice that satan can do no more than god allows him to do .
and the lord said to satan ,
behold , all that he has is in your power , only do not lay a hand upon his person
it is also noted by whis that there used to be 18 universes , which means there should at least be 6 more angels in the series . this could either mean that the angels could have been erased along with their universe or that without a position to fill , they fell dormant .
there was clearly some need to delay enacting third impact and instrumentality until after the final angel was dispatched , probably at the order of the dead sea scrolls ( which is never explained ) , otherwise nerv / seele would have simply commenced it as soon as they had the lance ( adam , lilith and rei were already in their possession ) . for some reason , instrumentality was only likely to work if there were no other angels alive to prevent it .
angels : the truth about gabriel , michael & raphael . lucifer , angelic beings : archangels . cherubim . powers . seraphim . thrones , dominions . beasts .
that ancient serpent called the devil , or satan , who leads the whole world astray . he was hurled to the earth , and his angels with him .
angels do not have corporal bodies but they can manifest themselves in human form . an example of this is seen in the account of lot regarding sodom and gomorrah
on december 8 , 2017 , toyotaro posted a concept art of two angels , but he stated they aren ' t official to the series . [ 3 ]
i consider angels the best book marian keyes has ever written ( although i havent yet read all her books ) . maggie is clearly the most sympathetic of the walsh - sisters . i also think that angels deals with wider themes . maggie ' s problem isnt really low self - esteem , like claire ' s and rachel ' s . she’s somehow a deeper character . i also liked the plot . in angels marian keyes is more entertaining than ever . i really laughed , especially when maggie’s family came to la to visit her . the walsh family seems to be an irish version of bridget jones ' family . marian however makes her chanters more realistic and nicer than helen fielding . angels was also a real page - turner like no other book i have read for a while has been . i completely loved it . it captured me . marian keyes has a great way of relieving the background of events little by little . first it seemed like in the book maggie ' s and garv ' s marriage broke down because they were simply tired of each other or something as shallow , but during the book it turned out there was a lot more to it . really great ! i really felt like i was maggie when i was reading the book .
to us they may seem like god himself , but to god they are as far away from his perfection as your dog is to you . we must always remember that the angels , good and bad , are creatures , they are not gods . saint thomas aquinas points out that the angels are not supernatural simply because the condition of an angel as a created being is natural to his state . god and god alone is the only supernatural being . so the bible warns us not to worship angels
in other updates : staci hutchinson is still greeting shoppers with a smile at trader joe’s on monday and tuesday afternoons , you can still find st . teresa in the window of the thrift store by the same name at 25th and randolph , i still want to be buried in my new quartz countertop , summer is still too short , pershing should still be a library , i still won’t eat a twinkie and drivers and pedestrians still need to watch out for each other . ( this from monday’s paper : “the woman was walking south in the crosswalk on 11th street when she was hit by a dodge durango turning east onto k street . ” )
the angels act as mirrors or reflectors reminding us of our true heritage as perfect light beings . these reflections are messages that , when adhere to , can raise human consciousness .
the angels nerv fought were the children of adam , who sort to instigate the third impact to reclaim earth back from the children of lilith , the lilin ( humans ) .
gabriel is sometimes depicted as a male , and at other times as a female archangel . for simplicity , however , i will just use the masculine pronoun when describing him here . gabriel is the communication angel , and we can call upon him whenever we need help with writing or speaking . clairvoyants often see him as a copper colored light .
i can ' t believe i ' m saying this , but i just cannot get into this book . i ' ve been plugging away for days and days , i ' m only like 1 / 3 of the way through , and i am just not interested . this doesn ' t seem as fun as the other walsh family books .
its adherents often use christian terminology such as
guardian angels
to describe consultation with the dead or evil spirits . the angels they are referring to , were until recent years , called
spirit guides
or
familiar spirits
and are clearly demonic , pagan and occult in origin . in an attempt to clear up this confusion for christians is the reason for this article . i hope that it will spread some light on the reality and truth of god ' s holy angels whose role is to minister to god and his people .
it is comforting to know whom and what you have working on your side . angels and christians are partners and allies in the spiritual warfare in which we find ourselves . they assist us to dislodge satan from his stronghold in the world . when intercessors come together and prayer prevails it brings powerful angels to aid and assist us to hinder the workings of satan (
in dragon ball z : resurrection ‘f’ and dragon ball super anime , the angels of hell are a group of angels that watch over frieza in hell . presumably they serve under king yemma or at least he has some authority over them as he is able to give permission to goku to travel to hell in order the recruit frieza for the tournament of power .
we’ve had a lot of questions over the past few weeks about what the new codex means for some of the galaxy’s less “by the book” chapters – specifically , forces like the noble blood angels , the stoic dark angels and the ferocious space wolves . here’s what you need to know , if your space marines force is made of warriors from one of these chapters :
demon / hell - forged weapons : these weapons are able to injure and kill angels . in
take me back to hell
, amenadiel is fatally injured by a demon knife .
the angels also achieve one of anno ' s goals of telling us that , well , humans are even worse . the fact that the angels are actually just acting on instinct—the instinct to return to lilith—and not actually destructive ( with a couple exceptions ) shows us that humans are really the strongest villains in the series . ( a nice bit of grey area there . )
i consider angels the best book marian keyes has ever written ( although i havent yet read all her books ) . maggie is clearly the most sympathetic of the walsh - sisters . i also think that angels deals with wider themes . maggie ' s problem isnt really low self - esteem , like claire ' s and rachel ' s . she’s somehow a deeper character . i also liked the plot . in angels marian keyes is more entertaining than ever . i really laughed , especially when maggie’s family came to la to visit her . the walsh family seems
“we want to thank everyone who has helped us with everything . we couldn’t have done this without all of you , ” christine wrote . “you are all angels somewhere out there . ”
flaming sword : the flaming sword ( and its component azrael ' s blade ) can eradicate angels . the angel would be permanently gone , no heaven nor hell , and cannot be resurrected .
so , to answer your question : no , the angels weren ' t strictly necessary . but the plot points they drove and the scenarios they created were critically important parts of the series .
their white hair , occasionally puffed sleeves and pastel skin gives them a striking resemblance to the supreme kais as well , giving angels a strong visual link to all factions of the godly establishment .
when we read revelations chapters 2 and 3 , we can see this clearly :
to the presiding spirit of the church in ephesus
. the
presiding spirit
= literally ; angels .
despite their subservient nature to the gods of destruction and supreme kais , they hold a designation above that of the gods , as zeno spared the angels from being erased in the tournament of power .
the sword of gilead .
is an avenging angel revealed to eddie russell in 1990 . read more about him in the new book : the sword of gilead & the book of angels below .
along with the word of god , the power , and the gifts of the holy spirit working on our behalf , we also have countless millions of angels at our disposal in the same way that jesus did when he was arrested in gethsemane . . . .
do you not suppose that i can call on my father to provide at a moment ' s notice more than twelve legions of angels
and it is this encounter that dominates our christmas celebration . however , appearances of the angels are usually brief and formal . they are aimed at improving our relationship with the lord rather than attracting attention to themselves
it becomes clear ; satan is not an equal and opposite of god as claimed by many ! just like all the other angels he was created by god and therefore by definition , he is not god . satan is a creature and therefore he is subject to god like all else in heaven and earth and he has no more rights or power than god allows . popular ( new age ) thought adopts the concept of yin and yang and believe this to be perfect balance and harmony . however , it is self evident that this is erroneous thinking ; even the law of physics testifies to this in that darkness is merely and absence of light , and therefore , unlike light dispelling darkness , darkness cannot enter light nor extinguish it . the only outcome of the war between good and evil in this thinking is perpetual war due to the neutralizing of this equality . hence there will never be peace with a yin and yang concept or any other new age or occult philosophy , but , it does keep us entertained and hollywood in business .
