Tuesday, June 06, 2006
6-6-(0)6
Special Movie Release: The Omen, starring Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Josh Hutcherson, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis
Original release of this movie was in 1976. Now, on the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year, catch the remake of one of the best Anti-Christ movies that have been released…outside of the Exorcist.
Synopsis: Many believe the prophecy from the Book of Revelation provides a map to a terrifying future--or it presents fragments of history that have come to life in our time. The signs, they claim, are all around us: terrorist attacks, extreme weather--the list goes on. The passage specifically points to the arrival of the Anti-Christ, who is branded with the numerical sequence 666: the mark of the Beast. The Anti-Christ will receive his power directly from Satan to establish a counterfeit kingdom on earth, signaling the beginning of Armageddon. Robert Thorn is unaware of such dark prophecies. Thorn, a senior American diplomat, has other things on his mind. His wife, Katherine, has endured a difficult delivery and she's as yet unaware their newborn child has died. Devastated by the loss, Thorn's concern turns to Katherine, who had suffered two previous miscarriages. The news will surely devastate her. The hospital priest, Father Spiletto, presents Thorn with another child born that night, whose mother died in childbirth. The priest compels Thorn to take the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know the truth, and their son, which they name Damien, will be raised as their flesh and blood. Katherine embraces the child as her own, blossoming in motherhood. Thorn's career ascends--he becomes the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain--and the family settles into an estate outside London. But certain events, all seeming to revolve around the new five-year-old Damien, are deeply disturbing: Damien's nanny hangs herself at the youngster's birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children's trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes hysterical during a drive to church; and blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking deaths. Enter Mrs. Blaylock, Damien's new nanny, who seems to have a preordained devotion to the child. Then tragedy strikes closer to home. Damien is no ordinary child; he is the long-prophesized Anti-Christ. Now, Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the unspeakable terror that awaits the world. The prophecy is clear, the signs unmistakable: Armageddon is upon us.
Go catch it and let me know how it was…I will probably be attempting to sleep yet another night. I got food poisoning over the weekend and have not been myself lately. That will hopefully change soon…I have surgery coming up this Friday and really don’t need to be in worse shape.
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly.
-- Mabel Newcomber
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
-- Elbert Hubbard
No obstacles fell in his way that seemed to him insurmountable. He might be defeated, as he sometimes was, but he shrank from no hardship through impatience, he fled from no danger through cowardice. --J. P. Morgan writing about Napoleon Bonaparte
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. ~ Buddha
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone. ~ Buddha
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. ~ Buddha ¶ 6/06/2006 05:44:00 AM
Original release of this movie was in 1976. Now, on the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year, catch the remake of one of the best Anti-Christ movies that have been released…outside of the Exorcist.
Synopsis: Many believe the prophecy from the Book of Revelation provides a map to a terrifying future--or it presents fragments of history that have come to life in our time. The signs, they claim, are all around us: terrorist attacks, extreme weather--the list goes on. The passage specifically points to the arrival of the Anti-Christ, who is branded with the numerical sequence 666: the mark of the Beast. The Anti-Christ will receive his power directly from Satan to establish a counterfeit kingdom on earth, signaling the beginning of Armageddon. Robert Thorn is unaware of such dark prophecies. Thorn, a senior American diplomat, has other things on his mind. His wife, Katherine, has endured a difficult delivery and she's as yet unaware their newborn child has died. Devastated by the loss, Thorn's concern turns to Katherine, who had suffered two previous miscarriages. The news will surely devastate her. The hospital priest, Father Spiletto, presents Thorn with another child born that night, whose mother died in childbirth. The priest compels Thorn to take the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know the truth, and their son, which they name Damien, will be raised as their flesh and blood. Katherine embraces the child as her own, blossoming in motherhood. Thorn's career ascends--he becomes the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain--and the family settles into an estate outside London. But certain events, all seeming to revolve around the new five-year-old Damien, are deeply disturbing: Damien's nanny hangs herself at the youngster's birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children's trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes hysterical during a drive to church; and blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking deaths. Enter Mrs. Blaylock, Damien's new nanny, who seems to have a preordained devotion to the child. Then tragedy strikes closer to home. Damien is no ordinary child; he is the long-prophesized Anti-Christ. Now, Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the unspeakable terror that awaits the world. The prophecy is clear, the signs unmistakable: Armageddon is upon us.
Go catch it and let me know how it was…I will probably be attempting to sleep yet another night. I got food poisoning over the weekend and have not been myself lately. That will hopefully change soon…I have surgery coming up this Friday and really don’t need to be in worse shape.
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly.
-- Mabel Newcomber
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
-- Elbert Hubbard
No obstacles fell in his way that seemed to him insurmountable. He might be defeated, as he sometimes was, but he shrank from no hardship through impatience, he fled from no danger through cowardice. --J. P. Morgan writing about Napoleon Bonaparte
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. ~ Buddha
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone. ~ Buddha
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. ~ Buddha ¶ 6/06/2006 05:44:00 AM
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