SU and I have been doing in my absence here is taking advantage of Netflix. We've watched all six seasons of 24 and a few movies.
Tonight we watched a very, very good movie titled
Karol, un uomo diventato Papa, a three plus hour made for TV movie about Pope John Paul II. On the technical side, it is obvious that it was low budget and its TV pedigree shows. But, from a philosophical and inquiring standpoint, there is so much contained in that movie that nothing I could say here would be worthy.
I've always known that he was a special person. His demeanor and attitude made me realize that Catholics are Christians too! That might sound strange to some, but if you grew up in the deep South as I did, you probably know what I mean.
What a remarkable man. The movie attempts to show his part in bringing down communism but you'd probably have to have been aware of that prior to watching to understand it fully. Reagan gets most of the credit for that but in truth, it was Pope John Paul II that had the larger role in the fall of the Soviet bloc. Historians have already recognized this and it will not be long before the public at large does. Well, I guess I should say the public at large in the US, most of the rest of the world already does.
I'm glad we watched it tonight, it will help me in class tomorrow. The material we are using this quarter is very good and now my spirit will be in the right place.
Hollywood
