Celluloid Heroes

Tonight, these men were drawn to that altar like it was a fire in the middle of winter. Even those who aren’t devout came to warm themselves.

The events of Joyeux Noël would scarcely be believed if the movie was a work of pure fiction. The greatest strength of Christian Carion’s film is that, if it were mere fiction, the film might actually make you believe the incredible events. The story is crafted carefully and the characters well-drawn, so that their motivations when the central event of the film occurs, their actions are believable within the context that they take place.

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Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don’t share their power with mankind.

For about the first forty minutes, Superman Returns looks and feels like a worthy successor to the 1978 classic, right up until the point Superman actually returns, then things start to go wrong.

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The mind sees what it wants to see.

Let me get this straight. Jesus got hitched, had a kid and all of Western civilization conspired to cover it up?

Whatever.

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