Great Website
Sometimes I wonder if I work at a library or a video store. The movies are far more popular than the books!
I, too, have given in to movies over books. Let's face it: why read a book which will take about nine hours or more, when you can get a whole story plus munchies, or folding laundry, or knitting, or snuggling with your husband, etc. etc., in two hours with a movie?
This past week I watched three movies (Australia, The Boy in Striped Pajamas, and Henry Poole is Here), and read a sci-fi/fantasy book by C.S. Lewis, "Out of the Silent Planet." There was value in each, but if you're going to spend any time suspending yourself in the escapism of story, you may as well make sure it's a good story.
Here's a website I recently found that helps me with movie choices: www.imdb.com
Internet Movie Data Bank.
Just type in the title of the movie in the search box. If it comes up with several movies that have the same title, find the exact one you want by the year or actors listed.
Then, scroll down down down and click on the "Parental Guidelines." The movie ratings PG, PG-13, and R have become meaningless nowdays, but this little button provides a review which tells you about the sexual, violent and age-appropriate scenes you'll encounter. AND it tells about the language --sometimes even giving a count of how many swear words you'll have to endure. I checked one movie that said "Pervasive language" on the cover and this website told me there were 86 f-words in the movie. Considering that the film was less than 120 minutes, I decided I didn't want to watch something that would be f-ing more than every 90 seconds. The review button for sexuality lets you know how much skin you'll see and how many scenes of it are in the movie--really great to know before you sit down to watch what you thought was a family show!
I hope you find this website as helpful as I do!
WRITING UPDATE: Last week's writing day went well. I wasn't sure where "The Illusion of Control" would go: I was afraid it might turn into a rant or simply personal experience. But it seemed the Lord took it a different direction and made it much more applicable to women in general when we question our purpose and God's plan for us. This week I write on Thursday morning about Naomi holding her new grandson in the final verses of Ruth: "Good Things Still Happen."
Thanks for checking in on me.
I, too, have given in to movies over books. Let's face it: why read a book which will take about nine hours or more, when you can get a whole story plus munchies, or folding laundry, or knitting, or snuggling with your husband, etc. etc., in two hours with a movie?
This past week I watched three movies (Australia, The Boy in Striped Pajamas, and Henry Poole is Here), and read a sci-fi/fantasy book by C.S. Lewis, "Out of the Silent Planet." There was value in each, but if you're going to spend any time suspending yourself in the escapism of story, you may as well make sure it's a good story.
Here's a website I recently found that helps me with movie choices: www.imdb.com
Internet Movie Data Bank.
Just type in the title of the movie in the search box. If it comes up with several movies that have the same title, find the exact one you want by the year or actors listed.
Then, scroll down down down and click on the "Parental Guidelines." The movie ratings PG, PG-13, and R have become meaningless nowdays, but this little button provides a review which tells you about the sexual, violent and age-appropriate scenes you'll encounter. AND it tells about the language --sometimes even giving a count of how many swear words you'll have to endure. I checked one movie that said "Pervasive language" on the cover and this website told me there were 86 f-words in the movie. Considering that the film was less than 120 minutes, I decided I didn't want to watch something that would be f-ing more than every 90 seconds. The review button for sexuality lets you know how much skin you'll see and how many scenes of it are in the movie--really great to know before you sit down to watch what you thought was a family show!
I hope you find this website as helpful as I do!
WRITING UPDATE: Last week's writing day went well. I wasn't sure where "The Illusion of Control" would go: I was afraid it might turn into a rant or simply personal experience. But it seemed the Lord took it a different direction and made it much more applicable to women in general when we question our purpose and God's plan for us. This week I write on Thursday morning about Naomi holding her new grandson in the final verses of Ruth: "Good Things Still Happen."
Thanks for checking in on me.
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