it ' s a shame marian keyes is marketed as an author of fluff because most of her books explore women ' s lives and traumas with warmth and humour . the only reason this gets 3 instead of 5 stars is my brain automatically rejects any book set in hollywood where the majority of characters are not sociopaths trying to out - sociopath each other in a kafkaesque dystopia . ( only with more money and narcissism )
unfortunately , just like all the good angels , the evil ones and the devil himself have also been relegated to the area of myth by many christians whilst the non - believers are very much aware of his reality .
i would recommend reading any of marian keyes books . angels is no exception . it ' s fun , irreverent , witty and tells a few home truths in marian keye ' s typical dry , irish and magnificent way .
angels are a reference to heavenly beings or messengers . call them
agents
if you will . they serve on inner planes of reality to create protective force - fields around human beings who request such protection . they also reflect the quality of true perfection ( our real inheritance ) of soul to the consciousness to inspire them to align themselves with that perfection of the source of all life . note : the angels are not to be confused with
guides
.
seele couldn ' t let adam ' s children instigate the third impact because then they couldn ' t control it themselves so destroying the angels as they appeared was needed to ensure that seele ' s could execute their plans without interference .
if we ever think of the angels at all it would probably be around christmas time when hymns and carols seem full of their presence . in many homes , shopping centres and city malls around the world you will find a christmas tree topped by a star or by a plastic angel . but how often do we consider these magnificent creatures at other times of the year ? at this special time of year even non - believers get caught up with the warmth of love and friendship and somehow we know that there is something more going on than plastic angels and booze . none - the - less , it ' s a pity that the angelic is a subject that is rarely talked about , thought of or taught in catholic circles in recent times and yet there is a wealth of spiritual assistance available to every christian in the body of christ who are surrounded at all times by a great cloud of witnesses ( heb . 12 : 1 ) .
brookner gives another twist to the question of what it means to enjoy freedom when zoë & apos ; s mother collapses into a grave but mysterious illness , leaving her daughter to ponder the possibility of returning to a life confined to the bell jar of her parent & apos ; s helplessness and passivity . & apos ; & apos ; we should keep each other company , as if this had always been intended , & apos ; & apos ; she imagines . & apos ; & apos ; no word of love , other than our own , would be there to lend support . . . . our fate seemed ineluctable . & apos ; & apos ; this possibility is removed by another twist in the plot , but while zoë is freed from a life fettered to her mother & apos ; s needs , she is left profoundly alone in the world . freedom from attachment , the novel suggests , is no freedom at all .
nevertheless , the angels do seem to have limits as to how far they are willing to push the nerves of the deities they work alongside and serve , as whis has been seen sweating nervously some times when beerus looked at him seriously and noted that no one should annoy and / or anger a god of destruction , zeno , future zeno , or the grand minister , not even an angel like him . although angels are never afraid to take action , especially when subduing their gods of destruction .
in the manga , whenever the angels are in zeno ' s presence ( except the grand minister ) , they would give their respects to the deity by bowing their heads , putting their right fist to the ground and kneeling with their right knee .
these are the highest order or choir of angels . they are the angels who are attendants or guardians before god ' s throne . they praise god , calling ,
holy holy holy is the lord of hosts
. the only bible reference is isaiah 6 : 1 - 7 . one of them touched isaiah ' s lips with a live coal from the altar , cleansing him from sin . seraphim have six wings , two cover their faces , two cover their feet , and two are for flying .
archangels are generally taken to mean
chief or leading angel
( jude 9 ; 1 thes 4 : 16 ) , they are the most frequently mentioned throughout the bible . they may be of this or other hierarchies as st . michael archangel , who is a princely seraph . the archangels have a unique role as god ' s messenger to the people at critical times in history and salvation ( tb 12 : 6 , 15 ; jn 5 : 4 ; rv 12 : 7 - 9 ) as in the annunciation and apocalypse . a feast day celebrating the archangels michael , gabriel and raphael is celebrated throughout the church sep 29 . a special part of the byzantine liturgy invokes the
cherubic hymn
which celebrates these archangels and the guardian angels particularly .
it stands to reason that if god is for us everything that is of god is for us too . we are never alone as much as we may think that we are . god ' s angels are ever present to help us in all that we do .
invulnerability : angels have been shown to be immune to to earthly damage and cannot be killed by anything that could kill a mortal . however , for an unknown reason , lucifer becomes mortal when around detective chloe decker . when away from her , his invulnerability returns .
( although non catholics do not accept this book as canon of scripture , the book of tobit is a magnificent insight into the role of angels that was richly expressed in hebrew angelology and belief . the catholic church accepts tobit as part of the canon of scripture ) .
the angels possess unfathomable might , having power beyond the gods of destruction and creation skills similar to the supreme kais . so far , they have shown an assortment of mystical abilities , such as warping , magic materialization , divination , healing , resurrection and space - time manipulation .
“outlaws & angels” puts any disappointment felt about quentin tarantino ’s recent , bloated western “ the hateful eight ” into perspective . this western too focuses on a group of morally grotesque folk spending most of their time under one roof , while encountering pain as means for revenge , as distinctly shot on film . but the difference between tarantino and his endless imitators has always proved vast , especially when a budding filmmaker cribs his style to shallow results . a movie hopped up on the period piece sadism within tarantino’s regurgitation cinema , “outlaws & angels” gravely mistakes tarantino’s audaciousness for its own originality .
but in a sea of grimy indie westerns , especially ones that started with the same genre canvas ( last year’s “ bone tomahawk ” comes to mind , and is far more innovative ) , “outlaws & angels” is a thoroughly ugly example of when “tarantino - esque” is the most generous compliment .
in addition to the above two answers , ner / seele had to wait until they discovered the lost lance of longinus in the antartic ocean before they could begin instrumentality . this did not occur until after the angels began appearing , so they were obliged to battle at least some of them !
much like zeno and future zeno , whom they serve , the angels are remorseless and indifferent , not caring at all about the lives of others . that includes not only mortals , but also the gods themselves . however , as amoral as they may be , angels can lend their assistance to others , such as whis re - winding time for goku for a second chance to finish off frieza ; another is when whis tells future trunks and future mai that he is going to go and alter the future timeline by warning future beerus of goku black and zamasu ' s zero mortal plan .
st . thomas aguinas tells us that because angels are referred to as a company and not a race they cannot procreate ; they are pure spirit beings with no need of a body or its attributes . in wahtever body they might have appeared are only apparant bodies for our comfort when encountering them .
i hated this book so much words can barely describe it . i have always rated marian keyes books very highly in the past , and have loved other books in the walsh family companion series , but i don ' t know if this book was an exception or if i read the others too long ago to really remember them . my main problem with this book was the plot , or lack thereof . it took me so long to finish this book and the main reason for this was that almost nothing happened plot - wise . in terms of story , it really didn
the role of the angels and the role of the holy spirit are very different even though they are companion roles in our lives by assisting us to build the church and in establishing the kingdom of god where we live . the difference lies in that the role of the angels is to administer material affairs . the role of the holy spirit is to reveal the mind of god and to make jesus known . matthew 4 : 11 shows this distinction clearly ; jesus was
led
by the spirit ,
taught
by the spirit , and
filled
with the spirit , but he was
i hated it . i hated the way she wrote as it wasn ' t challenging in anyway . i hated the storyline as it was predictable and made me fall asleep . i hated her characters they were so boring bland and the same as any other basic characters . the main reason i hated it was for the meaning behind it ( that i got at least ) it implied that for women to succeed and be successful in life they must get married . oh wait no now women should have children or else they ' ve failed at life and at being a women . forge
roy learns that his political opponents plan to disbar him for an ethical lapse , but he vows to remain a lawyer until he dies . in a friendly rapprochement , he gives joe his blessing , until joe reveals that he has left harper for a man—he has been living for a blissful month with louis . stunned and angry , he demands that joe end his gay relationship at once . ethel comes to observe him in his misery . joe ' s wife , on the other hand , spends her days at the mormon visitor ' s center watching a diorama of the mormon migration featuring a father dummy who looks suspiciously like joe . when prior drops in to conduct research on angels , a fantasy sequence ensues in which louis and joe appear in the diorama . the formerly silent mormon mother comes to life and leaves with harper , giving her painful but valuable advice on loss and change .
