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Rev Tim Benjamin
Reviews
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Greatest Movie Ever made
I took my church youth group to see this movie and we could not stop talking about it. Action, romance, great characters, and so many times I thought "it can't get better than this" and I kept being proved wrong clear up until the movie ended.
This is an action movie for all ages.
The train scene, what else do I need to say?
This is the new standard by which movies will be judged. I hope that Christopher Noland and the crew of Batman Begins saw this movie and were taking notes.
If you haven't see this movie yet, what are you waiting for?
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Magnificent
(Possible Spoilers)
I saw the Passion of the Christ the day after it came out, the day after Ash Wednesday. I have never before seen a movie that I left speechless. When Jesus stumbles while carrying the cross, and his mother runs up to him, I cried when he said `behold, I make all things new.'
This is not a motion picture that any of us are used to. This is an experience of the historical truth of how God gave us the opportunity to be released from the bonds of sin once and for all.
If you haven't seen it, see it. It is story telling at its best.
Thank you, Mel.
Spider-Man (2002)
Is this a great movie or what?
There may be a spoiler or two here. This movie was spectacular. I was excited when I heard they were doing a Spiderman movie. I knew it would be cool with lots of special effects and cool fight scenes, but I had no idea the movie would be as full as this one was. I understood why the Green Goblin was blowing things up, it wasn't just mindless mayhem. I knew why Spiderman had the obsession with helping the innocent, not just because he was a good person. I felt terrible when Uncle Ben died. At the end, I wanted MJ and Peter Parker to get together. Toby McGuire was great, but Willem Dafoe just about stole the show.
This movie was movie-making magic at its best.
Spider-Man (2002)
Is this a great movie or what?
There may be a spoiler or two here. This movie was spectacular. I was excited when I heard they were doing a Spiderman movie. I knew it would be cool with lots of special effects and cool fight scenes, but I had no idea the movie would be as full as this one was. I understood why the Green Goblin was blowing things up, it wasn't just mindless mayhem. I knew why Spiderman had the obsession with helping the innocent, not just because he was a good person. I felt terrible when Uncle Ben died. At the end, I wanted MJ and Peter Parker to get together. Toby McGuire was great, but Willem Dafoe just about stole the show.
This movie was movie-making magic at its best.
Jesus (1999)
Did you actually watch this movie?
I saw the first part of this mini-series a few years back when it was on. My wife and I rented it a few weeks back because I remembered wanting to see the rest of it. What a wonderful movie! I have a Seminary Degree and am the pastor of the church and I have ordered a copy of the DVD to use with the Youth Group of the church I am serving. Finally, we see Jesus as he most likely was. He isn't the stiff character we have seen in other installments of the Gospel story. Those who call this movie blasphemy must not have read too many pages of the Gospel. Jesus was considered an undisciplined by many people including his mother (Matthew 12:46-50). Of course, we all know today that an undisciplined person would not have been able to bear the cross, not to mention sacrificing Himself for others.
Christ offers us new life, and this mini-series offers new life to a colorful, wonderful, and historical story about our Savior, Jesus Christ. Was there some creative license involved in this production? No doubt there was. But the basic story was the same. Christ was born, he lived and taught and healed. He faced execution for crimes He did not commit and He left the tomb three days later alive. That is the story we get here.
All of you critics of this mini-series relax. It could have been a whole lot worse.