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Sunday, September 06, 2009
Saturday, September 05, 2009
A Knight's Tale - Movie Review
First a little update on my ten day staycation. I tackled my room on Monday, and thanks to all the help from Kev who really made the job a lot easier for me. I clean, he empties the can and puts in another bag for me. One of the items that gets put into my bedroom with regularity are bags of clothing that no one wears. So I went through all those. I did three loads of laundry day after day before the 9am "cut off" that we agree to with Arizona Public Service (the electricity is cheapest from 9pm to 9am). I took cobwebs down in the living room, and also took down the living room curtains and washed them. And I removed the lime and calcium from which both toilets were in desperate need of rescue. Now to keep them clean and not let them get built up again.
I found myself dreading my return to work after ten days, but I had to, so I did. But I only had to work for three days, and then Wednesday night began the conference I had to attend for my job. It was a training conference for the electronic bookkeeping system we have been using for the last three years. Last year, the conference was spectacular. I have never been to a conference in all my life, so I had nothing with which to compare, but I am sure they really spoiled us. They chose a different hotel this year, and didn't quite spoil us like they did last year. I didn't learn much until after the conference was over, from another user who showed me what I'd been missing in the program that hooks up with Excel. Wow!! I can't wait to get back to work and check it out. I'd be checking it out RIGHT NOW instead of blogging, but the work server isn't allowing anyone to connect and IT won't be back in until Tuesday. So I'll just have to forget about it for a couple of weeks, since I have to get caught up when I get back on Tuesday.
From the same kind lady, I also got to hold an Amazon Kindle
On to the movie review. As indicated in my profile on Blogger, A Knight's Tale (Heath Ledger) is one of my favorite movies. I first watched A Knight's Tale probably about five years ago. I really enjoyed the movie, and Kev and I watched it together numerous times. Even dh watched it at least once. I am certain I watched the movie a minimum of twenty times (had a lot more time five years ago)!!
At last year's conference, on Thursday night they treated us to a huge banquet dinner but this year we were on our own. Kev was staying with me at the hotel and we decided on Chinese for dinner. Only we couldn't find a place to deliver so we went out to pick up. Kev needed some buns to go with the wonderful sausage The Sausage Man delivered to him on Wednesday night at Bible study (thanks, Sausage Man!) and so we stopped at Safeway. Kev wished he'd brought along his current favorite movie, Fireproof. We stopped by the display of DVDs just to see if Fireproof was there and we saw A Knight's Tale. Kev said we should get it and watch it for old time's sake.
I love that movie. What amazed me most; however, is I forgot the most important thing that happens to William! I won't mention it in case you haven't seen the movie.
Kev turned me on to Plugged In Online, a site owned by Focus on the Family proclaiming to "Shining a Light on the World of Popular Entertainment" and the review for A Knight's Tale is positive.
My understanding of the Bible is since we are living in the dispensation of Grace, we are no longer under the law. We don't have to jump through hoops to win our salvation. Jesus Christ did the work on the cross at Calvary, and all we have to do to be saved is believe he died for our sins, was buried and rose again. That's all. We don't have to get baptized, go door to door witnessing, go to church every time the building is open, speak in tongues, pay tithes, ask for forgiveness, say prayers every night, get down on our knees, pray over our food before we eat, go to confession or anything else that most religions tell you must be done in order to be saved or to be a good Christian. In essence, what they all promote is that you must work your way into heaven, or you can't be saved. This twisting of God's Word is nothing more than the enemy's way of confusing the truth.
While it's perfectly okay for a believer to attend popular movies, I appreciate the Plugged In Online site because it gives some insight to the movie from a "Christian" perspective. For example, a secular review would never think to include profanity occurrences in a movie. If you are a person trying to bring every thought under control, attempting to remain pure in a world which thinks nothing of filling even children's movies with sexual innuendo, you might find Plugged In Online to be of help in making a decision to support Hollywood in a current movie.
2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;I, myself have found the site to be helpful because the secular synopsis of the movie seemed innocent enough, but whoa, when I read more about it from the opposite mindset on Plugged In Online, what a difference. Do I really want to go to a PG-13 movie with my husband to find that the main female character (who is married) dresses scantily and kisses half the men in the movie? Why fill our minds with these images when all they do is linger there for us to fight against?
While there are two instances when we see Chaucer's naked backside, the context is not sexual. He's a bad gambler who loses. Everything. Including his clothing.
The movie has romance, chivalry, it's funny (Wat: "Pain, lots of pain."), it's triumphant, there are happy reunions, it's an all around great movie.
We're going to watch it again tonight as a family.
Until next time.
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