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The Browser, 6/9: Nicolosi likes "Sex and the City"; Neil Jordan’s "Ondine"; Brooks on leadership

The Browser, 6/9: Nicolosi likes "Sex and the City"; Neil Jordan’s "Ondine"; Brooks on leadership

Last updated on: August 27, 2012 at 2:12 pm by Jeffrey Overstreet

The Browser, 6/9: Nicolosi likes "Sex and the City"; Neil Jordan’s "Ondine"; Brooks on leadership 2012-08-27T14:12:56-06:00 Jeffrey Overstreet

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“Sexcess”

Let’s give her credit… it’s a clever post title.

(I was rather proud of mine too: “Sex and the CT.”)

Moviegoing superdelegate Barbara Nicolosi casts her vote in favor of Sex and the City:

I saw this film on its opening Friday a couple weeks ago, and have been wanting to blog about it ever since. I was going to post a mostly positive blog, but then I started reading a lot of what other Christians are writing about the movie and I chickened out.

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Contrary to the bad rap the film is getting from a lot of conservatives, the real theme of SATC is not, “be shamelessly promiscuous and materialistic”, but somewhat shockingly, “If you don’t forgive, you will never have a happily ever after.” All of the main story lines in the movie are about the need for mature relationships to move into forgiveness. And reaffirming that the film is really most about the female friendships, the most poignant moments in the film come around the falling out between Miranda and Carrie that comes towards the end of the third act. When Miranda demands that Carrie forgive her, and Carrie throws back at her friend her own refusal to forgive poor hapless Steve.

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I liked it. So hit me.

Hey, I haven’t seen the movie, so I won’t judge it. Once in a while, Nicolosi and I actually agree on a movie. On issues of faith and creativity we almost always agree, and I admire her passion for inspiring Christian artists toward excellence.

And I’m inclined to be very nice to her right now, as my closest moviegoing friend, Danny Walter, is moving to LA in a couple of weeks to take classes at the house that Barbara built: ACT ONE.

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Neil Jordan’s next catch

Ondine sees writer/director Neil Jordan returning to fantasyland. Cool.

Neil Jordan has dabbled in the supernatural before. He’d probably like to forget the maligned Annette Bening thriller In Dreams, but on the other hand Interview with the Vampire is one of his most successful — and most mainstream — efforts. After a few more straightforward outings, Jordan will be delving back into fantasy with Ondine, starring Colin Farrell and Mexican-Polish newcomer Alicja Bachleda. Bachleda will play the title character, a mythical sea nymph who gets caught in the net of a fisherman (Farrell) and changes the lives of the people in his Irish town. Jordan wrote the script himself, and the project is set to start shooting next month.

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Lincoln’s rough edges

David Brooks on the need for a leader who knows his own weaknesses.

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