disappointing . i have loved other keyes novels , but this one is slow . nothing happens , nothing happens , nothing happens for far too long , mostly because the main character doesn ' t want anything , so she ' s not trying to do anything , so you get endless descriptions of her pointless days of hanging out . it ' s quite a long slog through the middle part . and keyes seems to think los angeles
wackiness
makes up for all that , but it does not . at the end it gets pretty good , but i ' m frankly surprised i ma
deceased people who still possess their bodies are referred to as
angels
, the only difference from their living selves being that they possess a halo over their head and can grow white wings . examples of this include goku and vegeta during the majin buu saga , and frieza during the universe survival saga .
cherubim rank after the seraphim and are the second highest in the nine hierarchies or choirs of angels . the old testament does not reveal any evidence that the jews considered them as intercessors or helpers of god . they were closely linked in god ' s glory . they are manlike in appearance and double - winged and were guardians of god ' s glory . they symbolized then , god ' s power and mobility . in the new testament , they are alluded to as celestial attendants in the apocalypse ( rv 4 - 6 ) . catholic tradition describes them as angels who have an intimate knowledge of god and continually praise him .
this book drove me insane and maybe that ' s why it took me two weeks to read such an easy novel . i wanted to slap maggie , the supposed
heroine
and i didn ' t relate to her at all . i couldn ' t stand how she bounced from one extreme to the other with reactions and emotions . i wanted to slap maggie for her stupid behavior ( what was the scene when she freaked out in front of troy ? ) and when she was too insecure to speak up for herself . . . even so much as to not eat . i thought the epilogue was ridiculous
if the heroine of & apos ; & apos ; the bay of angels & apos ; & apos ; has found a fulfillment of sorts , it is because she has come to recognize that happiness is possible only when its limitations are fully recognized and accepted . with this caveat , free will finds its proper exercise .
the beginning of & apos ; & apos ; the bay of angels & apos ; & apos ; ( as well as other themes and details in the novel that will be very familiar to brookner & apos ; s regular readers ) certainly suggests that she is recycling the same material . but brookner is in fact shifting , in subtle and highly interesting ways , the terms of the dilemmas she habitually sets forth and dramatizes . & apos ; & apos ; the debut & apos ; & apos ; begins with the proposition that virtue will ultimately be rewarded in life , as it so often is in the novels of dickens , and looks at the consequences that unfold as this proposition is challenged by experience . but & apos ; & apos ; the bay of angels & apos ; & apos ; is up to something different : the lesson its heroine , zoë cunningham , draws from her reading is & apos ; & apos ; that i need make no decisions on my own behalf , for destiny or fate would always have had the matter in hand . . . . there were no stratagems to be undertaken . one had simply to exist , in a state of dreamy indirection , for the plot to work itself out . & apos ; & apos ;
angels have incredibly impressive intelligence , and have a considerable amount of knowledge regarding the world of deities , godly ki , and the intense training needed to ascend to their level , though far from being omniscient . as a result , whis , being beerus ' mentor , has since taken the role of a martial arts instructor for goku and vegeta . angels are also among the most powerful warriors in existence , as every single angel holds power much greater than the gods of destruction that they mentor . the grand minister , who is apparently the strongest angel , was said by whis in the manga to be virtually the strongest warrior in the multiverse .
disappointing . i have loved other keyes novels , but this one is slow . nothing happens , nothing happens , nothing happens for far too long , mostly because the main character doesn ' t want anything , so she ' s not trying to do anything , so you get endless descriptions of her pointless days of hanging out . it ' s quite a long slog through the middle part . and keyes seems to think los angeles
wackiness
makes up for all that , but it does not . at the end it gets pretty good , but i ' m frankly surprised i made it all the way to the end .
resurrection : angels are able to bring back souls from hell to insert them into recently deceased bodies . in
wingman
, amenadiel brought malcolm back from hell moments after he dies . in
infernal guinea pig
, lucifer brought abel into the body of bree garland . however , they require their wings for this power .
nerv ' s goal all along was the preservation of humanity so stopping the angels falls along their goals , the human instrumentality project was seele ' s secret goal to force the evolution of man though creating their own third impact that they could control , because the human instrumentality committee oversaw nerv it was also nerv ' s secret goal .
angels appear as humanoid creatures with pale blue skin , white hair , violet eyes , and various heights . each have a blue halo around their necks , with the exception of grand minister , whose halo floats vertically behind his head . their clothing bares similarities to zeno , while the patterns on their clothes resemble the gods of destruction they serve .
saint michael the archangel isn ' t a saint , but rather he is an angel , and the leader of all angels and of the army of god . this is what the title
archangel
means , that he is above all the others in rank . st . michael has four main responsibilities or offices , as we . . . continue reading
lucifer , then known as samael , was thought to be god ' s favorite until he rebelled . god cast him out of heaven , condemning him to rule hell for all eternity . the rest of the angels continued to reside in heaven and try to act in god ' s will . in 2011 , lucifer voluntarily abdicated , leaving hell with no leader .
also , the angels tend to be well - mannered and well - humored , respecting mortals and gods alike , and treating them as equals during a conversation . despite serving the gods of destruction , they are also lorded over by the equally high - ranking supreme kais , and tend to refer to them by title as well , in addition to their names .
no job is too big or too small for any of the angels . they are very real beings of god’s light who are here to shine for us . they bring us protection , comfort , relief , and understanding far beyond what mere words can express here . remember , all you need to do is to ask for their assistance , and they will be there for you .
after prior suffers an episode at the visitor ' s center , hannah takes him to the hospital . there , the angel descends , and prior wrestles her . he succeeds , and is granted entry into heaven to refuse his prophecy . in heaven , which resembles san francisco after the great earthquake , prior tells the angels that despite all his suffering he wants them to bless him and give him more life . the angels sympathize but say they cannot halt the plague . he tells them should god return , they should sue him for abandonment . back on earth , his fever broken , prior tells louis he loves him but that he cannot ever come back . harper leaves joe for the last time and sets off on an optimistic voyage to san francisco to begin her own life .
the bible only mentions the names of four angels from the countless millions that have been created . they are , gabrielle , whose name means ,
god is mighty
, michael , whose name means ,
like god
, raphael , whose name means ,
god heals
, and lucifer , whose name means ,
light bearer
. all of them were created good !
this is exemplified several times , as the grand minister announces universal destruction with a smile , vados prompting champa and beerus to fight on their birthday , mojito chuckling after the destruction of his universe and his fellow gods , and perhaps most notably of all , whis ' s open and nonchalant mockery to the gods of his universe , as , when his father declares the angels of the universes are the only beings to be spared by the two zenos , he simply states his position is different than theirs , and laughs at them , establishing that despite having spent hundreds of millions of years at beerus ' side , angels do not tend to involve themselves emotionally with anything or anyone , except perhaps , with each other . however , there are some exceptions to this . for example , it has been shown that universe 10’s cus is shown having fun with her fellows rumsshi and gowasu . she was also shown deeply grief - stricken when her universe was erased from existence following team universe 10 ’s elimination from the tournament of power . additionally , during universe 6’s erasure , vados bows to champa as a sign of respect . campari was worried about his god of destruction and supreme kai and he seemed to be involucrated in his team as he was , at some point , shocked , by some eliminations of universe 3 . in the manga , he also lied to zeno about what mule said , to potentially spare his gods from being erased . sour also looked solemn after his universe was erased and did show some respect for the efforts of some of his universe ' s team members .
