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Iceman (1984)
Makes, "Plan Nine From Outer Space" look like an Academy Award Winner
The opening credits are as boring as any I can ever remember seeing...ever. Flying the block of ice from the place of its discovery to the lab, which seemed to be taking place in real time, was....how can I say this and be reasonably nice about it....it was BORING!!
The story concept is, by far, not new. The acting is, at best, horrible. There seems to be almost no continuity to the story line.
The musical soundtrack...well...let's say this movie might have done better as a silent film.
Please don't waste your time viewing this. Timothy Hutton is pathetic, as is Danny Glover. The, "Iceman" himself would, hopefully, today be done with CGI.
This film might have a place in a course in film school where it could be used as a wonderful example of how NOT to make a movie.
At least with, "Plan Nine From Outer Space" it was so bad that it was at least funny. "Iceman" offers no socially redeeming values, let alone any value as a film.
Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
An Awesome Documentary!
I had never been aware of this movie but happened upon the title here on IMDb by accident. God DOES work in mysterious ways, because He may have led me to this great film.
I'm not Roman Catholic, but I am a Christian. However, whether one is "religious" or not should have no effect on a basic understanding of right and wrong/good and evil. It is wrong to molest anyone, let alone children. This thoughtful documentary by Ms. Berg will tear at your heart as you view it. There are no magic answers here. The film will make no one feel "better" about what has gone in in the Catholic church for centuries. What the film WILL do is help you better understand the life-long pain that sexual abuse brings not only directly to the victim, but indirectly to families and even future relationships.
Ms. Berg's film brings sexual abuse to the viewer in a truthful and compassionate way that I've never seen before. Not that there has never been sexual abuse of children by a Baptist minister or Jewish Rabbi or others who wear the "cloth" of clergy...I'm sure there has been...but the systematic cover up by the Roman Catholic church should be an embarrassment to all officials in the Church, from the Pope down to the Parish Priest.
Every seminary student, regardless of his or her religion, should be required to see this movie. Every Roman Catholic should see this movie. Everyone who breaths air should see this movie and talk about it to everyone else.