GANDHI, the Movie

[Samantha]

Released in 1982 starring Ben Kingsley. Won several of the major oscars for that year.

Anyway, I had never seen it, and so I watched it this weekend. It's a very good movie if you haven't seen it.

So why am I telling you this? Because the thread on the debate between evolution and intelligent design made me think of this quote from the movie:

Gandhi, seeing his friend hesitate in a moment of great risk, asks Charlie Andrews, the Catholic priest, "Aren't you a man of God?"

Andrews answers, "Yes. But I'm not so egotistical as to think He plans His day around my dilemmas!"





That is all. Carry on. :popcorn:

[its_me]

It is GANDHI.
The H is AFTER the D, not after the G
that's all

[Samantha]

It is GANDHI.
The H is AFTER the D, not after the G
that's all

Oops! Thank you! No wonder that didn't look right! :oops:

[General Apathy]

Goonies also has some very good quotes that relate to this issue.

Chunk: Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life.

[E. Blackadder]

I can never forgive what GANDHI did to Tootsie.

[Samantha]

I can never forgive what GANDHI did to Tootsie.

I thought it was ET :-?

[Exiled Man]

Gandhi II was a lot better.

[Samantha]

Gandhi II was a lot better.

Bah, that was just a lot of special effects

[Klaymen]

I thought it was ET :-?
:iatp:
I remember being verey disappointed in 6th grade that ET did not win over Gandhi. My kids watched it with me last year and as a parent it was amazing to see how much it touched them.

[Samantha]

:iatp:
I remember being verey disappointed in 6th grade that ET did not win over Gandhi. My kids watched it with me last year and as a parent it was amazing to see how much it touched them.

Hmm, I'll have to put that on the Blockbuster queue, I don't think my kids have ever seen it.

[Aaron Brachowitz]

I watched it recently too. I wondered how much "artistic license" was employed by the writer/director. Like, did all the violence really stop just because of Gandhi's hunger strike?

[Exiled Man]

Hmm, I'll have to put that on the Blockbuster queue, I don't think my kids have ever seen it.
Make sure you don't get the censored namby pamby director'ss cut that takes away all the guns.

[Samantha]

I watched it recently too. I wondered how much "artistic license" was employed by the writer/director. Like, did all the violence really stop just because of Gandhi's hunger strike?

I'm sure not since it hasn't stopped to this day.

I also find it very disheartening that there is still so much repression and violence toward the "untouchables" that is ignored by the Indian government and the rest of the world.

[QMO]

Gandhi II was a lot better.RNhttp://www.compfused.com/thumbs/uhf_ghandi2_755.jpg

[ahow]

RNhttp://www.compfused.com/thumbs/uhf_ghandi2_755.jpgHey! You stole my RN!

[Samantha]

Hey! You stole my RN!

I didn't even know there was one! :oops: I just thought EM was joking.

[ahow]

I didn't even know there was one! :oops: I just thought EM was joking.Watch the movie UHF with Weird Al. Then you will get the non-Simpsons half of Jables' jokes...

[Werewolf]

"Don't move, slimeball"

"Gimme a steak, medium rare."