Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The other night I had the evening free so I decided to go see Ben Stein’s “Expelled” with two friends (I felt guilty for recommending it and then not seeing it this past weekend).
Here’s how the night went for me:
9:25 p.m. Couldn’t wait for the movie to start.
9:45 p.m. Wondered if the whole movie would be interview after interview interspersed with ridiculous black and white 1950’s movie clips for affectation.
10:01 p.m. Looked over to see if my friends were sleeping.
10:07 p.m. Started text messaging people.
10:09 p.m. Realized that yes, indeed, the whole movie was going to be interview after interview with ridiculous black and white 1950's movie clips for affection.
10:10 p.m. Prayed, “Dear Jesus, let the building collapse and put me out of my misery.”
10:37 p.m. “Um. Huh. What? Was I sleeping?”
10:41 p.m. I hear someone snoring. I realize it was me.
10:42 p.m. I look for a sharp edge on my theater seat to impale myself.
10:45 p.m. I tell my friends, “Guys, I quit. Meet me in the lobby. This is the worst movie I’ve seen since Rocky 5.”
After plugging the movie on my blog and then actually seeing it for myself, here's my two cents:
1. The argument that vigorous debate over Darwinism has been censored in some academic circles was convincingly made, after about 20 minutes.
2. “Expelled” should have been reduced to 42 minutes and shown in a one hour PBS special.
3. I really appreciated Ben Stein's heart, but not necessarily his filmmaking skills.
Evolutionists in the Hands of a Mediocre Filmmaker
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7 comments:
"Expelled" is a ready fire aim. We took your advise and went to see the film on Sat.
As you, I woke the masses who came to see the movie with a bold snore at one point.
I also think Ben Stein is on a path of good intentions but "Expelled" isn't the way.
Good to know. I just might wait for DVD.
Gotta disagree with you on this one. Other than slowing down a little bit in the middle, I thought it was a great film.
Hope you and I can still be friends. :o)
Maybe the problem isn't the film. Maybe you have ADHD. Why don't you try listening to Judas Priest and playing the air guitar while you watch, pastor.
I liked the movie. I thought it was interesting that Dawkins (Mr. Evolution and Mr. Atheist) said that the earth may have been "seeded" by intelligent beings from somewhere else in the universe (i.e. Intelligent Design). Of course, he said that those beings would have come about by some Darwinian process. That makes me wonder why he thought that humans may have come about the "seeded" way. Is it because the whole process of life here is so incredibly complex that even he is amazed how it could have begun? So I guess he thinks the intelligent beings who seeded us came about in a less complicated Darwinian way. He didn't really elaborate on that though.
Good to know. I'll wait, so I can use my trusted remote.
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I agree with blainey. I think you left too early as the real message of the movie was given in the last 15 minutes. We are on a slippery slope already traveled as more people dismiss or rationalize God over baseless theories.
Then again...I am one of those whacky Christians that believes God has the ability to actually create a world and everything in it in just 6 days (even with signs of age built in). Maybe when I get to heaven I will find out it was millions of years...don't know...wasn't there ;o).
Of course one could take the more politically correct and popular teaching of Darwin. Folks who do should just keep in mind that this is the "scientist" who when talking about allowing the weak and imperfect members of the human race to 'breed' wrote: "No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man............hardly any one is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed". From Darwin's book "The Decent of Man".
An entirely different meaning to "no perfect people allowed"!
Putting aside Ben's movie making skills, I feel everyone should see this movie and so should their teenage kids.
PS...If PBS ever shows this documentary I will buy you lunch at your favorite Japanese restaurant. Won't ever happen dude! 'o)
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