> I enjoyed Phenomenon, but 2 things about it bothered me: > 1) Kyra Sedgwick. She's not pretty, she's annoying. > The sooner directors realize this, the better.
I don't consider her terribly attractive either -- but it didn't bother me. I really wasn't concerned with her being sexy... she's playing a bitter single-mother of 2 who supports the main character through his crucifixion. They may not have wanted to cast someone like Julia Roberts actually for fear of detracting from the story. > 2) It turned pretty quickly from a cool, alien-induced > phenomenon movie....to a chick flick. umm... okay... that's the first time I think I've heard a christ-myth story described that way. Phenomenon really wasn't an alien movie in any way other than the most superficial plot device... They needed an event to change an ordinary man's life. The rest of the film is an examination of human nature; specifically how we deal with a "messiah". It's not specifically a Christian or judeo-christian thing either... The way that people react to life is the same way they would react to a messiah, and vice versa, so by examining the messiah's social experiences you gain insight into human nature. It's what Einstein referred to as a "thought experiment". The subject of the film is an archetypal cycle actually: awareness - love - heroification (ignorance/denial) - dissilusion - crucifixion - love. Jesus wasn't the first and certainly wasn't the last of the stories about this archetype. Dune was also a christ-myth story, although I didn't care for Dune so much. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167559 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
