In this episode we review Little Miss Sunshine and Stranger than Fiction and bring out some of the themes found in them. And then eventually get around to discussing Christians and movies. This one’s a bit longer, because its our only one this week.
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why on earth would you ever want to review Christian movies?
What?
nathan – as became evident I was the wrong choice for movie reviews. Maybe you next time? My repertoire is incomplete in some areas (drinking, smoking, cursing, movies, the regular Baptist stuff). Tim will notify me ahead of time when he will be dealing with “medical” marijuana since Keith and Iggy would be the experts!
Hey, wait a minute! I resemble that remark!
Keith, got any Twinkies?
OH! “eventually get around to discussing Christians and movies”
For some reason I read it as discussing Christian movies. I thought, why on earth would you like to review movies that no one wants to watch. But yeah, maybe review movies that are still in theatres.
“But yeah, maybe review movies that are still in theatres. ”
nathan, where does that leave me? Do they really show movies in those places? Wow, where have I been? I would like to give me review on these:
Sound of Music (PG-13 It puts the Nazis in a bad light)
Jaws (R – The Peta people have issues here)
Lion King (PG-13 witchcraft all over the place)
Mrs. Doubtfire (R – strong perverted sexual content)
Wizard of Oz (PG-13 – It endorses lying)
Showgirls (G – some good lessons for the children)
I forgot to comment the other day:
My movie-going has slowed down the past several years, though I would count Lord of the Rings at the top of my list (sorry, Rick).
One thing I do to keep my self ‘conversant’ on topics of pop culture (movies, music, books, etc.) – without having to sit through oodles of it – is in my one and only magazine subscription: Entertainment Weekly. It allows me to a) figure out if I really should/shouldn’t see/hear/read something; and b) be at least conversant when these things are discussed by people around me (call it ‘relevance without the accompanying baggage’). It’s not a perfect ’system’, but it certainly saves lots of money and time, while still allowing me to pull out themes and such (as you talked about, Tim) during discussion.
As far as movies go, my wife and I went to see 3:10 to Yuma a couple weeks ago on our anniversary. Having read Wild at Heart recently, I saw a connection between the two (the relationship between fathers and sons), and opened up a conversation for me with a colleague who is experiencing difficulty with his son.
On a separate note, I picked up a headset/mike at Wally World today, so I might be able to participate next Monday…