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Showing posts with label Whatever Weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whatever Weekend. Show all posts
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, July 19, 2008
The Dark Knight: Review and Commentary
I just returned from seeing the newest installment of the current Batman film franchise, The Dark Knight. Let me just start off by saying that I absolutely loved this film and will see it again while it's at the theater. It is action packed and there is plenty of interesting plot activity to keep you interested from beginning to end. At 2 1/2 hours long, it is a long movie, but rarely seems to drag.
The movie is heavily focused on the Joker, as portrayed by the late Heath Ledger. I remember when I first heard that they were not bringing Jack Nicholson back to play the part I was very displeased and had no intention of going to see the movie. When I heard that Ledger was going to play the Joker I was even more against the film. Jack had done such a great job in his portrayal of the Joker back in 1989 that I could not envision anyone else doing the character justice. I vehemently despised Ledger being cast and was fairly vocal about it. After I saw some of the previews I came to appreciate what they were trying to do in reinventing the character for the darker tone of Christopher Nolan's Batman series. Now having seen the movie I can say that Heath Ledger's performance in the film is nothing short of brilliant and I retract everything negative I said about his being cast for the role.
The only thing about the film I did not like was the recasting of Rachel Dawes and Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance of the character. She does not do as well as Katie Holmes in the role from the previous film and it is unfortunate that she declined to reprise the role, although the fact that she made the decision because she did not want to spend too much time away from her new family is respectable.
Overall, I give the film an A+, 2 thumbs up, and I recommend that you all go and check this movie out. It is the best movie of summer by far, so far. For the sake of those that have not seen the film yet, I will not post any spoilers and I request that if anyone comments on this post that they do the same. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave any questions, comments, and/or concerns after the beep.
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The movie is heavily focused on the Joker, as portrayed by the late Heath Ledger. I remember when I first heard that they were not bringing Jack Nicholson back to play the part I was very displeased and had no intention of going to see the movie. When I heard that Ledger was going to play the Joker I was even more against the film. Jack had done such a great job in his portrayal of the Joker back in 1989 that I could not envision anyone else doing the character justice. I vehemently despised Ledger being cast and was fairly vocal about it. After I saw some of the previews I came to appreciate what they were trying to do in reinventing the character for the darker tone of Christopher Nolan's Batman series. Now having seen the movie I can say that Heath Ledger's performance in the film is nothing short of brilliant and I retract everything negative I said about his being cast for the role.
The only thing about the film I did not like was the recasting of Rachel Dawes and Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance of the character. She does not do as well as Katie Holmes in the role from the previous film and it is unfortunate that she declined to reprise the role, although the fact that she made the decision because she did not want to spend too much time away from her new family is respectable.
Overall, I give the film an A+, 2 thumbs up, and I recommend that you all go and check this movie out. It is the best movie of summer by far, so far. For the sake of those that have not seen the film yet, I will not post any spoilers and I request that if anyone comments on this post that they do the same. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave any questions, comments, and/or concerns after the beep.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Parodeities
What?! Yes, I know that's barely a word but it is a subject that I must discuss. A parodeity is a secular piece of music retrofitted with Christian lyrics. There are websites devoted to providing "Jesus lyrics" to "secular" music and there are bands that go around touring using the tunes to classic songs by Elvis, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and almost any other band you can think of. You should know where I'm going with this...
The Beatles, the greatest musical group of all time, wrote a little piece of music called "Yesterday." It's lyrics go as follows:
"Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday."
There is a parodeity of this most famous tune called "Christmas Day". It's lyrics are as follows...
"Christmas day, all the angels came to Earth to say,
Glory to God, peace on Earth today,
It was a sight, on Christmas day
Suddenly, shepherds told by angels had to see
Joseph and Mary's little baby
This Christmas Day, a jubilee
Chorus:
God and man on Earth, by His birth
the Angels say
Sang it really strong, Angel's song,
On Christmas Day"
...
I'm slightly at a loss of something nice to say...
All I can say is that this is not good in any way, shape, or form. The song already brings glory to God in it's original form. God made us with the ability to express ourselves creatively. When someone creates music, it is a reflection (albeit imperfect) of the Creator who gave us the ability to do so. This song does NOT "need Jesus in it"; God is already partially reflected in the beauty of this song.
People, human beings need Jesus. Music, movies, and other THINGS cannot be Christian. People can be Christians. Period.
Some of the same things my boy Mike said about "Christian" T-Shirts, could be applied here. Check out his blog about said shirts.
Anyway, that is my rant for this Whatever Weekend.
The Beatles, the greatest musical group of all time, wrote a little piece of music called "Yesterday." It's lyrics go as follows:
"Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday."
There is a parodeity of this most famous tune called "Christmas Day". It's lyrics are as follows...
"Christmas day, all the angels came to Earth to say,
Glory to God, peace on Earth today,
It was a sight, on Christmas day
Suddenly, shepherds told by angels had to see
Joseph and Mary's little baby
This Christmas Day, a jubilee
Chorus:
God and man on Earth, by His birth
the Angels say
Sang it really strong, Angel's song,
On Christmas Day"
...
I'm slightly at a loss of something nice to say...
All I can say is that this is not good in any way, shape, or form. The song already brings glory to God in it's original form. God made us with the ability to express ourselves creatively. When someone creates music, it is a reflection (albeit imperfect) of the Creator who gave us the ability to do so. This song does NOT "need Jesus in it"; God is already partially reflected in the beauty of this song.
People, human beings need Jesus. Music, movies, and other THINGS cannot be Christian. People can be Christians. Period.
Some of the same things my boy Mike said about "Christian" T-Shirts, could be applied here. Check out his blog about said shirts.
Anyway, that is my rant for this Whatever Weekend.
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