The Chaplain, Narnia, King Kong
I haven't been posting lately because I've been playing "Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time," "Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones," and "Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow," reading GPF and Sluggy Freelance, posting on Sissyfight(most recently, the second post about faithfreedom.org)
However, here's my take on the newest Jack T. Chick Tract
"The Chaplain"
Plot: A recently converted soldier and fellow soldier "The Preacher" are more religious than the unit's chaplain.
Objectionable Material:The stereotype of the elitist, relativist chaplain(who appears to be "ashamed of the word"). There are also some insurgents(?) who look as though they're from Team America's Paris scene.
Miscellaneous Notes
-I think that this tract has the most people dying(Max gets shot in the throat, The Preacher is mortally wounded by a grenade that he covers with his helmet, and virtually everyone in the tract dying when the truck blows up).
Classification: The Bad
By the way, I forgot to post about Narnia and King Kong
The Chronicles of Narnia
-The prologue seemed fairly drawn-out, and in the book, it seemed to be an excuse to get the children into a house where they had never been(to explain why they hadn't found the wardrobe sooner). Additionally, I can't remember World War II being as important in the book; here, in the beaver house, Peter expresses reluctance to fight in a war, noting that he and his siblings were sent away to avoid air raids.
-I liked the witch's acting, particularly when she alternates between a seductive, motherly voice, and an imposing and commanding one.
-The nonspoken dialogue between Edmund and Aslan was well done, as it leaves the viewer to guess what was said between them.
-I noticed that Aslan's execution resembled Jesus's crucifixion in several ways:
*One of his main followers betrayed him prior to his death(even if Jesus supposedly died for all sinners, not just Judas)
*Aslan is humiliated prior to being killed, being struck, shaved, and jeered at before being killed
*Aslan vanishes from his final resting place and miraculously reappears, as in the Empty Tomb story.
*Aslan appears in the final battle and defeats the witch(although I thought that in the book, he showed up before the battle and helped Peter organize the troops).
*Aslan grants the "sons of Adam" and the "daughters of Eve" rule over Narnia, which may 1)signify man's ruling over the animal kingdoms as said after the flood in the Bible, 2)be parallel to men who are saved becoming rulers after Armageddon.
Strangely enough, my mother does not remember comparing him to Jesus, although I remember her doing so.
-I liked the epic battle scene at the end, particularly when the witch turns a griffin to stone and causes it to break against a cliff, when the witch fights Peter while wielding two swords, and when the arrows rain down on the enemy army, but thought that the fight with the wolf could have been longer, so as to build up the action.
-I'm not sure if the reinforcements from the witch's castle were entirely significant, because not only was Aslan's killing the witch the most important part in the battle, but I only estimated about one or two dozen statues in the courtyard(compared to at least one or two hundred ground troops in the battle on Aslan's side, at a conservative estimate).
-It seems as though Lucy was the only sibling who never used her weapon(a dagger) in combat; the brothers did quite a bit of fighting, and even Susan shot and killed one of the demi-humans with her bow.
-I personally thought that the monarchs of Narnia would be older in the "future scene" when they forgot even the lamp post that brought them into the world, as the book implied that they were in their 40s.
King Kong
-I noticed that the film had more to do with Skull Island than I thought, particularly with the dinosaurs involved; Kong engages the rescue party only twice before being taken to New York.
-A lot of the film was devoted to setting up the trip to Skull Island, but I liked the foreshadowing, such as the runaway teenager reacting with fear to hearing "Skull Island."
-The battle with the V-Rexes went on for too long, and got ridiculous in some parts, such as when Kong, Ann, and two of the Rexes were on the vines.
-It didn't seem realistic that the runaway teenager, who hadn't fired a gun before, was able to shoot the bugs off of Jack with such precision, particularly with an automatic weapon.
-The scene atop the Empire State Building was often repetitive, and it seemed to drag on for quite a bit.
