Dawkins believes aliens started life on earth. Another scientist believes it was crystals in a mud puddle. ID advocates believe it is God. Which one sounds most logical and rational? Aliens, crystals or God? Think about it. The big bang started it all. From the big bang came a primordial soup where life spontaneously appeared. Or aliens came from Gamma 4 and dropped some amino acids in the earth's ocean and there you go--life and a billion years later--man. OK--who or what started the Big Bang, got all those gases together in the right density and size? It all had to start somewhere. ID and Creationism are two separate issues.
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4 Reviews
Saints and Soldiers
(2003)
How could it happen?
24 July 2005
Saints and Soldiers is a movie that actually reaffirmed Christian values, the belief in God, and the universality of God's presence. What is the movie industry coming to? How could Christianity be portrayed in a positive light? And then this piece of "propaganda" won some film festival awards! Horrible. Christians are all hypocritical, brainwashed zombies, who follow money grubbing preachers and are worse sinners than any humanist. I have always counted on the movie industry, especially "art" films, to expose the underbelly of Christianity, and to expose their audience to only alternative and life--affirming living styles.
What happen with Saints and Soldiers? The Christian characters were not stereotypic religious fanatics, crazy and repressive, insane in their beliefs, but thoughtful and complex individuals trying to deal with the realities of the horror of war while maintaining their core values. The arguments between believers and non-believers are passionate but reasoned with each side giving a perspective based on their personal backgrounds and experiences and giving equal validity. Those wimpy Mormon movie makers--even the agnostics are treated fairly and seem to be decent people (ie the medic, Gould), but of course the hero, Deacon, is a Christian, formerly a missionary. But wait, in the beginning of the movie Deacon seems crazed and demented, not sympathetic in many respects. The Germans are both good and bad. One attempts a rape, while another is a friend of Deacon and actually seems to be a good guy. There is not a lot of black and white characters, but in the end the biblical message of brotherhood and love prevails even in the ugly face of the brutality of war.
This was an excellent movie. It was so refreshing to watch a movie where Christianity was giving a fair shake.
What happen with Saints and Soldiers? The Christian characters were not stereotypic religious fanatics, crazy and repressive, insane in their beliefs, but thoughtful and complex individuals trying to deal with the realities of the horror of war while maintaining their core values. The arguments between believers and non-believers are passionate but reasoned with each side giving a perspective based on their personal backgrounds and experiences and giving equal validity. Those wimpy Mormon movie makers--even the agnostics are treated fairly and seem to be decent people (ie the medic, Gould), but of course the hero, Deacon, is a Christian, formerly a missionary. But wait, in the beginning of the movie Deacon seems crazed and demented, not sympathetic in many respects. The Germans are both good and bad. One attempts a rape, while another is a friend of Deacon and actually seems to be a good guy. There is not a lot of black and white characters, but in the end the biblical message of brotherhood and love prevails even in the ugly face of the brutality of war.
This was an excellent movie. It was so refreshing to watch a movie where Christianity was giving a fair shake.
Salvador
(1986)
Oliver Stone's best movie
24 October 2004
Salvador is Oliver's Stone's best movie. This was a low budget movie and the last one Stone made before Platoon. This is a guerilla movie in the true sense of the work. A movie made about a guerilla revolt in El Salvador and one American journalist's story during that revolution; and made on in a guerilla style with a lot of hand-helded shots and local Mexican atmosphere and actors. James Wood and Jim Belushi are excellent. Except for the politics and an acid trip scene, this film is very gritty and real. Now it does have a frat boy road trip aspect, but that only adds a comic touch that is almost endearing at times. Set against the brutality of the civil war of El Salvador, the comedy helps keep the movie from being overly harsh and pedantic, which Mr. Stone tends to want to lean towards in portraying the politics of the time and place. Thankfully Mr. Stone is more interesting in entertaining then preaching in this movie, and with the excellent acting accomplishes this goal.
Salvador
(1986)
Oliver Stone's best movie
24 October 2004
Salvador is Oliver's Stone's best movie. This was a low budget movie and the last one Stone made before Platoon. This is a guerilla movie in the true sense of the work. A movie made about a guerilla revolt in El Salvador and one American journalist's story during that revolution; and made on in a guerilla style with a lot of hand-helded shots and local Mexican atmosphere and actors. James Wood and Jim Belushi are excellent. Except for the politics and an acid trip scene, this film is very gritty and real. Now it does have a frat boy road trip aspect, but that only adds a comic touch that is almost endearing at times. Jutaposed against the brutality of the civil war of El Salvador, the comedy helps keep the movie from being overly harsh and pedantic, which Mr. Stone tends to want to lean towards in portraying the politics of the time and place. Thankfully Mr. Stone is more interesting in entertaining then preaching in this movie, and with the excellent acting accomplishes this goal.
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