IMMACULATE

I went to see this today, a Bargain All Day Tuesday, at the Century 14 Vallejo, here in Vallejo, CA. The price of admission was $6.50. I brought with me a 20 oz ( 591 ml ) bottle of iced Dasani Water, a stick of PeakH2O Wild Strawberry Energy Caffeinated Drink Mix to flavor my water with, a 1.69 oz ( 48 g ) Luna Chocolate Peppermint Stick and a 1.06 oz ( 30 g ) Genius Gourmet Chocolate Dream Keto Bar high fiber/high protein bars for as my late lunch. 

Auditorium 5, B-7

Scene Commentaries:

I was under the impression that the cardinal was none other than Robert De Niro! 😁

So, that is the place where nuns get old, end up with dementia and then die? That place is literally haunted! 👻

Yes, after Constantine and his mother converted to christianity, his mother Helena did go to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage and collected religious relics. She picked and chose with items and locations have religious significance. But whether or not what she decided to declare holy actually were is hard to answer. She probably decided on such things arbitrarily. Many were crucified by the Romans. Therefore, the nail's authenticity is anyone's wild guess! But what we know is that the nails were not driven through the palms of the accused. The victim's bodyweight would have caused the nails to rip right off each hand. The area around the wrist can hold a man's bodyweight.

Okay, a pregnant female's areolas will darken with pregnancy. Hers weren't. Fire the new guy SFX apprentice!  😀 ( Notice that I didn't say, Pregnant MALE!  🤨  )

Why did she just lose a tooth, just one? A wisdom tooth, perhaps? This calls for wisdom and discernment. 😄

Are you wondering why paul ( the supposed "apostle" 😒 ), who never even saw Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in person, would even write this?

Did paul just admit the very, Very

OBVIOUS about his own 

encounter with Satan 

on the road to 

Damascus?

🤔🤔🤔

There should have been more of a pain reflex reaction on the one whose tongue was snipped off! Folks, if you're gonna go for the squeamish or the gory, act the part! 

A Mercedes Benz?!?!?! 😲 Why not a Fiat or some other Italian car? After all, the film setting for this movie is somewhere in Italy!

Why did it take them so long to chase down a pregnant woman? 🤷‍♂️

I don't think that they can extract DNA material from a 2,000+ years sample. 😕

At best, the blood sample that they

can extract from the iron nail

will be very rich in Iron!

But all of that rust might just be

contaminated with Clostridium

Tetani. So, expect to get that

too in your blood sample. 

Back at the apartment building, in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, where my family lived next door to a doctor and his family, one of his two sons stepped on a rusty nail. Worried that his injured son might get Tetanus, the doctor shaved off some matchstick heads and stuffed his son's puncture wound with the shavings. Then, he lit it with a match! He son shook his leg uncontrollably and cried because of the burning pain. About 10 years later, I had an injury on the top of my left foot. Remembering what the doctor did, I also did the same thing to my open wound! I learned that day how a person with a burning pain on/in his foot would shake uncontrollably. But I didn't cry because I'm not a wuss!  😎 I have a better tolerance for pain, a trait that I inherited from my late father Who Circumcised His Own Wee-wee❗😁❗😁❗😁❗ Talk about Bad-Ass❗👌❗😎❗👍❗But I, and my brother, did get circumcised with a painkiller that Was Probably Just A Placebo BECAUSE IT DID NOTHING TO BLOCK THE PAIN❗😖❗ Why do I just now think that my father slipped the doctor a good amount of money to use a placebo on me and my brother? 🤔 But I didn't cry even though it was a torturously slow procedure done on me! Like father, like son👌❗😎❗👍 My little brother, on the other hand, was crying the whole time❗😒👎 Disclaimer: My father did a QUICK SNIP of his foreskin when he was a young, crazy kid❗So, I'm the badder of us two for enduring pain longer❗💪😎👍❗

Why did I reminisce about Tetanus and Torture? Because there is an earlier scene and a later scene that involve the use of a Branding Iron. And Sister Cecilia didn't act as I would have expected her to act. You know, you can elicit just about the same uncontrollable reaction in someone simply by tickling the sole of the person's foot!  😕 Fire the inexperienced "Acting Coach"❗😠❗ 

According to the late amateur archaeologist Ron Wyatt, whom I mentioned in my BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE movie blog, he found the Blood of Christ and had it analyzed. The lab report said that it is missing a pair of Chromosomes. It only has 22 pairs instead of 23 pairs! The 23rd pair determines the embryo's gender. ( Yes, just 2 Genders, not 78! ) Therefore, the blood sample only has chromosomes from the mother.

The father on the other hand .... 

The partition screen in the Confession Box is pointless since you can clearly see the face of the confessor!  🤦‍♂️ Fire the HOD Carpenter❗😠❗

The part when Sister Cecilia broke her water and she exclaimed the cuss word, "Goddamit!" was appropriately funny, considering the predicament that she was in ❗🤣❗🤣❗🤣❗

I don't know how long the corpse was left there but it should have already putrefied and stank!  🤢

👉 https://youtu.be/COwkCW38J54?si=nBB8S7_sGeTaXRks

That's not how or where you do a Caesarean!  👨‍⚕️

Why didn't the doctor call the police?  🚓

Every time that I looked at her face, I'm reminded of her movie, ANYONE BUT YOU. Of course, she's also in the MADAME WEB movie. But it's the first movie that keeps popping up! 

