hi Kashmir,
Thanks for the link I read it through.
I must apologise in advance, I was'nt quite with you in your previous post. In some areas it did'nt seem clear which part of the movie you were reffering to.
None the less I think the conclustion I have come to, after seeing the movie and talking through it with some people at work (also now reading this blog entry) is that the movie isn't to be taken as gospel. I hadn't taken it as the absolute truth and I don't think anyone truly can do. If you take any story there will always be someone arguing that something happened differently because thats the nature of the myth. Its all chinese whispers. Its just nice to have an insight into where the myth
may have evolved in a certain way. For someone who has blatenty ignored all religion as bulls**t for most of their life its a valuable piece of film, I expected there to be a handful of inconsistencies in the movie and a whole bunch of contested points.
Also I'm not sure what you meant in regards to buddism, and taoism. Would you care to elaborate? I am familiar with both religions after studying Tai Chi for a while and spending time with a number of Japanese friends.
I am aware that conversations regarding issues such as this can quickly esculate into flame wars, please note that it is not my intention to provoke you in any way.