Movie Reviews
 
 I'm trying to play nice here, but it's probably beyond my abilities...
 
 I saw part of Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. I was disappointed I didn't
 catch the whole thing, but what I saw impressed the hell out of me.
 Capra's message about human dignity and interdependence is really
 needed today.
 
 I while back I saw Adam Sandler's parody, "Mr. Deeds." He did a very
 effective job of blunting the message of the original. I wonder if it
 was funded through the "Wag The Dog" group. It didn't piss me off so
 much at the time, I didn't realize how powerful the original was.
 
 Interesting to note that the chief reviewer in the IMDB.com said that
 Sandler's film was a remake of a depression-era "propaganda" film.
 
 We have fallen so far that a message of being responsible to your
 neighbor, being a good participant in civic affairs is propaganda, but
 a film that says "everybody is venal, you are a useless idiot, greed
 is good, etc" is just good clean fun.
 
 The movie viewers were divided on the Sandler film:  "it sucks!"  "It
 rules - you suck!"  "you stupid - Sandler rules!  Me smash!"  Really
 depressing.  No sense at all of what has been lost over time.
 
 I also saw part of "Sleepless In Seattle" which I had seen in its
 entirety before.  It was a better film than I thought.
 
 
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