Tidbits:

Applying the Occam's Razor, there were certain rulers in ancient times who also claimed to be of virgin birth. Medically speaking, a sperm doesn't have to be ejaculated into a female's vagina for her to be impregnated. It just has to be deposited somehow. Just like in the Artificial Insemination Procedure, which this movie is all about. Or surreptitiously through a "pap smear."

Ladies, watch out for the hairy armed,

creepy male Ob-Gyn who does the

pap smearing procedure 'cause

you might end up with a POP 

for your baby after you get

your Chastity SMEARED!

As if you do not have

enough worries

already....

And, at the risk of offending the deeply religious, Anal Sex was a common practice in Ancient Times as a form of birth control. And, as I have said it earlier, the semen doesn't need to be ejaculated into a vagina for a female to be impregnated. It just has to be deposited somehow. For a Roman to willfully impregnate a Jewish female would have caused quite a revolt! So, anal sex was performed. Enter Tiberius Pantera ( no pun intended ), a former Jewish slave, who became a Legionary. The supposed true father of Yeshua! 

Understand that this was just used to

discredit His Name! Because this

cannot explain for all of the

countless miracles that

He performed during

His Ministry! 

This movie was filmed in Italy where the Marian Movement is very strong! It takes a lot of intentional CHUTZPAH to do so❗❗❗

It took Mucho Mas

Cojones to do

this movie

in Italy!

SERIOUSLY❗

After I watched this movie, I walked around the block of Admiral Callaghan Lane, Turner Parkway and Plaza Drive to get over 7,000 steps walked before I went back to this theatre to watch GODZILLA X KONG.

P. S. My blog on GODZILLA X KONG will be posted either tomorrow or Friday. 

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NOTE: This is for yesterday's contest result before the movie began. I missed the first 3 minutes of the movie, after the previews, as I set-up the race result:

Here are the winners of today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race. Drumroll 🥁 please .... 

Congratulations to Hong Kong for

winning in 1st place!

🎉🎆🏆🎇🎊

🇭🇰🥇🇭🇰

❗❗

🍾

Congratulations to the USA for

winning in 2nd place!

🇺🇸🥈🇺🇲

❗❗

Congratulations to Israel & Russia for

tying in 3rd place!

🇮🇱🥉🇷🇺

❗❗

And congratulations to Germany for

winning in 4th place!

🇩🇪🏅🇩🇪

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Thanks to all of the countries that took part in today's 24-Hour Race to the Finish! 🏁  🛣️  🏎️

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300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, R ( 1 hr & 43 min )

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where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Thursday, March 6th, 2014
show: 10:00 p.m. Advanced Screening
costs: $10.75 Ticket + $6.75 Super Nachos w/ Everything + $5.10 large Powerade Mountain Berry Blast = $22.60
auditorium: 3
seat: 4th row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left )

2nd time

where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Monday, March 31st, 2014
show: 5:25 p.m. 
costs: $7.75 Ticket + $5.10 Snack Pack = $12.85
auditorium: 9
seat: 2nd row ( counting from the front ), 8ht column ( counting from the left )

synopsis/overview: After god-king Xerxes' ( Rodrigo Santoro ) overwhelming army annihilates the 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas, he sets his mind on conquering all of Greece with the aid of his vengeful and ruthless Persian naval commander, Artemisia ( Eva Green ). But an Athenian general, Themistokles ( Sullivan Stapleton ), stands in his way.

noteworthy scenes: 1.) "Glorious mistake"; 2.) "God-king"; 3.) Spartan unarmed combat training; 4.) "We are not interested in a united Greece"; 5.) Greek woman; 6.) Spy; 7.) Rape and murder; 8.) Vengeful vow; 9.) "Such is my plan"; 10.) "Don't get killed on the first day"; 11.) Ram; 12.)Report; 13.) Rocks; 14.) "Why didn't you just say that to begin with"; 15.) Making love with the enemy; 16.) Oil; 17.) "Burden of my command"; 18.) Messenger; 19.) King Leonidas' sword; 20.) "Now sit on your throne and watch the battle from the safety I've provided you"; 21.) "With rather die on our feet than live on our knees"; 22.) "Your father's last words"; 23.) "My answer's still, No"; 24.) "You fight harder than you f-ck"; and 25.) "A wind of Freedom. A wind of Justice. A wind of Vengeance."

favorite scenes: I liked the naval battle scenes.

I liked the sword fights.

