40 Days 40 Nights

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><IMG SRC="0660b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="313b0050.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="261" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> 40 Days 40 Nights</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="777" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 WIDTH="765"><div> Well this movie had potential to be more than it is.  But what it is, in my opinion, is a story about sex.   At one point early in the movie he is looking through a windowed door, and a girl opens the door and accidentally bumps his head.  She says "<I>I'm sorry.  Is there anything I can do to make it up - anything?</I>"  And sure enough the next scene is them hot at it in bed.   Please! Let's give women a little more respect than to imply they'll jump into bed for accidentally bumping a guy's head.   Well our hero decides he must do something to get over his latest girl, and having sex with others isn't doing it.  So let's abstain for Lent.  I'm no theologian, but I don't think his quest is what Lent is all about, and in fact so says his seminar student brother character in the movie before he embarks on his celibacy.   So while there was potential to have a young man learn that it's not all about sex, that relationships require much more, in the end it appears that little has been learned.   The movie tries to impart the story of his sacrifice and give us a glimpse of what a real relationship should be like, but it always comes back to sex.  I didn't care for his comparison to Christ's temptation in the desert, or that he looked like Christ on the cross when he was handcuffed to the bed.  And if a guy abstains for 39 days 20 hours, let's give men enough respect, that even the most virile man would find it in himself to finish the quest without cuffing him to the bed rail.  There's some nudity, plenty of sexuality, and liberal use of the F word in this movie.  Although there are Christian themes in the movie, it has nothing to do with Christianity.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="765"><div> Rating   <img src="HTMLobj-785/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="21" height="21">  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 115 WIDTH="765"><div> Storyline from Yahoo:  Matt Sullivan's (Josh Hartnett) last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt, a guy who's never been able to finish anything, decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. No touching. No kissing. No foreplay. No fooling around. No self-gratification. No nothing. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams (Shannyn Sossamon) walks into his life. Now, with everyone betting he won't finish what he started, he's just trying to hold on, and hoping she's willing to hold out. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>