have many varying different roles and functions to assist the christian here on the earth . not only do they minister to god before the throne day and night but they also convey god ' s messages to his people . some have specific roles and are created to perform specific tasks such as the guardian angels of countries , territories and individuals . although this subject is too vast to enter into here , perhaps this short article will allow you to study the subject further .
if the word lucifer is taken as a reference to satan , then satan was not an angel . according to the qur ' an satan belonged to a group that was created from fire . he did move around in the company of angels , and at one time was a pretty good being . unlike angels who do not have the ability to disobey god , satan and others like him do - just like human beings . his name at the time was iblees . it is only after the creation of adam and eve , when god ordered those present to bow before adam , iblees who was present in the gathering , refused to bow . when god asked him why he did not bow , his answer was that he ( iblees ) , having been created from fire , was better than adam who was created from the dust . it was in that moment of disobedience that he came to be known as satan . as one can see , he was no angel .
superhuman strength : angels possess great strength and are far stronger than humans . lucifer has displayed this on multiple occasions , notably by lifting humans off the ground with one hand or by sending them flying across rooms . presumably they are more powerful than demons , as mazikeen was unable to defeat amenadiel when she battled him in the lux bar , with him essentially toying with her throughout the fight . however , lucifer , who had previously matched amenadiel in a fight , was nearly beaten by mazikeen .
plain yoghurt at room temperature . . that ' s how the sisters describe maggie the protagonist , and it describes how i felt about the book and the characters . the book is quit slow in my opinion . i found the characters a bit bland , which is a surprise because i used to like the walsh family . and i guess i still do . maybe that ' s why i like the second half of the book better , where the family gets more involved in the story . the characters from la were just a little stereotypical and in many ways predictable , and i didn ' t really care for any of them . i like keyes ' books because they ' re normally easy to read and fun but also has some depth . this one . . . well , it just wasn ' t as fun as other books by keyes . and the serious part of the story drowned in a slow and not as interesting story about working and partying in la .
this book drove me insane and maybe that ' s why it took me two weeks to read such an easy novel . i wanted to slap maggie , the supposed
heroine
and i didn ' t relate to her at all . i couldn ' t stand how she bounced from one extreme to the other with reactions and emotions . i wanted to slap maggie for her stupid behavior ( what was the scene when she freaked out in front of troy ? ) and when she was too insecure to speak up for herself . . . even so much as to not eat . i thought the epilogue was ridiculous . . . she might as well have written
and everyone lived happily ever after .
i do not recommend this book . it should have been light and funny and an easy read . . . instead it was exasperating and i had to drag myself through each page . i skimmed more than i prefer and couldn ' t wait to finish it . i ' m happy to move on . . .
3 . 5★s angels is a light , humorous chick lit novel , which entertained me a lot . following the break - up of her nine year marriage to garv , dublin resident maggie walsh jets off to los angeles to spend some time with her friend emily o ' keeffe . emily , a talented script writer , has been struggling for a couple of years , trying to break into the la movie industry . in short time maggie is drawn into the crazy lifestyles of los angeles wannabes , which become great sources of amusing anecdotes . underneath
garage sale angels : brad vifquain is eternally grateful to community members who packed the four - day garage sale he hosted this summer . it was overwhelming , said the 53 - year - old in need of a new heart . he felt the love of old friends and strangers and the money raised went to pay for dental work he needed to complete before a transplant . he’s already planning his next fundraiser because he’s still strapped for cash . but he says this : “i know i have hundreds of people praying for me and this is priceless . ”
nita brookner & apos ; s famously depressed oeuvre , now in its 20th iteration with & apos ; & apos ; the bay of angels , & apos ; & apos ; harks back to a time before prozac and its pharmaceutical cousinry were common household expedients . imagine , just for a moment , what would happen if brookner & apos ; s anomie - bedeviled heroines could only get the therapy they are clearly in need of : the whole oeuvre itself might lift and disappear like the fog that hung over so much of their native london in the 19th century .
i have been given a big pile of books from my step mum , many of which are marian keyes . a few years ago i read a few marian keyes books and i couldn’t remember which ones i had read from the blurb on the back… probably not a good sign . i am also not a huge fan of “chick lit” . about three chapters into this book i realised i had read it before . i couldn’t remember what had happened , but i was able to guess / remember most of the plot before it happened . the story follows maggie , who has a big loud irish family and a husband . who to be honest , we never really found out much about . from what we do learn , he seems like a really decent bloke . they are on the verge of breaking up as they have barely spoken to each other for months and seem to have some underlying problems that we don’t know about until later on in the book . maggie realises he’s been seeing someone else and leaves him , which pleases her family , who don’t like him ( i still don’t really know why… ) . she then travels out to la to see a friend of hers and stay there for a month to get her head together . her friend emily is out there writing scripts which keep getting rejected… we then follow them , emily trying to get a script accepted , and maggie trying to get her head together by sleeping around with a male friend of emily’s – a self confessed tart that she falls for then gets annoyed when he doesn’t ring , and emily’s gay friend lara . eventually she sorts out her issues , we find out what caused the split between her and her husband , and she ends up going home back to her husband . despite the lesbian sub plot which was mildly interesting , this book was a bit slow . it seemed to take ages to get going , and i didn’t really like many of the characters , they were either stereotypical or predictable , ( and not because i had read this years before… ) this type of book is not usually my thing , too much shopping and not enough real people talking to each other about their problems . a nice bit of entertainment , easy to read , but not really my cup of tea .


just for fun is a 1963 british black and white musical film directed by gordon flemyng .

it was written by amicus co-founder milton sobotsky .

just for fun ( film )

metter ' s
girls
may just want to have fun but for the rest of us this concept is just wishful thinking .
“fun size” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) for some humor possibly too ribald for children under 13 but probably fine for the mall on a friday night .
u . k . film . excellent quality . 16 : 9 widescreen .
the big teen musical made just for you !
teenagers struggle to win the right to vote in this fun and swinging rock and roll musical .
logan lucky puts a west virginia spin on an ocean’s 11 - style heist . it’s terrific fun .
victoria justice , left , and jane levy in “fun size , ” which is set on halloween .
led by a solid ensemble , ant - man brings a lot of fun into the marvel cinematic universe .
jason bailey is the film editor at flavorwire . he is the author of the ultimate woody allen film companion .
the hitman ' s bodyguard has all the makings of a fun summer hit . what makes it so dull ?
this teen dance comedy is a lot of fun , girls will especially like this movie for the romance and parker ' s character . i really liked this movie .
note : the following contains spoilers for arrival , a movie many fine people love for some reason .
the overwhelming , self - serious sense that we are watching something very important blissfully doesn ' t exist in ant - man . it ' s just plain fun : light , breezy , simple and enjoyable .
a typical early 60 ' s film , ie pre - beatles . story - line immaterial , just a vehicle for numerous pop acts of the day in black and white , shot as cheaply as possible . has some interest for the pop - historian ?
. yet people came out to see it in their thousands and critics raved about a horror film , which just does not happen . the film has a a - rating from audiences on cinemascore , which as some have pointed out is
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
i ' ve seen two mass - market movies already this weekend that were more thought - provoking than the ' death of film culture ' essay i just read .
for one thing , it is all over the place , and not just because of the increasingly convoluted plot - it feels messy because of the inconsistent tone throughout .