-Carl Denham's "It was beauty killed the beast" sounds as shallow as it was supposed to, as all of "the movie pooper"'s spoilers for King Kong say that the speakers say it not realizing that they killed King Kong.
However, here's my take on the newest Jack T. Chick Tract
"The Chaplain"
Plot: A recently converted soldier and fellow soldier "The Preacher" are more religious than the unit's chaplain.
Objectionable Material:The stereotype of the elitist, relativist chaplain(who appears to be "ashamed of the word"). There are also some insurgents(?) who look as though they're from Team America's Paris scene.
Miscellaneous Notes
-I think that this tract has the most people dying(Max gets shot in the throat, The Preacher is mortally wounded by a grenade that he covers with his helmet, and virtually everyone in the tract dying when the truck blows up).
Classification: The Bad
By the way, I forgot to post about Narnia and King Kong
The Chronicles of Narnia
-The prologue seemed fairly drawn-out, and in the book, it seemed to be an excuse to get the children into a house where they had never been(to explain why they hadn't found the wardrobe sooner). Additionally, I can't remember World War II being as important in the book; here, in the beaver house, Peter expresses reluctance to fight in a war, noting that he and his siblings were sent away to avoid air raids.
-I liked the witch's acting, particularly when she alternates between a seductive, motherly voice, and an imposing and commanding one.
-The nonspoken dialogue between Edmund and Aslan was well done, as it leaves the viewer to guess what was said between them.
-I noticed that Aslan's execution resembled Jesus's crucifixion in several ways:
*One of his main followers betrayed him prior to his death(even if Jesus supposedly died for all sinners, not just Judas)
*Aslan is humiliated prior to being killed, being struck, shaved, and jeered at before being killed
*Aslan vanishes from his final resting place and miraculously reappears, as in the Empty Tomb story.
*Aslan appears in the final battle and defeats the witch(although I thought that in the book, he showed up before the battle and helped Peter organize the troops).
*Aslan grants the "sons of Adam" and the "daughters of Eve" rule over Narnia, which may 1)signify man's ruling over the animal kingdoms as said after the flood in the Bible, 2)be parallel to men who are saved becoming rulers after Armageddon.
Strangely enough, my mother does not remember comparing him to Jesus, although I remember her doing so.
-I liked the epic battle scene at the end, particularly when the witch turns a griffin to stone and causes it to break against a cliff, when the witch fights Peter while wielding two swords, and when the arrows rain down on the enemy army, but thought that the fight with the wolf could have been longer, so as to build up the action.
-I'm not sure if the reinforcements from the witch's castle were entirely significant, because not only was Aslan's killing the witch the most important part in the battle, but I only estimated about one or two dozen statues in the courtyard(compared to at least one or two hundred ground troops in the battle on Aslan's side, at a conservative estimate).
-It seems as though Lucy was the only sibling who never used her weapon(a dagger) in combat; the brothers did quite a bit of fighting, and even Susan shot and killed one of the demi-humans with her bow.
-I personally thought that the monarchs of Narnia would be older in the "future scene" when they forgot even the lamp post that brought them into the world, as the book implied that they were in their 40s.
King Kong
-I noticed that the film had more to do with Skull Island than I thought, particularly with the dinosaurs involved; Kong engages the rescue party only twice before being taken to New York.
-A lot of the film was devoted to setting up the trip to Skull Island, but I liked the foreshadowing, such as the runaway teenager reacting with fear to hearing "Skull Island."
-The battle with the V-Rexes went on for too long, and got ridiculous in some parts, such as when Kong, Ann, and two of the Rexes were on the vines.
-It didn't seem realistic that the runaway teenager, who hadn't fired a gun before, was able to shoot the bugs off of Jack with such precision, particularly with an automatic weapon.
-The scene atop the Empire State Building was often repetitive, and it seemed to drag on for quite a bit.
-Carl Denham's "It was beauty killed the beast" sounds as shallow as it was supposed to, as all of "the movie pooper"'s spoilers for King Kong say that the speakers say it not realizing that they killed King Kong.