Here’s a still of Harrison Ford in his latest movie, Firewall.
It could be a still photo of Harrison Ford from just about any movie he has made in the last 15 years.
he should have quit after playing Han Solo and Indiana Jones… 
Isn’t he the highest grossing actor of all time (that is, the one who’s made the most money 
)?
He’s definitely found his comfort zone. I won’t go see it…why bother?
The actor I would really like to shake some sense into, however: Steve Martin. A remake of the Pink Pather?!?!?!?!
Susan
Oh - I TOTALLY agree!!! I will NOT go and see that one, because if he DARES to utter “Does your doouugg bite”, I’ll wanna reach through the screen and slap him silly!
wandering off, mumbling to myself…Kato…KAAA TOOO…
There is a deep (and very serious) theological reason why I don’t watch movies. Harrison Ford is not it, but he just as well could be.
That was my first reaction when I saw the trailer. I get so tired of remakes. Are producers/directors so creatively challenged that they have to reinvent the wheel? Especially when it’s remakes of such inane things as [getting ready to dodge fans’ outrage] The Brady Bunch.
However, I will say that Steve is such a master of physical comedy (even though it’s not my favorite form) that I found myself chuckling at a couple of things in the trailer. So I wouldn’t pay to see it in a theater but if a friend happened to rent it, I wouldn’t go home…
This is from Clear and Present Danger, circa 1994. Yup, Dale’s right…
I agree that there are too many remakes. I wouldn’t mind renting the Pink Panther though because I like Steve Martin. As long as they use the Mancini theme.
I’m very skeptical of Steve Martin’s Pink Panther, as a fan of both Steve Martin and the Pink Panther.
It’s funny you’d mention that “Does your dooouug bite?” scene. I saw that movie during a particularly high-stress time of my life. Went with a friend. When that scene appeared, I just lost it. I laughed and cried and fell out of my chair in the theatre. It was one of those moments when sometime one’s psychological status intercects perfectly with some silly scene in a movie.
All due respect, Cranberry, there just can’t be a legitimate theological reason to avoid movies.
Movies are “of this world” and I feel called not to be “of this world,” yet in it. If the movies are not “of this world,” then nothing is. Is that not legitimate enough for you?
This site expands on the idea little bit: http://www.gotquestions.org/in-but-not-of-world.html
I know you have high degrees in Catholic theology, so I am greatly surprised and disturbed that you wouldn’t understand this (not agree with it, just understand it).
I know the stance I take can be considered quite “hard lined” but that’s how I feel. And I think it’s a very legitimate theological reason; nearly 4 centuries of Friends (including George Fox, William Penn, Robert Barclay, Margaret Fell, etc) before me would likely agree.
At any rate, I was trying to take the issue “lightly” and joke about Harrison Ford being a theological reason not to watch movies. It seems that failed.
There can be no replacement.
I just don’t understand it. Are these things “of this world?”
computers
electricity
refrigerators
telephones
automobiles
airplanes
modern medicine
THAT I can understand.
For a lot of more conservative Friends and various others from the other historical “peace churches” (Anabaptists/Mennonites, Brethren, Friends), yes–yes they are too of this world. I don’t feel led to go that far, but I do feel led to go farther than most people, and my reasons are legitimate.
Do not judge my reasons as illegitimate, and do not dismiss my beliefs simply because you are insecure with your own convictions or ignorant of others’.
Movies are “of this world” and I feel called not to be “of this world,” yet in it. If the movies are not “of this world,” then nothing is. Is that not legitimate enough for you
?
Well, I go to lots of movies I’m not in. Nor am I of them,
for that matter. I get a senior discount now,
which eases considerably the theological conflict.
Jim, you seem like the kind of person who has always been a senior citizen at heart. I am like that, too.
Oh. Ok. That’s probably what it was. Me being insecure and ignorant. Sorry.
Even on a girls bike he has the same pose!