[ ants are ] pests , and that ' s just a weird place to start for a superhero , especially if he never strays too far from his origins .
it’s in the film of 2010 that the big world - saving stakes come to the forefront . and the film updates that final message , too :
our discs are guaranteed for life . if a disc ever stops playing correctly tell us and we ' ll replace for free .
film quality is excellent . this film is must have if you are a david janssen fan . the beautiful and flirty joyce taylo . . . read more
and honeycutt underlines just how far digital cinema and visual effects had come under the guiding hand of george lucas .
and dead men tell no tales is probably the closest the series has come since that film to recapturing that aesthetic . ( film three , 2007’s at world’s end , was pointlessly lugubrious and self - impressed ; 2011’s on stranger tides was a listless bore . ) just when things seem like they’re flagging , it will rally for another rambunctious action sequence , and it’s fun to see , say , jack sparrow in a guillotine that almost keeps chopping his head off but never quite does .
the movie will probably be hit or miss for some , but it doesn ' t leave you with a bad taste for the genre .
peele said the stepford wives , because of the way it “dealt with social issues in regards to gender” , was an inspiration for get out . “i just thought , that’s proof that you can pull off a movie about race , that’s a thriller and entertaining and fun , ” he said . his debut has managed to do just that , and like the daily show – a satirical news show which became must - watch social commentary – peele has placed real issues in an unlikely context , this time a horror film , and said something painfully true about them . get out will be one of this year’s biggest conversation starters . just don’t expect it to be comfortable .
i discovered that not only is girls just want to have fun a delightful party of a movie , it’s an absolutely bonkers party , like someone dosed the punch with ecstasy and mushrooms . there are events in this movie that make no earthly sense , but it doesn’t matter in the slightest , because it’s just that much fun . i instantly regret not murdering my babysitter and stealing her vhs tape of this film , as my childhood would have been immensely improved by watching it weekly . possibly daily . but now , as a grown - ass man , i can say , my vague and faulty memory didn’t begin to do the movie justice .
here in the uk on friday , may 13 , 2005 , peter bradshaw writing for the guardian had little good to say about the film , citing the stock and clichéd complaints about the film — too much spectacle , not enough heart .
and just glancing at imdb ' s user vs . critic scores , i can see i ' m not alone . the film has a 7 . 7 / 10 score with users , and just 32 / 100 with critics . on rotten tomatoes , the film gets a 26 %
rotten
from critics , with 83 % of viewers liking it . something ' s not right about such a discrepancy . something ' s rotten , but i ' m not sure it ' s the film .
i would be open to a single car chase movie , if it were done well . it would be fun to experience a real - time escape that borrowed from
the panel selects drumlin . mcconaughey’s avatar - of - christianity , full of despondent self - righteousness , tries to convince arroway that , darn it , he just had to vote with his conscience . “i just couldn’t , in good conscience , ” he tells her , “vote for a person who doesn’t believe in god . ”
needless to say , international box office will register in the hundreds of millions . the real question is how much money the entire series , now ready for packaging and repackaging for all sorts of formats and media , will eventually take in . let’s just say a lot . ”
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
i find the best way to spot a mediocre film is to gauge just how much of its running time i spend thinking about what i’m going to order for dinner afterward . so let me tell you about the poutine order i placed after seeing pirates of the caribbean : dead men tell no tales .
the movie starts off as a promising dark comedy , with a scene of mrs k skilfully slapping two young robbers to the ground while she is baking curry buns in her kitchen . she then sits them down to taste the bread as she lectures them on becoming better people , and it is all just marvellous fun .
great film quality and sound . mickey rooney is great in his role and was a good
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film actor during the 50 ' s & 60 ' s . . . read more
as the 10th anniversary of episode iii approaches , urltoken revisits the film ' s first reviews .
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a great showcase for some of the 60 ' s acts of the time .
thank you so much for this great blog post . couldn ' t agree more
just received this wonderful movie today and i watched it almost immediately . the quality is excellent . i should have . . . read more
so popular was mark in his film debut that a further film just for you was made . mark is seen with diana dors taking delivery of his first car – an austin healey sprite . this period also encompassed thank your lucky stars and two appearances on itv ' s big night out , first with kathy kirby and secondly with kenneth more . mark then had his own six part tv series call in on wynter .
the story of two sibling thieves named pretty eyes and slanty eyes . when the two make the mistake of lightening the wallet of a mob assassin who just got paid for a hit , they find themselves in dire trouble .
but those good things are mostly stranded in a desert of meaningless subplots and b - stories . for whatever reason , the response to the lightning - bolt success of the first pirates movie back in 2003 ( a legitimately fun film that felt like nothing else at the time ) was to pile on a bunch of characters and a bunch of backstory . and over the three films between that one and this one , those characters and backstory kept piling up — to the point where this film keeps cutting away to geoffrey rush’s captain barbossa ( the first film’s villain , the second film’s plot twist , the third film’s unwilling ally , etc . , etc . ) seemingly because rush heard a pirates movie was filming , showed up on set , and couldn’t be turned away .
this post proves my theory that trump - bashers tend to be low - iq hotheads . just look at all those exclamation marks after every sentence .
– is remarkable for lots of reasons . this is a first - time film from a respected , but essentially cult comedian , with no real big - name stars and a premise that is
sunshine offers another possibility , tough , bleak , and truly hopeful . maybe the sun won’t shine again for us . but we can make sure it shines for someone else .
the perfect escapism is definitely fine escapism plus you cannot find any cause fun ought not to be when well - made when the rest of the elements discovered have got a definitely priceless individuals practical experience .
review : guardians of the galaxy vol . 2 is marvel’s funniest film , and much braver than the original
movies and tv shows are certified fresh with a steady tomatometer of 75 % or higher after a set amount of reviews ( 80 for wide - release movies , 40 for limited - release movies , 20 for tv shows ) , including 5 reviews from top critics .
are the standard for women action heroes , anything is better than nothing . but to celebrate
ostensibly based on the hit single by cyndi lauper , girls just want to have fun is actually a spoof of the mtv generation . high school chums janey ( sarah jessica parker ) and lynne ( helen hunt ) desperately try to enter a dance contest on a major cable - tv channel . the major obstacle to this goal is janey ' s father , stiff - necked colonel glenn ( ed lauter ) . the girls ' most hated rival is rich - witch natalie sands ( holly gagnier ) , who buys her way into the dance show . the plot , what there is of it , falls apart long before the final scene , but girls just want to have fun gets by thanks to the winning performances of stars parker and hunt .
suicide squad has pushed its fun , whimsical strengths ( like its grungy hot topic aesthetic , guardians of the galaxy vibe , and margot robbie & apos ; s harley quinn ) from the very start . but this new trailer , and virtually everything about its marketing campaign—plus rumored reshoots to add more
humor ,
which director david ayer claims are actually to beef up the movie & apos ; s action —point to just how unusually important this movie has become for its studio .
i recognize that many will reject plot as irrelevant in a mad max film . “it’s just a fun movie , ” they’ll say , or “mad max , is just a living comic book . ” but giving up the ghost at the outset is inexcusable . movies are art ; they must be done well . the best escapism is good escapism and there is no reason why entertainment should not be as well - made as all the other things we need to have a truly valuable human experience . the first two mad max films were both well written and interesting . the third was dumb but campy . there is no reason why this one had to be so bad .
i knew the contents of this film from a vhs tape that i ' d owned for many years . i am in my 60s and many of the artistes in the film are of interest to me . the quality of the visual aspect of the film is as good as , i feel , we can expect - 50 years on - and the sound provided by the performers is pretty good , as well . no prospective purchaser should expect a serious storyline !
or a while , it became understandably easy to ridicule hollywood studios for buying up the rights for essentially anything they could find . transformers ! a ouija board ! angry birds ! that bit of chicken you just spat out ! the madness was contagious and so was the desire to write thinkpieces about how it was all signaling the official end of originality and quite possibly the apocalypse .
