Temptation
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Now, these are probabilistic guesses, so they're not going to be 100 percent right, but I don't see the powerful resisting the
temptation
to use these technologies just because there are some false positives, which will of course create a whole other layer of problems.
Medieval lore stated that a hunter could only capture a unicorn when it lay its horn in the lap of a virgin, so a unicorn could symbolize either sexual
temptation
or Christ being captured by his enemies.
10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two ... Philip Zimbardo: Let's tune into the conversation of the principals in Adam's
temptation.
What the hell?" (Laughter) Life is
temptation.
What happens is two-thirds of the kids give in to
temptation.
They resist the
temptation.
There may be a
temptation
to treat the biosphere holistically and the species that compose it as a great flux of entities hardly worth distinguishing one from the other.
Number one, we have a thing within Islam that you don't leave a boy and a girl alone together, because the third person is
temptation
or the devil, right?
Well, you could resist the
temptation
to announce your goal.
I have a friend that works at blockbuster, and he gets 5 free movie rentals a week, so one day as we were scouring the aisles for something interesting, i stumbled across 18 Weapons of Kung Fu, and judging by the box alone, this movie seemed pretty wack, but nonetheless we gave into
temptation
and rented it -- afterall, it was free.....and thank god it was....this is by far THE WORST movie i have ever seen....the budget must have been a pickle and a piece of string...the plot was ridiculous, the only mention of the "18 weapons" is that there is some book that teaches the ways of the 18 weapons that some bad guy is after -- and thats it!
Otherwise, television actors are given the chance to become film stars, and successfully, resist the
temptation.
If they wanted to make a movie about power and its
temptation
they could have done it easily without Shakespeare.
I would ward off any
temptation
to view this movie, it is quite simply dull.
I guess seeing an episode of
temptation
island with the sound turned of would give the same kind of experience.
But when
temptation
calls, in the form of one of his bright, pretty, sexy and willing students, Jennifer Carter (Naomi Watts), he foolishly gives in.
The
temptation
to fast forward through the slow parts is almost irresistible.
One should, of course, resist the
temptation
to snicker when Laurence Harvey's Christopher Isherwood, (it keeps the original author's real name; God Knows what Isherwood thought of it), describes himself as 'a confirmed bachelor' and while Harvey is an utterly inadequate 'hero', (he's virtually asexual), and Shelly Winters woefully miscast as Fraulien Landauer, (the part Marisa Berenson played in "Cabaret"), Julie Harris is a perfectly marvellous Sally, (it's a lovely piece of comic acting), and Anton Diffring is first-rate as Fritz, the German-Jew in love with Shelly's character.
In a sort of desert roadtrip fantasy, a metaphor of
temptation
and redemption, Gus (played well by Jordan Christopher Michael), a clever 10 year-old boy cashes in his piggy bank, steals a Mustang, and runs away from his grossly neglecting parents.
It begins as a trip through salvation (which is apparent in the scenes with John Diehl), but once he becomes hooked on a scratch-off game called Motorama, he becomes easily tainted by
temptation
and looses his childish innocence.
I suspect the reason why it has not been released on DVD by the Russians (here comes the spoiler) is that the Jewish intellectual (and not the tough Russian peasant) is the partisan who resists both threats and temptation, goes serenely to his death, and sets an heroic example for the villagers.
I am also glad that the director did not fall for the
temptation
of adding songs or special effects and reduce it to the level of Anand or Safar.
Kay is the poisoner of dark forces: the
temptation.
Living with the responsibilty of this kind of power, and dealing with the constant temptation, ie.. the invisible man.
This movie can't resist the
temptation
of making drama where non exists.
This film also attempts to use the success of the Passion of the Christ over Jesus Christ: Superstar and The Last
Temptation
of the Christ as evidence that Christians are bloodthirsty.
I even watched Leprechaun to the end before giving in to the
temptation
of tearing out my eyes and stamping on them.
So I naturally wanted to see the sequel, hoping it would have the same laughs, but instead Bachelor Party 2: The Last
Temptation
is made by the American Pie generation where it's tasteless and defeats the hole purpose of the first film.
They tried very hard to reverse engineer the technology but still the special effects were just to great a
temptation.
Even when you hate a character, you hold back because they are so beautifully developed, you can almost understand why they react to frustration, fear, greed or
temptation
the way they do.
It would have been easy for Deliverance to slip into exploitation territory, but John Boorman has cleverly avoided the
temptation
to go down such a route and has made a film that explores, questions and challenges the very meaning of masculinity.
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