Monday, February 5, 2007

Hannibal Broke his Saw with his Pink Powder Puff Girls Clown Doll... How Ironic is That...

What in the world is man’s fascination with killing people. The most recent film I saw that I hated the ending was The Departed - Let me say right now if this movie wins an Academy Award I will lose all faith in the Academy to make future decisions... - The Departed was a good film, the cinematography was excellent, the writing seemed good, the acting was brilliantly phenomenal. I thought it was over all a good movie until the end.. Yes the end destroyed all hope of this movie ever getting a good mark with me. It had a lot of killing in it. Pointless killing. Now let me tell you I’ve seen plenty of movies with killing in it, but for some reason this act of pointless killing put me over the top.

That wasn’t the only film that has pointless killing in it. To name a few Saw, Hostel, Hannibal Rising. The last ‘horror’ film I saw was Hostel. That film will probably be the last horror film that I will watch. Although I will watch Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker’s House which is said to be like a horror film. I will not support pointless killing anymore. Films that are made to just show people killing other people just for the heck of it, shouldn’t even have the privilege of being called a film.

As Christians we should protest these films. Make Hollywood know that we don’t support these kinds of films. These films are wrong. Not just because they promote violence - I don’t really believe films with violence cause people to be violent, I’ve grown up watching violent films and am not a violent person, in fact I’m a very gentle person - But because these films have no meaning but people torturing and killing other people. It’s savage. Now I know I’m starting to sound like those crazy Christians whom protest every single thing but I don’t usually protest anything. But these films I will stand bold at protesting. They are just wrong in my eyes.

I think I could go into psychology - which I have considered many times, but decided not to join the ranks of a bunch of crack pots - and still not understand what man’s fascination with people torturing and killing other people.


Love, Peace and Happiness,
Dustin-Lee

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Harry has a Christian Tattoo?? What the Smack!!

So after a long time I finally sat down and started reading The Tattooed Rats. I must say it is very interesting. I kept reading way into the night, almost reading all of it in one sitting. That’s impressive for me who doesn’t like to sit and read for long periods of time.

The book brings up important questions that I probably wouldn’t have thought of. Like one question, would my parents give me up and make me ‘seek help.’ And thankfully I can’t tell you what my mom would do. I don’t think she would, even if there was a big reward.

One thing that I didn’t like was the angel scenes. It broke the illusion so much. It was very cheesyly done. I would have done that a lot differently. And after a while the short scenes were starting to get old. I liked the fast pace, switching POV Characters every page. But after awhile it started to get very, very old. I wanted to have just one long scene that describe something and draw the scene out a little.

And finally we have a date for when the next Harry Potter comes out. I’m very excited for it to come out. The title is intriguing. I wonder what that’s all about. I know there is a lot of rumors going around about J. K Rowling killing off Harry or Ron or Hermione and I think I would be okay with it if it was done the right way. Not just killing them off for the heck of it. If there is a good reason they have to die then I think it’s the right thing to do.

As an author I know what it’s like to have to kill off a character. In one story I have to kill off the main character at the end of the book. But I have too, to set up the next two books. It’s all inter connected in some way.

But anyway I can’t wait for it to come out. I hope/ know there is going to be a lot of major action in this one. It should be very interesting.

AND for all of you Christians who are against Harry Potter I would like to direct your attention to a wonderful book entitled “Looking for God in Harry Potter” by John Granger. It points out all the Christian symbolism that is interlaced into the Harry Potter books. And that miss J.K. Rowling is a Christian and regularly attains church. So stick that in your crack pip and smoke it.. Just kidding...


So there it is... Dustin-Lee’s Blog.

Love, Peace, And Happiness.
Dustin-Lee