warcraft isn ' t a perfect movie , but it ' s lots of high - action , epic fantasy fun . maybe critics were expecting another lord of the rings . maybe expectations are at fault . whatever the case , i ' d urge you not to simply take the rotten tomatoes score at face value and go see it for yourself .
hank , please abstain from insinuating you are some film savant , you ' re a self righteous cynic . with an intelligence quotient most likely just north of a field mouse . as it must be to defend a plot as lack luster and anticlimactic as this . i fail to see your validity in the defense of this film . and it only aggravates me because your ego seems to ooze bull shit . it ' s sticky , and it smells .
revenge of the sith is a masterpiece . the final piece of the puzzle lucas first presented me at age 6 . 27 years later , the jigsaw is complete and damn if it isn’t just damn near the most tragically cool thing i’ve ever seen put to film . we won’t see another like this . this is it .
on rotten tomatoes , wonder woman has a 93 percent rating as of friday morning — a hugely positive number that easily surpasses batman v superman : dawn of justice ’s 28 percent , suicide squad ’s 25 percent , and man of steel ’s 55 percent . it also ranks just below christopher nolan’s the dark knight , which sits at 94 percent , and beats every film in the entire marvel cinematic universe except for the first iron man movie .
malaysian director ho yuhang ( at the end of daybreak , 2009 , which also starred wai ) , probably too used to showing off his artistic sensibilities , tries to elevate his first commercial film here by throwing in awkward mood shots for no reason .
a woman , who takes care of two young siblings , and a criminal start to fall for each - other .
this might be fine if dead men tell no tales were content to simply be a collection of setpieces , each bigger than the last . that describes , say , indiana jones and the temple of doom , and that movie’s action sequences are a whole lot of fun .
what a terrific experience watching this film . i moved to the village in the early 1960s and remember the bleeker and . . . read more
garbage article . garbage ppl bashing fury road . none of you understand genre filmmaking or film in general or the mad max series . garbage .
neither max , or furiosa would have been able to survive if they had not crossed oaths . the film makes that clear over and over their partnership , and how they save each other . furiosa would not have been able to escape without max . rewatch the film if yiu wish .
i bought this because it came up in conversation recently and i ' d seen it in the cinema in 1963 . shakespeare it isn ' t but a weak storyline to allow a list of singers and groups from the 60s to play in a film . it ' s fun , slightly naff and nostalgic . the only issue is that it is in us format and can ' t be played through a normal dvd .
it ' s not a question of whether the film is good or not , ( and most probably it is not ) but it ' s the sheer pleasure of watching clips of singers that were big when i was a kid . strictly for nostalgic music fans .
wow . you really got all of that from watching her drive a truck for 1 . 5 hours of screen time ?
finally , as a side note , this isn ' t going to be a great film for a lot of kids , as some of the stuff is really scary and dark . some of the death scenes are really gross , and the orcs can be pretty frightening .
durotan in particular is just a tremendously great character . my only complaint is that we didn ' t see more of him . he ' s a brave , tragic figure whose arc is really surprising and sad .
if anything , my complaint about all these characters is that we don ' t get enough time with any of them , and that the story moves on at such a breakneck pace that we feel a bit robbed . of course , that ' s because the film had to cut nearly an hour of material for its theatrical release . i can ' t wait for the director ' s cut .
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as a success , rather than the best worst option , is to set up the next decade for more of the same . this isn’t a mad max movie , it’s a furiosa movie , but until she gets top billing , and until her character gets substance , it’s just an excuse to see explosions and fashion models jumping around in gauze .
the picture quality was far better than i expected . outstanding ! this film is a quick snap shot of alan freed and the . . . read more
writing in the new york times on may 16 , a . o . scott wondered if the film would satisfy a list of requirements he had amassed .
but the reason is made abundantly clear by the end : merchandise . the action - packed plot allows for a multitude of toys to grace the screen and one can almost sense a “buy it now” tab appearing at the bottom . its bluntness is just about countered by the script’s smattering of laughs that feel well - tailored to an audience less interested in playing with lego at home . the franchise is showing signs of fatigue but for now , there’s enough here to play with .
o ' hehir is one of our finest film writers , but this kind of bell - ringing and doom - saying has been going on for decades ( see david denby and david thompson last month in the new republic by and james wolcott last spring in vanity fair ) . and the idea that a vibrant film culture is dead was all but neutralized by the immediate tizzy the piece prompted on twitter and the blogosphere—which was probably the aim to begin with . if there ' s any revelation here , it ' s that everyone fell for the taunt one more time .
film - makers have used absurd horror to tackle race before , like in timo vuorensola’s 2012 film iron sky , which placed the action on the dark side of the moon where the nazis had been hiding out , plotting to forcibly make black people white . but in get out , peele brought the action much closer to home . some have dubbed the film an “ african - american nightmare movie ” ; it isn’t . this is an american horror story . ( it comes after an impressive run of low - budget two - word - title horrors that place the action in middle america , and prod at issues bubbling just beneath the surface : don’t breathe , it follows and you’re next . )
there’s an effervescent tempo to “fun size , ” a gleeful “after hours” for all hallow’s eve , but for tweens and teenagers , and set in cleveland . victoria justice ( nickelodeon’s “victorious” ) is wren , a high school student intent on new york university , if she can only survive her eccentric mom , joy ( a deft chelsea handler ) , who dates a guy too young for her , and wren’s prankish little brother , albert ( jackson nicoll , a devilish pantomime ) , who hasn’t spoken since dad died . wren hopes to hit a halloween party with her bff , april ( a wry and winning jane levy , of “suburgatory” ) , but mom demands she take albert trick or treating .
but actually , arrival more closely resembles contact , a film about jodie foster wearing headphones and listening to those headphones and then listening really hard to those headphones .
it ' s difficult to shake the sense that the film was assembled hurriedly and somewhat haphazardly . which , from all available evidence , is exactly what happened .
the second problem for the film is that it doesn’t follow its own rules . the beauty of science fiction is that you can suspend normalcy . math can go awry , history can be toyed with , physics can be adjusted , and technicians can reverse the polarity of anything . but for science fiction to work , it has to be internally consistent . for the philosophers in the crowd , science fiction moves from a correspondence theory of truth to coherence . science fiction does not have to depict reality ; it only has to remain true to its own narrative .
this collection of british documentary material has six episodes ; the most effective for me were
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a well - known gangster is released from prison , and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman .
start with the basic poutine — nice , squeaky cheese curds over fries , drizzled in gravy . then , because this is america , douse it in bacon cheeseburger bits . add some nice peppercorn seasoning , to give everything a smoky kick . and , finally , just a dab of chili . hit it with a shot of malt vinegar , and you’re in business . so , you ask , how was it ? well , it was excellent . just the thing you want to have waiting for you when you exit a movie that’s , conservatively speaking , longer than the history of the universe .
whether it ' s a one - on - one battle between orcs , or a huge battle scene , or a crazy ( and really funny ) magical fight , just about every action scene in warcraft is really well done . again , some of it feels rushed , but almost every action scene in the film is a wild ride that made me wish world of warcraft had similarly intense combat .
kirk honneycutt , writing on may 6 in the hollywood reporter was effusive in his enjoyment of the film , going so far as to request an immediate repeat viewing .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
no , the movie belongs to the girls , and not just because the title tells us so . they’re all so exuberant and ready for anything , the screen physically lightens with their presence . even shannon doherty’s pouty self gets some great moments , like when drew accidentally hits on her , then defensively calls her a “punk , ” to which she happily cries , “do you really think i’m punk ? ” in contrast , janey is portrayed as a goody two - shoes whose need to dance unearths a rebellious streak . as a result , her outfits run the gamut from the school uniform she wears at the beginning to the aerobicizing leotard / tank top combo she’s got on here . just some casual around - the - house workout gear , for sure .
