The movienacht went well enough last night. I put in "What Dreams May Come" for the first reel, since it dealt so heavily with heaven/hell. I'm not sure that was a good idea, but I wanted to save the Chick movie for the second reel. Some of the natives got a little restless.
Chili was good, but *gone!* I made something on the order of two gallons of the stuff, maybe a bit more, and the pot's empty! I've *never* had food go away that quickly. April's veggie chili was tasty, once I crumbled some of Samantha's cornbread in it to add some much-needed fat.
Chick movie, in review--I'll probably watch it once more for a more coherant review, but it was three stars at most, probably two and a half. The narration was lifeless, and the story was, eh. They didn't put in a good Destruction of Sodom scene.
Last week, the church sermon was on "What Is a Legitimate Religion." The pastor said that Christianity favors a Christ that can't talk--so it focuses on Christmas and Easter--the adorable infant baby (pun!), or the beaten, suffering Jesus on a Stick. Neither of them has a message beyond "God so loves you that he came to this earth as a human, and died suffering on a stick." Both ignore the teaching side.
There was a bit of casting out devils, but I don't remember anything beyond miracles and baby, certainly none of the message of JC that wasn't baby/son of god/death-based. The crucifixion was pretty agonizing, a lot of people looking away. That really was the money shot, but is it actually important how much JC suffered? Dunno.
Highlight: The "Crowd Going to Hell" scene. Most people, of course, go to hell. In one scene, all the hellbound were lining up, and there were quite a number of them! In the crowd, there was, among other things, a basketball player, a Jordanesque cheerleader (mid-cheer), a *clown*, two guys kissing (they got front-of-the-crowd visibility), and I'm reasonably sure I saw a nun. I don't recall seeing anybody explicity pagan in the crowd scene, but I'm going to go over it with a notepad soon. I like the clown. I think you can see the cheerleader plunging into the lake of fire.
Chili was good, but *gone!* I made something on the order of two gallons of the stuff, maybe a bit more, and the pot's empty! I've *never* had food go away that quickly. April's veggie chili was tasty, once I crumbled some of Samantha's cornbread in it to add some much-needed fat.
Chick movie, in review--I'll probably watch it once more for a more coherant review, but it was three stars at most, probably two and a half. The narration was lifeless, and the story was, eh. They didn't put in a good Destruction of Sodom scene.
Last week, the church sermon was on "What Is a Legitimate Religion." The pastor said that Christianity favors a Christ that can't talk--so it focuses on Christmas and Easter--the adorable infant baby (pun!), or the beaten, suffering Jesus on a Stick. Neither of them has a message beyond "God so loves you that he came to this earth as a human, and died suffering on a stick." Both ignore the teaching side.
There was a bit of casting out devils, but I don't remember anything beyond miracles and baby, certainly none of the message of JC that wasn't baby/son of god/death-based. The crucifixion was pretty agonizing, a lot of people looking away. That really was the money shot, but is it actually important how much JC suffered? Dunno.
Highlight: The "Crowd Going to Hell" scene. Most people, of course, go to hell. In one scene, all the hellbound were lining up, and there were quite a number of them! In the crowd, there was, among other things, a basketball player, a Jordanesque cheerleader (mid-cheer), a *clown*, two guys kissing (they got front-of-the-crowd visibility), and I'm reasonably sure I saw a nun. I don't recall seeing anybody explicity pagan in the crowd scene, but I'm going to go over it with a notepad soon. I like the clown. I think you can see the cheerleader plunging into the lake of fire.
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I don't think I could sit through it again, but I may have to watch the "diving into the pit of despa- er, hell" scene again to see that clown. I managed to miss him completely.
Just finished up the (one serving) of veggie chili that was left over for lunch. Next time, I'll make cornbread, and I'm adding some hot peppers of some sort into the chili itself. Who knows, perhaps I'll add some duram fruit, too....
*evil grin*
The guy in the kilt was my favorite in the line-up-to-Hell. And I think I saw a Halloween-style witch, complete with pointy hat... I suppose that's his idea of what a pagan looks like?