Post by pedanticbohemian on Jun 3, 2009 2:15:08 GMT -4
Sorry if this is a repeat of a previous thread. I did a search and came up empty.
I finally saw this incredible, heartbreaking film tonight. It's such an important film, and important topic. Nestor Carbonel and Jeremy Davis were in it, along with Michael. Granted, Michael's part was very small, but it was so very powerful.
To put it bluntly, as a fundamentalist Protestant preacher, he was terrifying. I mean he literally sent a chill down my spine and gave me goose flesh. Probably because I grew up in a fundamentalist faith filled with all that hate and condemnation, hellfire and damnation.
He nailed that self-righteous, above it all, holier-than-though preacher persona. It was like watching a stranger. This few moments on camera--particularly when he talks about how he hopes that poor Matthew Shepard realized the error of his ways while he was being beaten and left for dead--makes Ben Linus look like Bambi and Mother Theresa combined! It's THAT powerful.
Kudos to Michael for taking it there.
I was actually excited at first, seeing him in the pulpit. As a Methodist woman I can honestly say there are few things sexier than a man who loves the Lord and goes with you to Bible study and church because he actually wants to. LOL But that scene of the sidewalk interview killed that pulpit scene infatuation with a quickness. Haters are NOT sexy!
Anyone else seen this? Thoughts?
I finally saw this incredible, heartbreaking film tonight. It's such an important film, and important topic. Nestor Carbonel and Jeremy Davis were in it, along with Michael. Granted, Michael's part was very small, but it was so very powerful.
To put it bluntly, as a fundamentalist Protestant preacher, he was terrifying. I mean he literally sent a chill down my spine and gave me goose flesh. Probably because I grew up in a fundamentalist faith filled with all that hate and condemnation, hellfire and damnation.
He nailed that self-righteous, above it all, holier-than-though preacher persona. It was like watching a stranger. This few moments on camera--particularly when he talks about how he hopes that poor Matthew Shepard realized the error of his ways while he was being beaten and left for dead--makes Ben Linus look like Bambi and Mother Theresa combined! It's THAT powerful.
Kudos to Michael for taking it there.
I was actually excited at first, seeing him in the pulpit. As a Methodist woman I can honestly say there are few things sexier than a man who loves the Lord and goes with you to Bible study and church because he actually wants to. LOL But that scene of the sidewalk interview killed that pulpit scene infatuation with a quickness. Haters are NOT sexy!
Anyone else seen this? Thoughts?
