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Jul. 2, 2008
Movie Review-- Kit Kittredge An American Girl
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We went to see the Kit movie after church tonight. It was excellent-- the best kids' movie I've seen in a while. I only marginally like Kung Fu Panda and I hated Wall-E. But this one was great. My 5 and 6 year olds were a little scared when Kit did something mildly dangerous, but there was nothing offensive or family-unfriendly about the movie. My kids are fascinated with hobos, so having hobos in the movie was a big plus LOL. We plan to go back and take some friends-- it was that good! And I stayed awake for the whole movie, which is more than I can say for the Panda movie. |
Dec. 29, 2007
"You gotta have a goal. Do you have a goal?"
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"I always wanted to be in the Ice Capades." (just kidding-- it's an obscure quote from a movie that I have seen way too many times.) Last night we took the college students from church to a movie and then dinner. We went to see "I Am Legend," which I thought was excellent. Creepy, yes, but a great story with a great message. (definitely not for kids or the faint of heart) While not a Christian movie, it had themes of faith, sacrifice, and redemption, SPOILER WARNING: I can't figure out a way to discuss this movie without revealing too much of the plot, so don't read if you don't want to know. Will Smith had a clear purpose in life and everything he did was based on fulfilling his purpose. His purpose was to find a cure for the disease that had turned humanity into these vampire-like creatures-- vile, animalistic killing creatures of the dark. All of his decisions were based on fulfilling that purpose. All of his actions were guided by the purpose he had in life. Until... something tragic happened that cause him to be sidetracked. He lost sight of his goal and his purpose, and essentially threw it all away in the name of vengeance. Providentially, he was spared and able to refocus on his goal. Ultimately he sacrificed his own life in order to save the "dark seekers" who were trying to kill him. His enemies. For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us! So all the time that the dark seekers are out to kill Will Smith (nothing personal, it's just what their nature tells them to do), he is working on a cure for them. And just in case you didn't get the Messianic overtones throughout the movie, he says to the girl as he hands her the cure and prepares to die, "The cure is in the blood." Amen. |
Jul. 5, 2007
Two for the Price of One (Movie Reviews)
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I took the kids to see Nancy Drew last week. They liked it, although it was a little creepy for the younger ones. My bad, I didn't think about the whole mystery aspect, and pluggedin gave it a good review. I thought it was interesting, though not great. I was always more of a Trixie Belden fan anyway.
Saturday night we took the kids and a couple of friends to see Ratatouille. Honestly, I was completely grossed out by the whole idea of the rats in the kitchen. If you can get past that, you would enjoy it (everyone with me thoroughly liked it) but I cringed everytime he touched the food. Granted, he did wash his hands and he did steam his 300 or so rat friends that came in the kitchen to help him. But I couldn't get past the thought of 300 rats in the kitchen. I know, I know, the Bubonic Plague was 700 years ago or whatever, when am I going to get over it? Not sure, but definitely not yet...
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Feb. 12, 2007
Movie Review
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A friend and I went to see The Last Sin Eater tonight (which I deeply regret, not because of the movie or the friend, but because my husband did not review Spenser's spelling words with him like I asked, and the city bee is tomorrow.) Proof once again that if you want something done... The movie was good. I love the book, although it is not my favorite Francine Rivers. Redeeming Love is quite possible the greatest Christian fiction novel of all time. But I digress... The Last Sin Eater is about a 10 year old girl who lives in the Appalachian mountains. She is "eat up" with guilt over the accidental death of her sister, and seeks absolution from the village "sin eater," a man who was chosen by lot to take the sins of the villagers (after their death) on himself, thus condemning his own soul to hell. When the man is unable to assuage her guilt with his ritual, she is filled with despair and attempts to kill herself. She is stopped by a stranger to their cove, who happens to be a Man of God. When he tries to share the Bible with her, she is unable to understand his churchy language, and unmoved by his words. He asks her why she attempted to end her life, and she tells him of her guilt. She explains that the sin eater was unable to take her sin because she is not yet dead. Relieved to have a way to connect with her, he explains that there was already a Sin Eater whom God sent who was in fact able to take away the guilt and absolve her of her sins. The story has several other threads that run through it that I won't try to explain here. It is a great story and a good movie. I wouldn't recommend it for children (it is rated PG13.) While the message is positive and the outcome is good, the story is creepy and some of the parts are violent. (Mostly offscreen but still disturbing.) |
Dec. 18, 2006
Movie Review
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I am home sick from church, so I thought I would give you all my movie review of Eragon. I took 6 preteen boys to see it Friday night-- do I still smell like Axe? They had fun, although they all agreed that the book was much better. If you are not familiar with it, Eragon is a fantasy book written by a homeschooled boy when he was 15. It is part of the Inheritance trilogy. The sequel, Eldest, is out, but the 3rd book is not out yet. I thought the movie was good. It has a fair amount of violence but no gore and no language that I recall. Many families will avoid it due to the same type of magic that many other films have-- LOTR, Star Wars, Narnia, etc. The source of evil in the movie is clearly identified as demonic, but there is no mention of where the "good" comes from other than that the dragon riders get their magic from the dragons. It would be easy to dismiss the movie as a Star Wars knock-off (we even joked about it-- I asked my son if Brohm was Obiwan) but since Star Wars relies so much on literary archetypes, I am not sure that is fair. But there is a knight, a quest, an old and bitter Updated to add: I found a literature study of Eragon here and thought someone else might be interested in it. My son is excited about it, so yours might be, too! |
Dec. 2, 2006
2 thumbs up
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We saw The Nativity tonight and it was really really good. Fantastic, even. I was enthralled. I loved leaning over to the kids and saying "those are the Romans" since we are studying Rome. Or saying "That's in Latin" since we are studying Latin. Spenser's only complaint was that when the angel appeared to the shepherd, the "multitude of heavenly hosts" didn't follow. And I didn't like that the wise men came to the manger, when the Bible states they came into the house and worshiped the child. I know, I'm nitpicking, and it did not detract from my love for the movie. A few caveats-- I wouldn't take young children without considering the following:
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