Archive for the 'Film' Category
If you are curious about what’s true and what’s false in Dan Brown’s book (now movie) Angels & Demons, here is a reliable website that explains the history, theology, and themes of the book and film. Fine theologians William Edgar and Vern Poythress have contributed a number articles.
www.TruthAboutAngelsandDemons.com
In 2006 Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road was a deserving Pulitzer Prize winner. I read it in five days. The film was supposed to release last year, but didn’t. Books with the movie covers were printed but still no movie. If you’ve been wondering if the movie is going to release….it is! In theaters this […]
I love Sci-Fi, especially philosophical Sci-Fi like the Blade Runner, Matrix, Equilibrium, THX 1138. Here are two newer films I’d recommend:
Primer - Sundance winner I saw a few years ago that is the opposite of Chrysalis. This film is disjointed, confusing, with no special effects or action but an amazing storyline. This one will get […]
Here are several films I am pleased to have watched in 2008. I’m not predicting any Oscar winners or suggesting that these films are for everyone, but I am saying they made an impact and were well-done. Two foreign, one domestic.
Man on Wire - A documentary about, Philliipe Petit, a frenchman who walked a tightrope […]
Corrections and Reflections on The Dark Knight
Closed Published by jdodson August 3rd, 2008 on Creation ProjectIn his review of the Dark Knight, Marc Savlov of Austin’s Chronicle writes: “There’s something intangible missing from this Dark Knight. For all its thrum and thunder, Nolan’s film feels chilly and ill at ease.” Today I explored that “intangible missing” in a sermon (available on Monday) that considered the perception of truth in the Dark […]
My first thoughts walking away from Dark Knight were dark thoughts. This film was, at times, too believable for a comic book hero. Yes, I realize that Nolan and the writers intentionally recast Batman out of the traditional hero role; however, in doing so they changed the comic book appeal, lost the frivolity and unbelievability […]
The Associated Press just released a raving review of Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in the Batman sequel, The Dark Knight. It’s possible he could receive a post-mortem oscar for best supporting actor. The piece compares Ledger to Nicholson’s Joker:
Nicholson’s Joker was campy and clever. Ledger’s Joker is an all-out terror, definitely funny but […]
One of the main reasons that we don’t hear Jesus or recognize him, as god or as risen, is that our worldview won’t let us see or hear him. We have ruled out belief in things that we can’t see, hear or touch—like Jesus. This is precisely the belief of the Kangaroo in Horton Hears […]
It appears that the Dark Knight was darker than anyone could have imagined for Keith Ledger. Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment today, surrounded by sleeping pills. At age 28, with a promising career, his death is especially tragic. What was going on in this young man’s soul?
Here is the story from the […]
That’s right Don Miller is taking his writing to the silver screen. The details are pretty hush-hush, but an interview with Don regarding the forthcoming movie (2008) can be read here.