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Entry: The Broken Compass Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_broken_compass#11495 Post contents: Oh, I never, ever judge a pile of crap until I have tasted it. Enough of this I won't judge the movie until I've seen it. 99% of what comes out of Hollywood is bilge. Period. How many times do you have to put your hand in a vipers den to figure out it ain't good. Hollywood vulgarizes everything it touches. That includes "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Passion of the Christ." The movie theater is the Church of the masses, and that's not a good thing, Barbara Nicolosi to the contrary notwithstanding. Movies are a big part of our counter-liturgy of consumption and war. Oh, but we must engage the culture. The Church will begin to have real success when we learn to be truly counter-cultural. Harry Forbes, like so many sophisticated liberal Catholics, was probably reacting against the healthy reaction of the mass of Catholics against the movie, because you know art must be defended against the great unwashed. The whole concept of entertainment has to be deeply critiqued. Sent at: 2008 10 07