I have seemingly stirred up even more controversy than I intended, before the piece against movies even runs. Jonathan Metzger, a senior philosophy major here at Hillsdale, has posted an exhaustive refutation on his web journal. His examination of the issue is enjoyable reading and rather illuminating as well, as he comes at the subject from the perspective of an avowed lover of fine film. It's helpful to see the matter analyzed from a different angle. We still disagree, of course, but the distance between us is not so great as one might think. I have written a response to his refutation that I will post probably sometime tomorrow, after I edit it a little bit.