my final complaint is about the women in the film . there are many who celebrate the film because of the supposedly strong female characters and , in fact , charlize theron is the most compelling member of the cast . this defense is made all the more vehement in response to the manufactured pre - movie outrage depicting the movie as anti - male ( my wife wonders whether this was a paid guerrilla advertising campaign orchestrated by the movie’s producers ) . further , the film , despite its problems , passes the
did it much better , with more depth and more realism . while it may not seem possible , the women in this film are even more cartoonish than the men .
the latest example of this is the warcraft movie , based on the games and characters created by blizzard entertainment . this is a movie widely panned by critics , and laughed at and written off as just another terrible video game movie by many .
don’t get me wrong : i do believe there are times when separating the art from the artist — but acknowledging that the artist has done horrible things — is important . there are an awful lot of people who have done awful , awful things , and sometimes , you just want to enjoy a favorite movie without having to think about that . the line for everybody will be different .
if you are a fan of the 1960s you will love this film . very much of the period . brought back many happy memories . a bit slapstick but i loved it
let’s end with the legendary roger ebert , writing on may 19 , who had plenty of positives to highlight from the film , as he always had throughout the two trilogies .
a must for all jeffrey hunter fans . excellent picture quality and sound . susan harrison is sexy and evil . dennis ho . . . read more
we all like what we like and i begrudge nobody for having a good time . if you enjoyed this film , more power to you . but don’t confuse liking something with it being good . this is not a “masterpiece” as the paid reviewers are claiming , and it won’t be a game changer . it will be forgotten quickly . the movie is stupid . it’s a product of lazy writing and a video game mindset . it’s too violent and shockingly unsophisticated , even for a summer action flick . it’s also kind of offensive , and for the life of me , i can’t figure out why so many people like it .
hard decisions have to be made . the crew turns against itself , kind of , and people turn against themselves , for reasons that are maybe justified . then the movie takes an infamous left turn : an astronaut ( played by mark strong looking like a fleshpile from hellraiser ) from a previous mission somehow gets onboard , and starts killing people . what had been a capital - m meditation on the cosmos becomes a slasher film . it’s possible that sunshine needed the final act turn to get made — that , unable to find financing for a film about smart people feeling sad on a spaceship , someone had the brilliant idea of wedging in a serial killer .
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remember – this isn’t a star wars movie to cheer for , to erupt into applause and call cool . if you really love star wars – this one is heart ache . not only is it the end of a nearly 30 year journey for us… it really is the story of how things got so bad , that the good guys had to be a rebellion , where the jedi had to hide and how evil ruled the galaxy . wow , i’ve seen my last new star wars film . ”
it ' s not bad , but it ' s definitely a movie that has lost its way in the process of business / movie making . you can see what this movie could have been . you ' ll still enjoy it , it ' s just a shame .
shortly before a general election teenagers are given the vote . incensed by a decision to cut down on television pop music , mark and cherry get up a petition for both parties to sign . this is ignored and so the teenage party is formed . as a climax to their campaign they organise a spectacular pop music programme on television . too late the right and left parties realise what has happened and try unsuccessfully to sabotage the show . the teenage party wins the election with the promise of fun but with dire consequences .
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maybe you think all the end - of - the - world stuff isn’t what arrival is really about ; that’s all just background , the macro b - plot to banks’ micro a - plot . someone on twitter told me the aliens are just a metaphor , and the movie is about loneliness . but that argument has no merit , i think , since arrival is in not a movie about a lonely woman achieving connection ; it is a movie about a lonely woman achieving connection while she is saving the world . sometimes , the medium is the message .
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i have a soft spot for cheesy 80 ' s comedies , and this is definitely near the top of my list ! with awesome music , 80 ' s - clever dialogue , and the amazing sarah jessica parker , it just can ' t be beat . also starring a young and oh - too - cute shannen doherty , this movie is what i watch when i need a quick pick - me - up . it ' s fabulous !
however , here & apos ; s a funny thing about suicide squad : as of last weekend , we & apos ; ve gotten three whole trailers for the movie and none of them have really explicitly said a word about it & apos ; s plot . sure , we know the premise behind the titular squad—they & apos ; re a black ops squad of dc comics supervillains sent on missions with an extremely low chance of survival—but we really don & apos ; t know from the trailers what they & apos ; re supposed to doing in this movie . what the trailers have told us instead is what the movie is supposed to do for us . which is , namely , be a fun movie .
in the midst of mrs k ' s urgent rescue efforts , for example , she decides to drive her car through the car wash . the scene captures her supposed anxiety through close - ups of her furrowed brows , juxtaposed against shots of the water dripping on to the windshield . it really makes little sense for the story .
a typical 60 ' s film on pop . corny story line but very enjoyable . the music is excellant and picture quality is excellent . some of my favorite artists on this . basily a film about older people not liking pop music . so ld verse young oe visa versa . well worth having and i am pleased to have got it after all these years so i can watch it when ever
i did predict some of the film ' s twists , but i sure as hell didn ' t predict all of them , let alone some of the more tragic character deaths . i was actually pretty stunned at how some of the movie ' s fights turned out , and left the theater feeling a bit shocked and depressed . director duncan jones didn ' t pull any punches with the film ' s main characters .
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surprisingly good for a film about one of the least interesting superheroes .
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has all the polished special effects , sets and costumes you would expect in the umpteenth superhero blockbuster - - but it ' s funnier and has more heart than the typical marvel tent pole . it ' s better than many that have come down the studio chute in the last few years .
owen glieberman at entertainment weekly , writing on may 18 , notes that with the completion of the — then — final film , the previous two films had succeeded in their mission to set up the grand finale .
more times than i should have in dead men tell no tales — which is to say with just about every new scene — i found myself wondering , “why are these people doing this ? ” sometimes , this was because the film’s editing places the effect before the cause : you’ll see a character do something , wonder why they’re doing it , then see the reasoning behind it one shot later . but a lot of the time , it boiled down to something like , “why are these people falling in love ? ”
in 2014 , christopher nolan delivered interstellar , a film which gilds wormhole physics with daddy - daughter emotionality . it’s a film i gather some people love — currently # 32 on the imdb top 250 , whatever that means anymore . and it’s unquestionably a nice film . it declares that the whole fourth dimensional architecture of time and space is made out of love . it sends a man into a wormhole , where the universe sends him back to his daughter . interstellar even has its own variation of heptapods : extra - dimensional beings , evolved from humanity , who exist outside of time , so they can save humanity and provide third - act catharsis .
1968 presented yet another new opportunity in a movie horror flick , the haunted house of horror , something of a cult film today and the recipient of mark ' s favourite review - ' mark wynter died wonderfully ' .
joshua tyler at cinemablend , writing on may 19 , 2005 , was certainly enamored by the scale and grandeur of the film , highlighting the connections it made to the beloved first trilogy and the importance of george lucas .
israel and gaza are at war ; there really is no other word for it . and as the fighting escalates , so does the propaganda . the fact of the . . .
if there & apos ; s anything that can be said with certainty about batman v superman : dawn of justice ( and a lot has been said ) , it & apos ; s this : it & apos ; s not very fun . it is ponderous and serious and very , very loud , but it & apos ; s not much of a romp . it is , however , patient zero for an entire dc entertainment cinematic universe of films , so its negative critical reception and massive - yet - still - somehow - disappointing box office performance kind of presents a bit of a problem .
and while the caffeinated freneticism of everyone else’s moves are startling enough on their own , sarah jessica parker ( or her stunt double , more accurately ) has janey dance in a way that is inexplicable . although janey blows everyone away at the audition , but the move that earns her the pass to the finals isn’t inventive . in fact , it’s not even dancing . she wins a dance competition by doing gymnastics , which even in 1985 i’d wager were understood to be two separate things . not in the world of girls just want to have fun , though . here , it’s like janey is the first person to realize backflips could exist outside a gym , and no one else has ever seen a backflip in their entire life .