And I liked the Making Love With The Enemy scene.

audience reaction: The audience liked it. But nobody gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.

recommendation: I liked it enough. Go see this if you're a fan of the first sequel.

spoiler alert! Wait a minute, this movie doesn't say anything about a giant horse! How'd Xerxes end-up with a giant horse? I really don't think that King Xerxes ever got around to decapitating King Leonidas in real history. There is too much blood splattered all over the place. The swords had no blood grooves, yet they came out of their victims' bodies way too easily. That bit about King Xerxes peeling-off the skin from the chicken drumstick before eating the drumstick was just way too funny for me. I mean, chicken skin is actually tasty and I am quite sure that nobody watched his/her figure 2,500 years ago by sticking to a strict high protein/low fat/low carb diet. And what was up with the size of that drumstick? If this movie's King Xerxes was a giant, then that must have been one giant chicken, too--and I am tempted to say that it was a turkey drumstick b-u-t ... turkeys are native to The Americas and were not introduced to Persia yet. The character Artemisia in this movie is mostly fiction. But there was actually a real Queen Artemisia who was an ally and trusted adviser of King Xerxes.

fyi: Actually, King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans were aided by more than 1,500 fighting men from outlying areas who were sympathetic to his cause and who stayed with him to the end. Still, even though the Spartans were vastly outnumbered by the Persians, that battle fought in Thermopylae so long ago is forever immortalized in the hearts and minds of successive generations of soldiers.

Here's an interesting bit of trivia for you: King Leonidas probably borrowed his "last stand" strategy from the Israelites. You see, supposedly, the Philistines mentioned in the Bible were originally seafaring people from Greece. And, approximately 600 years before the Battle at Thermopylae, the Philistines were on the receiving end of this very costly and humiliating lesson from the hand of none other than Samson, who slew 1,000 Philistines in one day using nothing but a donkey's jawbone for a weapon ( Judges 15:16 )!

It is believed that this King Xerxes is the one identified as King Ahasuerus in the Bible's/Tanak's Book of Esther, about an Israelite woman whom he married after his defeat in Greece.

Had King Xerxes defeated the Greeks, the men of the world would have worn pants sooner!

And King Xerxes would have introduced the Western World to Zoroastrianism, a Persian religion that is in many ways similar to Christianity.

As for Themistokles, he fled to Persia in his later years after he lost favor with his countrymen. He presented himself to King Artaxerxes, the son of King Xerxes, himself, and persuaded the Persian king to accept his services after he spent an entire year familiarizing himself with the Persian language, customs and traditions ( talk about having BIG Cojones! ). This boldness so impressed King Artaxerxes that he made Themistokles a high-ranking general in his army. But a time came for Persia to engage Greece in another war; and when Themistokles realized that he would not be able to mount a victorious charge against the Greeks he killed himself. And this impressed King Artaxerxes even more!

word of advice: "United, we stand. Divided, we fall."

tidbits: I wanted to see this at the EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX in Fairfield, CA, for the I-Max 3-D show but I couldn't have gotten there in time for it because I got off from work late.

2nd tidbits: I never got around to seeing this movie in either 3-D or I-Max 3-D. Darn it!

I got a private message on Facebook from my brother earlier today to let me know that one of our aunts passed away last night after having endured an illness for a long time. I will have to cut short my reunion with my cousin and his family to attend the funeral service.

My aunt was a tall, beautiful woman who stayed unwed. My eldest sister at one time tried to hook our aunt up with one of her brothers-in-law. But nothing came of it.

Before going to see this movie, I stopped by the Goin' Postal Shop at the Food Maxx Shopping Center on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood Streets to drop-off some bill payments.

Then I went to the MacDonald's Restaurant at the Target Shopping Center to start this blog.

After the movie, I swung by Hancock Fabrics at the Target Shopping Center to find a replacement for the zipper pull on one of my jackets. But I didn't know that such a tiny thing would cost so much: $5.50 to $6.95. Ridiculous! I'll just improvise and use a paper clip, instead. But I'll cover the paper clip with duct tape to make it look fancier and classier--ha, ha, ha.

Then, I walked a few doors down to buy some stuff ( laundry stain remover and mini laser flashlight, etc. ) at the Dollar Tree Store. Weather permitting, I'm gonna use the mini laser flashlight to fool some pigeons when I go to hang around in San Francisco with my cousin and his family the next few days.

And I drove on over to the 99-Cent Only Store on Springs Road to buy some more stuff ( Easter Chocolate Candy for myself, etc. ). But I forgot to buy a gallon of water, which was what I wanted to get in the first place! ( Can you say, "Senior moment?" )

Then, I drove a few blocks down to have a light dinner at a MacDonald's Restaurant near Rollingwood. While having my dinner ( salad, yogurt/fruit parfait and sweet tea w/ lemonade ), I received a private message on Facebook from a nephew who acknowledged my condolence and who said that he will let me know when the funeral service will be.

On my way home, I stopped for some gas at the Chevron Gas Station on the corner of Springs Road and Oakwood to take advantage of my two Safeway Gas Rewards since they would be expiring at midnight, otherwise.

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In Greece, a fop returns to a fancy tailor's shop with his brand-new and expensive but just-ripped-at-the-seam custom-tailored pair of pants.

Upon seeing it, the tailor exclaims, "You rip a-this!"

To which, the fop answers, "You mend a-this!"

( Let it sink in s-l-o-w-l-y .... )

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