Rodents of Unusual Size - 2014-11-02
also I should point out the director had a great shot of an anthill right before this scene that stands as an obvious metaphor.
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Hooker ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) - 2014-11-02
I've heard stories that apparently the Library of Alexandria was more of a giant closet that people stuff scrolls into more than something that was actually curated and organized in any sensible way. I can't even being to gauge the authority or veracity of the idea, but I find it funny, so I want to share it anyway.
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infinite zest ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) - 2014-11-02
This looks good. I remember my theatre was getting a bunch of posters and stuff for the film, but I don't think it ever came, or if it did it was after I left and I sort of forgot about it. Seems like every period movie was going for X-TREME Roman/Greek/Spartan etc. around this time, and this looks like it avoids that dumbed down aesthetic for a really good story and great, real visuals.
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infinite zest - 2014-11-02 oooh and Rachel Weisz is in it. Movie-boner and boner-boner in one movie? I'm definitely watching this! Thanks!
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infinite zest - 2014-11-02 Between this and The Fountain, she sure seems to like taking baths. Maybe it's in her contract?
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Nominal - 2014-11-02 You belittle her Constant Gardener bath scene, sir.
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infinite zest - 2014-11-03 Do I lose points on here if I say that I liked the Constant Gardener movie a lot more than the book, in sort of the same way that I liked Tom Clancy/Robert Ludlum movies and not the books? LeCarre's leaps and bounds ahead of those two but that book in particular just didn't do it for me.
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Nominal - 2014-11-03 I like every Phillip K Dick movie better than the book, so I am in no position to judge.
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PegLegPete ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) - 2014-11-02
This one sucked too!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House _of_Wisdom
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cognitivedissonance ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) - 2014-11-02
The history of the early monastics is pretty monstrous. Originally, they were literally just roving bands of Christian thugs. The Benedictine Rule was a direct response to events like this, trying to bring some sort of order to these guys. In order to discourage the wrong sort of elements from basically just putting on a black/brown robe and running around smashing things in the name of Christ, Benedict declared the rule of celibacy and mandatory work duty to weed out the riff-raff.
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Oscar Wildcat ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) ![](/images/smallstar.gif) - 2014-11-03
hallelu - akbar!
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