Just watched Kick-A**(hope this is okay) and I find it a bit brutal yet amazing. There are scenes though that aren't appropriate but I learned the relationship of a parent to his or her daughter/son. Trust too is shown in it and I like the gadgets used.

I wanted to see that but I do not like excessive, unnecessary bad language. The previews and how they promoted it made it seem like it would have it.

I watch half of "The Golden Compass" last night, mostly to see what it really was about. I knew the origins, being written by a devout athiest attempting to counter Narnia. I quickly got to a point where I almost couldn't tell the difference between it and Harry Potter in regards to its contempt of authority. I turned it off and that was before it revealed the real efforts of attempting to revolt against established authority. I would only attempt to watch it again if there was absolutely nothing else on TV and I was that bored. I also recall a pretty deep discussion last year in the Christianity Thead with someone who had taken the ideas in the "His Dark Materials" Trilogy a little too seriously and to the point where this person thought the 'daemons' were real. That is scary because I know where that can go. All I will say is watch/read this with a strong level of awareness and alertness or stay away. Don't let it lead you astray.

I watched To Save a Life at youth group. It was an amazing movie! It really made me think about some stuff.

I've had to watch 8 movies for my college class: four of which were good and four of which were kind of stupid and I don't care if I never watch them again. The craziest thing is four of the movies I have to return to the college and four I get to keep. The four I have to return are the four I didn't like that well and the four I get to keep are the four that I really liked. What are the odds?

Anyway, one that I get to keep is Mr. Holland's Opus. Now that was a really really great movie!! Has anyone else seen it?

I had to pick a movie of my own choice for a review for class. The only requirement was that it had to be about an artist. I chose Walk the Line, the story of Johnny Cash. (Funny story, I totally forgot about it and ran to the library at the last minute desperatly searching for a movie that fit the criteria. I found Walk the Line and was like "YES" and checked it out fifteen minutes before the library closed.)

Anyway, I've loved Johnny Cash ever since I was little and the movie was amazing. The one thing I didn't like was that the movie stopped after

^^ I love "To Save A Life"! that movie is awesome! so awesome!
made me cry.....and think!

Mr. Holland's Opus is a great movie. I really enjoy that one. To Save A Life I thought was boring, didn't like it at all- but glad you liked it.

^^ you thought it was boring????? aw.....

I love it. it changed my life in a small way.....
but that's ok if you don't like it!

A few films I've seen latly...

Mr and Mrs Smith--the 40's, Hitchcock, version. I was kind of expecting this to be like the Angelina/Brad Pitt version, well, it had absolutly nothing in common with that. I actually wasn't a huge fan of this one. Even though in that time period it was common for women to be seen as the "weaker sex" I felt like this movie really highlighted how Hitchcock felt about women (helpless, weak, inferior), and not just the general viewpoint of the era. "Mrs Smith" is continually referred to by many male characters as a "kid" "little girl" and told by an old aquantance that she looks just like she did when she was little, instead of being portrayed as a confident, independant, woman. Then the whole point of the movie is that she and her Mr Smith find out they're not actually legally married, and Mr Smith decides not to tell her. She finds out though and leaves him since he doesn't want to remarry her. She is perfectly able to move on with her life...going out on dates with other men, hiring maids, getting a job in a department store, etc. But Mr Smith keeps hounding her, obsessed now with getting her back. I was hoping that by the end of the movie she would realize that she wasn't interested in him, and that he was a immature idiot, but unfortunatly that was not so. There was also one scene where she's trying to do her job in the department store and Mr Smith comes rushing in, trying to drag her off. Her boss says "What are you doing to the customer, miss?" Surely if you saw a man and woman struggling together in that era it would be a no brainer to assume it was the woman being violated?
And it wasn't even in the "paranoid women" genre (Rebecca, Gaslight, Jane Eyre) that would allow the woman to be seen a rather weak, and unpersonalized. Which is why I think it had more to do with Hitchcock's opinions then just the opinions of the day...
So yeah, I was really too keen on it due to those reasons, they kept me from enjoying the movie.

A few past movies coming out on DVD this Tuesday:

Last year's Disney adaptation of A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey as Scrooge - despite some of the plot changes added (likely to make the 3D more exciting), like the mad chase through the streets of London, I thought this version was pretty enjoyable.

The Last Airbender - such a disappointment to many Avatar: TLA fans. Not sure I can bring myself to buy it even on sale.

Avatar - a special, longer edition of James Cameron's special-effects spectacular, including an alternate ending.

Contempt for authority? The kids in the HP books and movies might break some rules, but I don't recall seeing any contempt there. Unless you're going to argue people like Umbridge should be respected? As for the authorities in TGC, the vast majority of them were evil, despicable people who tortured small children to suite warped agendas. That series has a lot of things wrong with it, but I'm not sure what authority the characters should be respecting.

Yeah, I don't see the contempt for authority either. If the authority are loving and responsible, yes, there would be a problem but in these two cases, they definitely are not.

The entire reason for government is to look after the welfare of the people, not themselves. If the government is no longer the protector of the people they are no longer worthy of respect.

The Last Airbender - such a disappointment to many Avatar: TLA fans. Not sure I can bring myself to buy it even on sale.

I know, right? I used to watch this show when we had satellite TV before we moved. The second season was about halfway through when we moved. When I heard about the movie, it got me thinking about the show again, so I went and watched all 3 seasons, and fell totally in love with the show again. Then I started keeping up with the movie, getting all excited and not being able to wait for it to come out. Then I actually saw the movie. Man, it was so terrible!!!! As a fan of the show, I was completely and totally disappointed. Even if I wasn't a fan of the show I think I would've hated it!!! Does anyone else agree with me that that was the most pathetic Avatar state ever at the end there? Terrible, terrible movie. The only good part was Azula at the end (course I may be a bit biased since she's one of my favorite characters). But I just cannot believe how much they messed up a great show...ugh.

ok, I just saw "How To Train Your Dragon" and I love it! it was so hilarious!
I need to watch it again.....

Inception totally knocked me out! I loved the concept and the idea of the movie. All characters were great. I just didn't get the reason why they were doing that last mission.

I really enjoyed Inception, the plot was driven and interesting, the characters were vivid, the acting was good. I don't know if I would say it quite lived up to the hype for me though. I know everyone says it's so mindblowing, and hard to understand, but I didn't feel like it had a particularly "wow" ending. I liked it, but it's awesomeness didn't "break my brain" . In comparison, I much preferred Shutter Island, also with Leonardo DiCapri. Now in my opinion, THAT had a mindblowing ending. One that made me think alot more and stayed with me longer then Inception.