Tolkien\u2019s dislike for\u00a0Dune<\/em>\u00a0interests me partly because, while I\u2019m fascinated by Villeneuve\u2019s adaptations, reviewing them has proven a challenge, since I must try to articulate my appreciation of movies the appeal of which I struggle to explain to myself. Certainly when I read my own descriptions in my reviews, they sound to me like movies I would dislike! Yet I do like them. I suspect, though, that I wouldn\u2019t enjoy Herbert\u2019s books\u2014and the excerpts of\u00a0Dune<\/em> that I have read do nothing to challenge that impression. \u2018Dune: Part Two\u2019 exceeds expectations in every way\u2014except humanity (substack.com)<\/a><\/p>\n Or you could see Jonathan Roumie\u2019s Jesus in\u00a0 The Chosen Season 4 on the big screen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Or they could have seen<\/p>\n A Movie About a Imaginary<\/span> <\/strong>Killer Teddy Bear.<\/p>\n The 4th<\/span><\/strong> go round of a Kung Fu Panda<\/span><\/strong> Fighting Bear.<\/p>\n Or a woman bearing God\u2019s love to the poor and outcast.<\/p>\n Cabrini was to put it simply AWESOME.<\/p>\n Before Mother Teresa there was Mother Cabrini.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t enjoyed a cinematic experience this much in quite a long time. It was a great faith based film in the traditional hollywood style of films such as The Song of Bernadette (1943) Going My Way (1944) or Francis of Assisi<\/b><\/i> (1961). Everything from the cinematography to the musical score, from the storytelling to the acting was nothing short of amazingly fascinating.<\/p>\n The movie takes place in 1889: That is the year Mother Cabrini first came to America to start her mission. It was also the year that saw the birth of<\/p>\n On February 22,<\/a> 1889 \u2013 President<\/a>\u00a0Grover Cleveland<\/a>\u00a0signs a bill<\/a>\u00a0admitting\u00a0North Dakota<\/a>,\u00a0South Dakota<\/a>,\u00a0Montana<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Washington<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0U.S. states<\/a>.<\/p>\n On March 31, 1889.The Eiffel Tower opens to the public.<\/p>\n Italian actress Cristiana Dell\u2019Anna (born August 24, 1985) is Mother Cabrini brought to life.There are some scenes where the camera frames her in her distinct black habit silhouetted against a wall where she kinda looks like Batman. There are several times she is about to walk away from doing something that would benefit her mission. She stops before going away and then turns around with the resolve to finish what she started and marches up like David to confront Goliath.<\/p>\n Mother Cabrini lived until 1917 in which the 1st world war was still raging across the pond in Europe and America entered the fight.<\/p>\n I never knew much about Mother Cabrini except for the fact that she\u00a0was the first U.S. citizen to be\u00a0canonized<\/a> a saint. This occurred on July 7, 1946. This is the same year Donald Trump<\/a> was born and It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/a> premiered in theaters.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Many of the reviews I have seen online are wonderfully positive towards the film as well.<\/p>\n Like This One.<\/p>\n
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