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when you pay the money to go see it you just help it, your supporting it and helping it @ the box office. Go see over the hedge so that it will beat the da vinci code and ppl will see that it's not importnat, k?

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lightofelendil

i found this aritcle... i thought it was interesting. i think this is what i'm gonna do. here:


Subject: Da Vinci Code Movie: What are you doing May 19?
>
> Now here's a good idea...
>
>
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAY 19TH?
>>
>> May 19th is the date the Da Vinci Code movie
>> opens. A movie based on a book that wears its heresy
>> and blasphemy as a badge of honor.
>>
>> What can we as Christians do in response to the
>> release of this movie? I'm going to offer you the
>> usual choices -- and a new one.
>>
>> Here are the usual suspects:
>>
>> A) We can ignore the movie. ........
>>
>> The problem with this option: The box office is a
>> ballot box. The only people whose votes are counted
>> are those who buy tickets. And the ballot box closes
>> on the Sunday of opening weekend. If you stay home,
>> you have lost your chance to make your vote heard.
>> You have thrown your vote away, and from Hollywood's
>> point of view, you don't count. By staying home, you
>> do nothing to shape the decision-making process
>> regarding what movies will make it to the big
>> screen.
>>
>> B) We can protest. ........
>>
>> The problem with this option: It doesn't work. Any
>> publicity is good publicity. Protests not only fuel
>> the box office, they make all Christians look like
>> idiots. And again, protests and boycotts do nothing
>> to help shape the decisions being made right now
>> about what movies Hollywood will make in the next
>> few years. (Or they convince Hollywood to make
>> *more* movies that will provoke Christians to
>> protest, which will drive the box office up.)
>>
>> C) We can discuss the movie. We can be rational
>> and be ready with study guides and workshops and
>> point-by-point refutations of the lies promulgated
>> by the movie. ........
>>
>> The problem with this option: No one's listening.
>> They think they know what we're going to say
>> already. We'll lose most of these discussions
>> anyway, no matter how prepared we are, because the
>> power of story always trumps the power of facts (why
>> do you think Jesus taught in parables?!). And once
>> again: rational discussion of history does nothing
>> to affect Hollywood's choices regarding what movies
>> to make.
>>
>> But there's a fourth choice.
>>
>> On May 19th, you should go to the movies.
>>
>> Just go to another movie.
>>
>> Save the date now. May 19th, or May 20th. No later
>> than Sunday, May 21st -- that's the day the ballot
>> box closes. You'll get a vote, the only vote
>> Hollywood recognizes: The power of cold hard cash
>> laid down on a box office window on opening weekend.
>>
>> Use your vote. Don't throw it away. Vote for a
>> movie other than DVC. If enough people do it, the
>> powers that be will notice. They won't have a
>> choice.
>>
>> The major studio movie scheduled for release
>> against DVC is the DreamWorks animated feature Over
>> the Hedge. The trailers look fun, and you can take
>> your kids. And your friends. And their friends. In
>> fact, let's all go see it.
>>
>> Let's rock the box office in a way no one expects
>> -- without protests, without boycotts, without
>> arguments, without rancor. Let's show up at the box
>> office ballot box and cast our votes. And buy some
>> popcorn, too.
>>
>> May 19th. Mark your calendars now: Over the
>> Hedge's opening weekend. Buy a ticket.
>>
>> And spread the word. Forward this e-mail to all
>> the Christians in your address book. Post it on your
>> blogs. Talk about it to your churches. And let's all
>> go to the movies.

