Hollywood's Shining Moments

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And  one more thought, here, an hour later--and I haven't finished watching the movie yet so I don't xactly recall how it ends, but actually,

...the movie is an excellent example for just Christians, who would like to be all the things that Cooper portrays there--gallantry, yet humility.

That's what Jesus came to offer us--salvation, and life, no fear, no timidity.

Not that we need to go around shooting anyone--or everyone.

But all the qualities that York exemplifies there, we as Christians would want to aspire towards, in whatever walk we find ourselves.

In Jesus' Name...

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Watching through "Jesus of Nazareth".  A six+ hour movie.  Just a bit this eve.  Peter Ustinov as Herod.

This whole gospel narrative, not to mention the OT too, is like a suspension of reality(or what we term as reality).  A wonderful suspension of reality.

God rips apart our world of hatred and death(the Massacre of Innocents, depicted so horribly in the movie--Herod, the madman...), bringing forth in the humility of an obscure barn manger, something wonderful, something forgiving...a baby.

The movie gives us a much trimmer James Earl Jones(Darth Vader), as one of the wise men--perfect.

Nice to just take it in pieces and meditate on it.  And all out of Hollywood.   Hmm.  God was bringing out of naught the things that are, millinea ago, and here He is still doing it, out of the likes of Hollywood.    *sigh*

Out of the scum of the earth, God bringing forth miracles like an ongoing symphony playing forever....      

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Which is better; The Greatest Story Ever Told or Jesus of Nazareth?

And did you ever actually finish Sgt. York?  

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They each have their merits.

Donald Pleasence as Satan in Greatest Story is definitely worth it just for that, when he's tempting Jesus.

But Christopher Plummer as Herod, in 'Nazareth is hard to beat too.  Tho Jose Ferrer, in Greatest, is particularly devious.  

Both Herod the Great's are good(Claude Rains in Greatest, Peter Ustinov in 'Nazareth).

Shelley Winters as the healed woman, in Greatest, is terrible.  

And if you don't see Greatest in Letterbox, when Lazarus comes out of the tomb, you won't be able to see him, because he's at the very bottom of the camera shoot--hehe!
All you see are the bluffs and cliffs up overhead.

Jesus going to Matthew's, for supper, in 'Nazareth, is well worth the watch.