Friday, January 1, 2010

27 Years


To My parents - who on this day have been married for 27 years. Thank you for your example to me and my husband, to my siblings, to our families, and to the world. Thank you for choosing to love each other faithfully for 27 years with no thought of turning back. Thank you for not being perfect, but showing us that two sinful people can, through God's grace, make a marriage a good place to be. Thank you for giving us something to work towards - giving us something to strive forward with the knowledge that it is possible to love your spouse on a day-to-day basis. Thank you for showing us that it's okay to say "i'm sorry", and that the commitment you made to each other 27 years ago has not lost any meaning over the past 27 years. Thank you for letting God lead you to the place you are today. We celebrate with you!

Avatar

How many of you have seen this movie?

I have. Now normally, I am not a huge movie critic. I tend to see movies as they are - entertainment, good or bad.

This movie is interesting to me however. I can see both sides of the argument that I hear people making about this movie.

Let me explain. My Father's birthday was recently, and he wanted to take the whole family out to see Avatar. Several members of my family were very excited about the movie, in particular the "3-D" portions. (By the way, 3-D is nothing like it used to be...) I, having heard nothing about the movie, went into it not knowing what to expect. An interesting perspective. After the movie, all 8 of us were standing in the hallway talking about what we had just seen. Here are some of the comments:

"Amazing computer technology"
"My spirit felt uncomfortable with the 'nature themes'"
"Interesting how a lot of movies now portray mankind as the evil race"
"It bothers me when God's name is taken in vain so freely"
"Good story line"

Quite a variety, isn't there? I also saw this article recently. This author has another perspective of the movie.

This post wasn't designed to promote or downplay the movie. I do however think it's important, if you chose to see it, that you allow your spirit to evaluate the movie (the above spirit comment came from my Mother, someone I very much trust in her discernment).

So - what do you think? Is it entertainment? Or is it more?

(My personal take - I thought the graphics were incredible. Like I said, 3-D is nothing like I remember it being the last time I saw a 3-D movie. I enjoyed the "story" within the movie, but I also felt uncomfortable with some of the language, the violence (even though computer animated), and the current that ran throughout the movie encouraging oneness with nature. A very well done movie, but not one that I would like to watch again.)