tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post3466505086203931230..comments2024-02-14T05:39:29.497-06:00Comments on HELL BURNS: MOVIES: "THE GREAT GATSBY"Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-70984509383664143082014-09-30T10:48:20.422-05:002014-09-30T10:48:20.422-05:00Woke up this morning with air in their lungs, a be...Woke up this morning with air in their lungs, a beat in their heart, and their best friend in the whole world laying next to their. Life is as it should be.How apple pay works with passbook?https://www.passbeemedia.com/applepay/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-8157970157108765112014-01-31T13:23:54.352-06:002014-01-31T13:23:54.352-06:00Inconceivable points. Sound arguments. Keep going ...Inconceivable points. Sound arguments. 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Shows Ga...Great points, especially your last point! Shows Gatsby's ultimate living in unreality....Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-25584851639898316812013-06-03T21:39:57.955-05:002013-06-03T21:39:57.955-05:00Ha ha! The Poe thing! If I'm ever in Rockville...Ha ha! The Poe thing! If I'm ever in Rockville, I'll have to visit (both graves)!Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-22440288293904431262013-06-03T10:38:36.566-05:002013-06-03T10:38:36.566-05:00In book and movie, Gatsby says "of course you...In book and movie, Gatsby says "of course you can get back the past." That was a fatal flaw of his. An always looking behind or looking forward and never what he had NOW. It was significant for the era of the Lost Generation. They had seen trench warfare and could never go back and reclaim the kind of "innocence" they had before. And the book finished with man's eternally striving for some distant point in the future, which we will never achieve--"then I'll be happy, then I'll be wealthy, then everything will be perfect." That moment will never arrive, at least not in this lifetime.<br /><br />And you're right, Daisy wasn't good enough for Gatsby. But Gatsby asked too much of her. It was his pushing her to say she never loved her husband that sealed the nail in the coffin of their relationship.Christie @ Everything to Someonehttp://everythingtosomeone.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-90989620975398169692013-05-31T07:41:29.899-05:002013-05-31T07:41:29.899-05:00F. Scott is buried at St. Mary's RC Church in ...F. Scott is buried at St. Mary's RC Church in Rockville, I used to do the Baltimore Poe visitor thing, get drunk and visit his grave but that Romantic Period of my life was brought to a speedy end by reality. Fun while it lasted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-83389124624310935922013-05-23T22:09:50.291-05:002013-05-23T22:09:50.291-05:00Just to be clear, I'm not calling adultery lov...Just to be clear, I'm not calling adultery love or condoning it under any circumstances. Any flaws/sins on Gatsby's part cannot be a model or Godlike. However, if we look at his unflawed characteristics, I think we CAN see the depths of God's unrequited love for us. Even before committing adultery, Gatsby's love was the same for Daisy.<br /><br />And I don't think I'm stretching here. I don't try to stretch to find some inkling of good or redeemability in a film. It has to be there in abundance. I call a spade a spade and trash films whenever I feel it necessary. I don't like trashing films, but I don't hesitate, either. Now I HAVE to read the book!<br />Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-32109698223672245912013-05-22T07:29:06.393-05:002013-05-22T07:29:06.393-05:00Hey, Anonymous, a little explanation of why you th...Hey, Anonymous, a little explanation of why you think so might bring about intelligent conversation on the point. <br /> I've not seen the film. I've only read the book. My son who's a junior in high school read the book and then went to see the movie with his class. He enjoyed both very much. <br />Sister Helena, I sometimes think that you are making a stretch to see Theology of the Body in some of the movies you review, but it makes me take a second look. I have issues with calling adultery "love" tho I'm sure that those involved in it feel that they are in love. I am looking forward to seeing the movie based on my son's recommendation and of the reviews I've read.<br /><br />Sharon Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933808396917207055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-35198351896950222332013-05-21T23:57:34.811-05:002013-05-21T23:57:34.811-05:00Sister, while I am grateful for your good work her...Sister, while I am grateful for your good work here, you should really reconsider this review. This baldy misses the mark, and thereby does a disservice to both Catholic theology and Fitzgerald's story. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com