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  14. Posted

    actually......

     

     

    Thor is the Norse god of thunder. He is a son of Odin and Jord, and one of the most powerful gods. He is married to Sif, a fertility goddess. His mistress is the giantess Jarnsaxa ("iron cutlass"), and their sons are Magni and Modi and his daughter is Thrud. Thor is helped by Thialfi, his servant and the messenger of the gods.

     

    Thor was usually portrayed as a large, powerful man with a red beard and eyes of lighting. Despite his ferocious appearance, he was very popular as the protector of both gods and humans against the forces of evil. He even surpassed his father Odin in popularity because, contrary to Odin, he did not require human sacrifices. In his temple at Uppsala he was shown standing with Odin at his right side. This temple was replaced by a Christian church in 1080.

     

    The Norse believed that during a thunderstorm, Thor rode through the heavens on his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisni ("gap-tooth") and Tanngnost ("tooth grinder"). Lightning flashed whenever he threw his hammer Mjollnir. Thor wears the belt Megingjard which doubles his already considerable strength. His hall is Bilskirnir, which is located in the region Thrudheim ("place of might"). His greatest enemy is Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent. At the day of Ragnarok, Thor will kill this serpent but will die from its poison. His sons will inherit his hammer after his death.

     

    Donar is his Teutonic equivalent, while the Romans see in him their god Jupiter. Thursday is named after him.

    Don't you just love cut-and-paste? :huh:

  15. Posted

    I can't get in... and I'm using my login password.

    Use the password you use to log into the Message Board. Not the old Chat Room password you used to have.

    I truly am. I even logged out, changed my password, logged back in, and tried it again... but I still can't get in, and I know that I am using the correct password; it is the exact same as I used to log in the site. :huh:

    What are you typing in as your username exactly?

    I'm typing:

     

    t'mir

     

     

    All lowercase, with the apostraphe.

  16. Posted

    I can't get in... and I'm using my login password.

    Use the password you use to log into the Message Board. Not the old Chat Room password you used to have.

    I truly am. I even logged out, changed my password, logged back in, and tried it again... but I still can't get in, and I know that I am using the correct password; it is the exact same as I used to log in the site. :huh:

  24. Posted

    Oh......... my..........

     

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    I am in shock and awe at the same time.

     

    That was one of the, if not the, most moving movies I have ever seen. I can not get over it. I saw it and it was over at around 12:00. It's already 4:30 and I can't get over it. It moved me to tears, something that doesn't happen to me in movies.

     

    This was an amazing movie. Every time you hear of the Passion, it is a censored fairy tale. You know that Jesus suffered for us, but you can not comprehend it. This movie forces you to feel the pain, the hurt, the suffering. From the moment Jesus picked up the cross after the flogging until after He had died, I was crying. That was at least 20 minutes. And during the flogging I flinched every time He was hit by the whip. Every lashing. And when they brought out the spiked whip, it got even worse. I wasn't sure if I could watch it. I am not good with that stuff, but I made myself watch it because I needed to see it. And from before the flogging until well after the movie was over, I couldn't stop shaking. It was like I was shivering, but I was not cold. That movie really affected me.

     

    Every time Jesus feel with the cross, I broke down. The third time was the worst when Mary had the flashback of Him falling as a child, and her helping Him up. Wow. That really got me going. The part that made me cry the most was when they were nailing in the stakes. It's strange to say that a movie made me completely cry, but it did. The only other movie to ever make me cry was Saving Private Ryan.

     

    I loved the symbolism in this film. Satan looked just like a snake and he seemed to hover about the crowd, not walk. And Satan's demonic child. Babies are the sign of innocence, but this one also shows that everyone is capable of evil. We must choose the right path. Also babies are a sign of the future. If we choose the wrong path, we will have an evil future. Also, the Bible always spoke of blood and water pouring out of Jesus' spear wound. I had never thought about that before. I was talking to my girlfriend, and we kind of figured out that the water is pure, therefore showing how pure Jesus was. Great symbolism.

     

    Many people say they did not show enough of the resurrection at the end. I think it was absolutely perfect. You have just witnessed something so terribly horrific and you are really overwhelmed. To have shown alot of it would have ruined the effect of the film. The way they did it was perfect. You were completely overwhelmed and teary eyed, and right at the end, you get a well-earned glimmer of hope.

     

    This is a must see for anyone that is religious. Yes it is really violent, but it is not violent for the sake of being violent. It is putting us into Jesus' shoes. When I watched this movie, it did not feel like a movie. I felt as if I was in the crowd watching it all. This was a powerful movie. But bring kleenex. My girlfriend was absolutely balling. But we went for some tea afterward and it calmed her down. When I talk about it, my eyes still water a little. This really struck a chord. This was very personal. This touched me.

     

    I give this film a 10/10. I couldn't stop crying for the last half hour.

    I was just about to PM you and ask what you thought!

     

    Awesome review... I was speechless pretty much, and couldn't write much about it. You captured it well.