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Millenium Actress

Postby oro! » Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:22 pm

Sorry if there's already a thread about this somewhere, but I just watched it.(plus people seem to get on to you if you revive an ancient thread)
I can't believe I took this long to rent it. It is such a great story, but really has nothing bad in it, except for that creepy woman with the wheel thingy. :sweat: What is it? Anyway, I think that once I get some money, I will go out and buy this superb movie. I give it a :thumbsup: . What did everyone else think about this?
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Postby Kaori » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:19 pm

There is a thread about Millennium Actress here, but I agree that it is an excellent movie.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:04 pm

Yes, I LOVED this movie. It was so squeaky clean, and, being a the romantic sap that I am, I just loved the plot. Even if it was sad. . .
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.

Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.

But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:37 pm

I agree that the movie was clean, wonderfully well done, and beautiful in the artwork - the intricacies of the plot and the development of character through the telling of the same story with different settings in different times and places actually worked quite well. For me though, the ending line of the movie just bewildered me. It kind of killed everything for me. I still liked the movie, but I won't buy it because I didn't like that conclusion. I wish I remembered the spoiler code............ ah well.
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Postby shooraijin » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:34 am

Bump to fix last posted flag, carry on. However, we might also redirect this discussion into the thread Kaori mentioned, although I'll leave this open.
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