tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post8703820671157454570..comments2023-10-31T06:44:26.393-07:00Comments on Billings Blog: Cool HandDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-71048757878272035412007-07-12T07:39:00.000-07:002007-07-12T07:39:00.000-07:00I agree - Plastic Jesus is a splendid moment in ci...I agree - Plastic Jesus is a splendid moment in cinema - splendid. Etched in stone in my memory. <BR/><BR/>I guess my mature self could have done without the constant visual reminders of what the movie was trying to say. You got it - and would have gotten it without the torn photograph or intersecting dirt roads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-38929142672635175652007-07-10T20:48:00.000-07:002007-07-10T20:48:00.000-07:00The South did have at least some segregated prison...The South did have at least some segregated prisons, so maybe an all-white chain gang isn't so unlikely. I liked the religious imagery; much of Newman's inner conflict has to do with trying to figure why he turned out the way he did -- or why the world turned out the way it did. To engage that topic without thinking hard about religion would have been unlikely behavior for a conscientious Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-4684983770608095022007-07-10T17:04:00.000-07:002007-07-10T17:04:00.000-07:00CHL was my favorite too - I was 17 when it came ou...CHL was my favorite too - I was 17 when it came out and it stuck deep. But all that religious imagery was a drag - the crosses everywhere, the Jesus thing. It went over my head at 17, but now it is just annoying. And there's a bit of this too: 25 chain gang members, all white, well spoken, clean shaven and well groomed, with nice teeth. <BR/><BR/>But it had some great lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-50352287248593510682007-07-10T07:29:00.000-07:002007-07-10T07:29:00.000-07:00Mala propos,But I don't think I have room for it n...Mala propos,<BR/>But I don't think I have room for it next to the sign I put up just for you: "Stop feeding on me."Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-91577306449125805632007-07-09T13:46:00.000-07:002007-07-09T13:46:00.000-07:00You missed the most important line:"I got my mind ...You missed the most important line:<BR/><BR/>"I got my mind right, boss."<BR/><BR/>Both you and Kemmick ought to put that up near your workstations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-52420263365841893322007-07-09T13:34:00.000-07:002007-07-09T13:34:00.000-07:00It's a very good movie, I'd put it into my top 20 ...It's a very good movie, I'd put it into my top 20 ever.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't as good as Hollywood Knights, or American Graffitti, but I'd put it up by Slap Shot, Car Wash, or A Fistful of Dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-78423279037939284512007-07-09T12:39:00.000-07:002007-07-09T12:39:00.000-07:00George Kennedy: "She doesn't know what she's doing...George Kennedy: "She doesn't know what she's doing."<BR/>Paul Newman: "She knows exactly what she's doing."Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-6005716695059946292007-07-09T12:30:00.000-07:002007-07-09T12:30:00.000-07:00Not to mention the gal in the tight blouse washing...Not to mention the gal in the tight blouse washing that windshield.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-67841627766393292792007-07-09T10:49:00.000-07:002007-07-09T10:49:00.000-07:00David, since most people don't get satire do you w...David, since most people don't get satire do you want to bet as to how many "Christians" will show up on this thread to let you know how you have offended them? It does go on a bit; seems like some of the verses are additions and replacements. Good, though.Chuck Rightmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985358507956039363noreply@blogger.com