Okay, bait and switch may be a bit harsh. I am at my parents-in-law for the weekend, and they pulled out this movie to watch last night. Nobody really had any idea what the movie was about, but I guess they heard about it through friends or whatnot.
The movie starts out normal enough, though the first thing I noticed (and I’m not one who usually catches on to this) is just how badly this movie is acted. The main character is played by Kirk Cameron, and he’s okay, but the others… wow. As things go on, and before the real intent of the movie is known, one starts to wonder how a major release can be this bad.
As it turns out, it isn’t just a regular old movie. One look at the DVD cover reveals the copyright to be held by the Sherwood Baptist Church of Albany, GA. As it turns out, this movie plays like a Evangelical Christian Marriage Counseling video thinly disguised as a movie with a commercial for the Love Dare Book thrown in for good measure. If they had left the Love Dare Book out of it, I could forgive the movie entirely and pass it off as good intentions on the part of the Evangelical Christians, but having it in there puts this movie in the realm of the pathetically shameless.
I was nice. I sat and watched the whole thing. There are some funny parts that have nothing to do with the main plot. But these pale to the issues above, as well as the borderline-racist treatment of the non-whites in the film.
I’m glad I was with my wife and parents-in-law when I saw this movie. I probably wouldn’t have been able to sit through the whole thing otherwise. It was just that bad.
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Apple Adds Still More DRM to iPod Shuffle | Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Read it for youself. As much as I like Apple for its computers, doing this kind of thing is only going to further ruin their already tarnishing reputation.
In a word: Fantastic!
We saw it as a family. Our kids thought it was a bit spooky, but no nightmares. Both said they liked it.
We saw the 3D version. Just amazing. It wasn’t overdone, and only Tanya seemed to get a headache from it. Aside from the story, which is awesome, this has to be the the most spectacular stop-motion film ever made.
I give it thumbs up all around. If your kids don’t like spooky stuff, don’t take them. It would be a shame to miss it, though.
It’s no secret that Neil Gaiman is my favorite author. I recently picked up the second volume of the Absolute Sandman. I’m reading through them at night before I go to sleep. It’s interesting how much more I get out of them now that I’m older compared to when I read them in college.
A college friend introduced me to Sandman. I had no idea at the time, of course, as I was sheltered as a kid, that comics could contain such material. Like so many others, I was used to the super hero genre, and I never got into comics as a kid. Sandman changed me in ways I’m still finding it hard to express.
As I prepare for this chaotic year, I look back into Sandman as I prepare myself for the year to come.
