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Facing the Giants

memememe Posts: 4,695
edited November 2006 in A Moving Train
So it's raining, I decide to take my 6 year old child to the movies.
I scout what's on at the nearby theater. Something we have seen, something I could not even tolerate in preview, and this high school football movie. It says it's rated PG for "thematic content", it is classified as a kids/family movie. The blurb says something about "values".

I should have known upon entering the movie theater. I thought no one would be there. This is Columbus OH, the OSU game is not over and the theater is full?! Movie starts. The acting is absolutely pitiful. A few minutes into the movie there is what is supposed to be a dramatic scene, with both the main characters crying desperately and all I want to do is laugh my ass off.

Then it starts... "power of the Lord Jesus Christ" "God I trust in you", people praying, reading the Bible. The football team did nothing but losing games, coach can't have kids and about one and a half hours of prayers and Bible reading later team wins the state championship and coach has two kids. Not before having maybe secured the silence of some abuse victims since "You have to respect authority, no questions asked"

It was painful, but of course I could not take my child home.

Now I feel like I should have been warned. Honestly, I would rather have my child sit through a sex scene than all of this. I realize it's less common than sex, drugs and violence, but shouldn't there be a CR for Christian Right content rating so this never happens to me again?
... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
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  • prismprism Posts: 2,440
    hell yes, you should've been warned. I saw something on tv last night talking about this movie. this church by itself made this movie. so okay, if it's going into public theaters and this church is making tons of cash on it why the fuck doesn't this church have to pay taxes? it's the least they could do is put a warning on the marquee so that people don't have to suffer through this dribble, people can go to their church and get that dribble for free if they so choose.




    hi meme :)
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    what was this movie called and what was the one you couldnt stand in preview called and what was the one you've already seen called?
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    soulsinging wrote:
    what was this movie called and what was the one you couldnt stand in preview called and what was the one you've already seen called?

    The title of the movie in question is the title of this thread ;)
    We had already seen Open Season and I drew the line at the "Flushing" movie (and previously the eating worms one). I can't stand gross stuff. Although I would have probably taken the latter over 2 hours of catechism.

    Hi prism :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    meme wrote:
    The title of the movie in question is the title of this thread ;)
    We had already seen Open Season and I drew the line at the "Flushing" movie (and previously the eating worms one). I can't stand gross stuff. Although I would have probably taken the latter over 2 hours of catechism.

    Hi prism :)

    i havent heard of any of these...
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    First year in graduate school is a bitch :p

    Also, hopefully I wouldn't know about any of these if I didn't have a young child :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    meme wrote:
    First year in graduate school is a bitch :p

    Also, hopefully I wouldn't know about any of these if I didn't have a young child :)

    yeah, i feel pretty out of touch with the real world these days ;)
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