, and while i can’t argue that this film won’t make lots of money , i can explore its lack of quality . ultimately then , what i offer here is a meditation on what makes a defensible movie plot . i’m going to focus on four criteria : the plot must serve its purpose in the genre , be consistent in the world in sets up , be well - crafted , and respect its characters . these are not the only requirements for a good movie , of course—acting and cinematography are tremendously important , too—but plot is complicated enough of a subject for one blog post .
“ revenge of the sith has some almost decent things . yoda is good value as ever , though his character is never allowed to breathe in the airless galaxy lucas creates , and there is a good sequence at the end showing the “birth” of darth vader while princess amidala is delivered of her twins . it has what the rest of the film so conspicuously lacks : a spark of real dramatic life . but it comes far too late and it is over immediately . how depressing to compare any of this with the fun and gusto of harrison ford , carrie fisher and mark hamill in the first movie . as for the elephantine trilogy as a whole , it was all too clearly a product of george lucas’s overweening production giant industrial light and magic . no magic , little light , but an awful lot of heavy industry . ”
like o ' hehir , i ' ve come to this conclusion after two weeks of preparation for the 50th new york film festival—a time in which i ' ve seen a great many films , from antonio mendez esparza ' s quietly powerful here and there to cristian mungiu ' s riveting yet low - key beyond the hills to christian petzold ' s modest character drama barbara . but i have to confess that i ' ve seen nothing at the nyff that resonated as deeply or engaged me as thoroughly as looper —yes , a bruce willis action movie , but one with an ingeniously worked - out plot , surprisingly deep emotions , and a thing or two to say about the uncertainty of inevitability . moreover , it ' s a lot of fun , which is a quality that doesn ' t have to exist separately from cinematic brilliance . it would be easy to presume otherwise ; too many film writers turn up a collective nose at films aimed at reaching and cheering a mass audience , as though truly great cinema must be met ( at least ) halfway .
the film was directed by neill blomkamp , who has since admitted that the story wasn’t quite all there . blomkamp had a reputation as a sci - fi thinker after district 9 , but he’s never been as pretentious as his partisans . he likes action scenes , and he likes space guns . elysium is , in that sense , a fairly standard contemporary blockbuster action film . it suffers from our modern story gravity : the world is at stake .
some films in this genre get around the “budget” thing with a lo - fi aesthetic . the brilliant time travel potboiler primer was shot for lunch money in houses and public spaces . the clever ex machina won an oscar for its digital effects , but it’s cheaper to build a robot woman when she spends the movie talking in one room . but spaceships are a problem you can’t fake with clever lighting . arrival cost a reported $ 47 million and seems to have 17 production companies , and the film still has to deal with people saying things like “the aliens don’t look all that convincing . ”
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and that’s all in the first 10 minutes of the movie . we’re just getting warmed up—much like the dancers in this film , i would say , but these people don’t need to warm up so much as make sure they’re not going into debt on what is undoubtedly a massive budget for cocaine . “dance like no one’s watching” takes on new meaning in this movie , which features people dancing not only as though no one was watching , but also as if they’ve never seen dancing in their lives , and were instructed to make it up from scratch . and make it up they do , from the initial audition scene starring a cast of hundreds and an outdoor stage perfect for doing every type of dance imaginable , especially once the competition begins . ( apparently dance tv needs ballet , in the eyes of some . ) it’s difficult to say how this tryout was organized , but it’s executed with the smooth precision of a mass lemming suicide .
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produced on an estimated budget of $ 113 million , the film arrived on may 19 , 2005 with an opening day haul of $ 50 , 013 , 859 from an estimated 9 , 400 screens at 3 , 661 locations , for what was then the biggest single days take in movie history . a colossal north american first weekend gross of $ 108 , 435 , 841 on 3 , 663 screens followed , with a final domestic tally of $ 380 , 270 , 577 and a mammoth $ 848 , 754 , 768 worldwide . wowing fans of the saga , it brought the prequel trilogy home in bombastic fashion , showing the tragic events which led to the creation of darth vader , the fall of the jedi , and the formation of the galactic empire . the circle was now complete , but how did the film fare when it came to the critical opinions of the wider film press ?
as soon as her daughter gets kidnapped , however , the film loses that sense of playfulness and goes into serious action - thriller mode , which would have been fine if it did not also keep trying to be more than that .
but separating the art from the artist is a lot easier when the artist in question seems to be pushing themselves and trying new things . whatever you think of casey affleck’s oscar win for manchester by the sea , he gave a stunning performance in that film . by contrast , even depp seems bored by jack sparrow in this movie ( except , amusingly , when he shares the screen with paul mccartney for a couple of minutes ) , which only led me to wonder why his career seems to have surged in the wake of heard’s accusations . ( this movie was already in production at the time heard made her accusations . )
in a lot of ways , this rushed first entry felt like a really great setup for a better , more in - depth movie to follow . i hope they make a sequel or two .
revenge of the sith isn’t just a great star wars movie , it’s a flat out great film . yes it’s technically proficient and yes it’s visually beautiful . those things are a given . what hasn’t been is how solidly the film is constructed . revenge of the sith is a powerful , big budget experience . yet it is the way that it fits so wonderfully into the existing star wars mythos that best sells it , the way it nestles so nicely into 1977’s episode iv : a new hope that makes it special . the real beauty is that you could easily toss out the previous two awkward attempts , watch only this in sequence with the original films , and come out completely satisfied . attack of the clones and the phantom menace are best forgotten . lucas’s real miscalculation was in not making this movie right from the start . he tried to stretch the story when all we needed was vader’s rise in its purest form . star wars fans have finally been rewarded for their patience . george has made another masterpiece . ”
if that sounds like fun : congratulations , you’re the moviegoer hollywood can’t afford to believe in . making science fiction without rayguns generally demands a big budget and generally promises no easy thrills . people barely want to see science fiction movies as it is . fantasy has always been more popular at the box office — especially depending on which bucket you toss star wars into . ( it has spaceships , but also swordfights ; it has rayguns , but also wizards . )
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? is it the only moment of comedy relief in the entire film ? no one knows , but what it does do is take the viewer outside the action at every sighting . it is impossible to remain enthralled when this idiocy is on screen . as my very non - violent wife remarked after the film , “every time i saw that stupid fucking guitar guy on screen i wanted to punch the director in the head . ” and she has a ph . d . in english .
when albert gets lost , wren , abetted by the nerdy roosevelt ( thomas mann ) and peng ( osric chau ) , ventures deep into the night to find him , and wren and albert’s peregrinations take them to a chicken takeout , a nightclub , the party , a cemetery and the home of a bilious metalhead ( johnny knoxville ) . character accessories include firecrackers , toilet paper and for wren’s “wizard of oz” costume , glittering ruby - red converse high - tops . movie merits include a good cast , a tidy script and jokes just provocative enough .
“i still remember the first time i really became aware of george lucas . we swarmed to anything that had his name on it , ate up every ewok adventure or star wars christmas special because we knew george lucas had created it . we didn’t just love star wars , we loved the mythos of george lucas , a man who somehow seemed magical .
the smartest thing i’ve ever heard about the series was from a friend , who was trying to defend dead man’s chest , the very first sequel from 2006 , after i found it not just disappointing but actively irritating . that film was , he said , a series of looney tunes shorts about the character jack sparrow , as though he were bugs bunny transplanted into our reality , made to look like johnny depp , but subjected to the same old slapstick shit . the movie didn’t have a plot because it didn’t need one — it was an excuse to see depp run around and do goofy things .