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lightofelendil

i found this aritcle... i thought it was interesting. i think this is what i'm gonna do. here:


Subject: Da Vinci Code Movie: What are you doing May 19?
>
> Now here's a good idea...
>
>
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAY 19TH?
>>
>> May 19th is the date the Da Vinci Code movie
>> opens. A movie based on a book that wears its heresy
>> and blasphemy as a badge of honor.
>>
>> What can we as Christians do in response to the
>> release of this movie? I'm going to offer you the
>> usual choices -- and a new one.
>>
>> Here are the usual suspects:
>>
>> A) We can ignore the movie. ........
>>
>> The problem with this option: The box office is a
>> ballot box. The only people whose votes are counted
>> are those who buy tickets. And the ballot box closes
>> on the Sunday of opening weekend. If you stay home,
>> you have lost your chance to make your vote heard.
>> You have thrown your vote away, and from Hollywood's
>> point of view, you don't count. By staying home, you
>> do nothing to shape the decision-making process
>> regarding what movies will make it to the big
>> screen.
>>
>> B) We can protest. ........
>>
>> The problem with this option: It doesn't work. Any
>> publicity is good publicity. Protests not only fuel
>> the box office, they make all Christians look like
>> idiots. And again, protests and boycotts do nothing
>> to help shape the decisions being made right now
>> about what movies Hollywood will make in the next
>> few years. (Or they convince Hollywood to make
>> *more* movies that will provoke Christians to
>> protest, which will drive the box office up.)
>>
>> C) We can discuss the movie. We can be rational
>> and be ready with study guides and workshops and
>> point-by-point refutations of the lies promulgated
>> by the movie. ........
>>
>> The problem with this option: No one's listening.
>> They think they know what we're going to say
>> already. We'll lose most of these discussions
>> anyway, no matter how prepared we are, because the
>> power of story always trumps the power of facts (why
>> do you think Jesus taught in parables?!). And once
>> again: rational discussion of history does nothing
>> to affect Hollywood's choices regarding what movies
>> to make.
>>
>> But there's a fourth choice.
>>
>> On May 19th, you should go to the movies.
>>
>> Just go to another movie.
>>
>> Save the date now. May 19th, or May 20th. No later
>> than Sunday, May 21st -- that's the day the ballot
>> box closes. You'll get a vote, the only vote
>> Hollywood recognizes: The power of cold hard cash
>> laid down on a box office window on opening weekend.
>>
>> Use your vote. Don't throw it away. Vote for a
>> movie other than DVC. If enough people do it, the
>> powers that be will notice. They won't have a
>> choice.
>>
>> The major studio movie scheduled for release
>> against DVC is the DreamWorks animated feature Over
>> the Hedge. The trailers look fun, and you can take
>> your kids. And your friends. And their friends. In
>> fact, let's all go see it.
>>
>> Let's rock the box office in a way no one expects
>> -- without protests, without boycotts, without
>> arguments, without rancor. Let's show up at the box
>> office ballot box and cast our votes. And buy some
>> popcorn, too.
>>
>> May 19th. Mark your calendars now: Over the
>> Hedge's opening weekend. Buy a ticket.
>>
>> And spread the word. Forward this e-mail to all
>> the Christians in your address book. Post it on your
>> blogs. Talk about it to your churches. And let's all
>> go to the movies.


oopps! sorry, i didn't mean to post that twice, and i don't know how to delete it! agh.....

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heavenseeker

[quote name='uruviel' post='984519' date='May 18 2006, 11:18 AM']
no :ohno:

when you pay the money to go see it you just help it, your supporting it and helping it @ the box office. Go see over the hedge so that it will beat the da vinci code and ppl will see that it's not importnat, k?
[/quote]
i was going to see that movie anyways. even if i saw the da vinci code

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Pontifite 7 of 10

My parents are seeing it and it makes me mad :maddest: :maddest: . The say "it's only fiction" and it is ...EVIL FICTION!!! I have no ****-ind clue why a person would want to see it :idontknow: .
I implore all [b][i][u][s]NOT[/s][/u][/i][/b] to see it as sa favor to me :saint:

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I won't! i said that already. I was trying to get you not to support it. Boycouting it doesn't do any good. Making a diff. movie @ the box office do better will make a difference.

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Pontifite 7 of 10

"I won't! i said that already. I was trying to get you not to support it. Boycouting it doesn't do any good. Making a diff. movie @ the box office do better will make a difference."-uruviel

What you are seggesting is called an [i]other[/i]-cout... And i agree! It supports lies :sadder: no one i know understands what I'm trying to say ...IT'S EVIL, BLASTIMOUS, HORSE *sencered*. Do you guys understand that?

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