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Finally watched Religulous (xpost from LJ)
17 years ago
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I had two goals last week: Try briefs or boxer briefs, and watch Religulous. Finally did both today. I'll have to save the big briefs post for later, 'cause I'm going to talk about Religulous tonight.
The reason it took so long to get to the documentary is because Redbox was consistently out each day that I checked, and I checked in roughly 6 times this and last week. I checked TWO Redboxes most of those times. I have access to several video stores here, but I chose Redbox exclusively because of the anonymity. So how was the documentary?
It was very good. Very thought-provoking, and I re-watched several bits. There was not a single boring part. I do believe there were plenty of things shown out of context, and I'm not sure that guy at the Vatican was completely sane. I forgot his title, but considering nobody IN the Vatican wanted to talk to Bill, I'm unsure of that guy's credentials. He almost seemed atheist, actually.
Throughout the DVD, they made it look like certain people got stumped by Bill's words, but sometimes I wondered if they were about to say something good after the cut. I noticed a LOT of cutting, which was likely done for time, but we'll never know. Except on the bits in special features. You get to see some parts uncut.
The guy playing Jesus at The Holy Land Experience was a very good speaker, just as the real Jesus was. Even impressed Bill with one analogy.
I'll have to watch this documentary again, probably Saturday, and actually take notes. I didn't want to turn my attention away from the documentary to take notes tonight. On the Second Watching, I'll definitely catch tidbits I didn't catch this time around, simply due to it being a second viewing. There's even a commentary track. I do want to check that part out. I might go directly to it on Saturday in the interest of time, and not pay too much for the rental. Although at a dollar a day, a week's rental might be worth it.
I don't know yet if I'll blog again about Religulous, but I hope to have more things to say later.
I recommend this DVD mostly to atheists and agnostics who want really good responses to various religious statements. He says some really good things and makes valid points. I'm almost compelled to buy it, but I don't want something like that laying around where it can be found.
The reason it took so long to get to the documentary is because Redbox was consistently out each day that I checked, and I checked in roughly 6 times this and last week. I checked TWO Redboxes most of those times. I have access to several video stores here, but I chose Redbox exclusively because of the anonymity. So how was the documentary?
It was very good. Very thought-provoking, and I re-watched several bits. There was not a single boring part. I do believe there were plenty of things shown out of context, and I'm not sure that guy at the Vatican was completely sane. I forgot his title, but considering nobody IN the Vatican wanted to talk to Bill, I'm unsure of that guy's credentials. He almost seemed atheist, actually.
Throughout the DVD, they made it look like certain people got stumped by Bill's words, but sometimes I wondered if they were about to say something good after the cut. I noticed a LOT of cutting, which was likely done for time, but we'll never know. Except on the bits in special features. You get to see some parts uncut.
The guy playing Jesus at The Holy Land Experience was a very good speaker, just as the real Jesus was. Even impressed Bill with one analogy.
I'll have to watch this documentary again, probably Saturday, and actually take notes. I didn't want to turn my attention away from the documentary to take notes tonight. On the Second Watching, I'll definitely catch tidbits I didn't catch this time around, simply due to it being a second viewing. There's even a commentary track. I do want to check that part out. I might go directly to it on Saturday in the interest of time, and not pay too much for the rental. Although at a dollar a day, a week's rental might be worth it.
I don't know yet if I'll blog again about Religulous, but I hope to have more things to say later.
I recommend this DVD mostly to atheists and agnostics who want really good responses to various religious statements. He says some really good things and makes valid points. I'm almost compelled to buy it, but I don't want something like that laying around where it can be found.
