Comments on: Amazing Grace http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/ for the teens and parents of Sovereign Grace Church Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Winter family http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5403 Winter family Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:22:49 +0000 http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5403 Great movie! Go see it! Great movie! Go see it!

]]> By: Chris Winter http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5402 Chris Winter Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:14:22 +0000 http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5402 Hi Steve, Brenda, Heleena, James and I wanted to be there with y'all for 'Amazing Grace', but we promised to be in F'burg for a Christian potluck, SO we all went to see the movie Friday opening night (see my review below with no spoilers!) I post on christianspotlight.com, but their reviews are not always very helpful as Christian reviewers, professional and public, often approve of bad films with 'PG', 'PG-13' and 'R' ratings! They rave about EVIL films! I posted this online tonight and was so excited by the discussion afterwards, I didn't go to bed all night! :- 'Amazing Grace', by 'Gorillas In The Mist' director, Michael Apted, IS 'amazing', in that it is a film that leaves you feeling happy and blessed to be a believer and to have seen such a great piece of cinematography! The acting is moving, believable and strong, and you feel you are in the presence of greatness even with this small part, actor Albert Finney played as John Newton, author of the powerful hymn which inspired the movie and apparently William Wilberforce's campaign against slavery. Who knew that Newton was a slaver and then lived a kind of Anglican monastic life!? Be warned though, some of these actors have been in some ripe material over the years, so don't be tempted to watch all they have done until you have rented and reviewed away from the kids. For example, Finney was in infamous 'Erin Brockovich', far-fetched 'Big Fish', and noteworthy for a plump, naked, swearing 'Winston Churchill'; Wilberforce's character is played by the 'Titanic' and 'Horatio Hornblower' star, Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd, (Pronounced YO-an GRIFF-ith), and the young Prime Minister at only 24!!, William Pitt, played by Benedict Cumberbatch (yes, some Brits have funny names!) was in 'To the Ends of the Earth' by 'Lord of the Flies' author William Golding, the former a nautical movie in the mold of Russell Crowe's 'Master and Commander', but promoting lust through prostitution and clergy-sailor homosexuality and clergy-suicide, and the latter, cannabilism and boy on boy violence. In 'Amazing Grace', you never do hear the hymn all the way through, but the audience was singing along, laughing, crying and applauding, which in 2007 is pretty amazing in itself! My only criticism is that the abolitionist movement is portrayed as a work of God and ordinary men and women, but without much prayer. When Pitt is afraid of death, all he gets is his hand held and the man who should know how to share Christian Truth is strangely silent. Overall, a wonderful hour and fifty-one minutes...over too quickly...I can't wait to buy it and see it again! Well Done Hollywood - people love this stuff!! Chris Winter winternest@aol.com (Permission given to post email also.) Hi Steve,
Brenda, Heleena, James and I wanted to be there with y’all for ‘Amazing Grace’, but we promised to be in F’burg for a Christian potluck, SO we all went to see the movie Friday opening night (see my review below with no spoilers!) I post on christianspotlight.com, but their reviews are not always very helpful as Christian reviewers, professional and public, often approve of bad films with ‘PG’, ‘PG-13′ and ‘R’ ratings! They rave about EVIL films!

I posted this online tonight and was so excited by the discussion afterwards, I didn’t go to bed all night! :-

‘Amazing Grace’, by ‘Gorillas In The Mist’ director, Michael Apted, IS ‘amazing’, in that it is a film that leaves you feeling happy and blessed to be a believer and to have seen such a great piece of cinematography! The acting is moving, believable and strong, and you feel you are in the presence of greatness even with this small part, actor Albert Finney played as John Newton, author of the powerful hymn which inspired the movie and apparently William Wilberforce’s campaign against slavery. Who knew that Newton was a slaver and then lived a kind of Anglican monastic life!? Be warned though, some of these actors have been in some ripe material over the years, so don’t be tempted to watch all they have done until you have rented and reviewed away from the kids. For example, Finney was in infamous ‘Erin Brockovich’, far-fetched ‘Big Fish’, and noteworthy for a plump, naked, swearing ‘Winston Churchill’; Wilberforce’s character is played by the ‘Titanic’ and ‘Horatio Hornblower’ star, Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd, (Pronounced YO-an GRIFF-ith), and the young Prime Minister at only 24!!, William Pitt, played by Benedict Cumberbatch (yes, some Brits have funny names!) was in ‘To the Ends of the Earth’ by ‘Lord of the Flies’ author William Golding, the former a nautical movie in the mold of Russell Crowe’s ‘Master and Commander’, but promoting lust through prostitution and clergy-sailor homosexuality and clergy-suicide, and the latter, cannabilism and boy on boy violence. In ‘Amazing Grace’, you never do hear the hymn all the way through, but the audience was singing along, laughing, crying and applauding, which in 2007 is pretty amazing in itself! My only criticism is that the abolitionist movement is portrayed as a work of God and ordinary men and women, but without much prayer. When Pitt is afraid of death, all he gets is his hand held and the man who should know how to share Christian Truth is strangely silent. Overall, a wonderful hour and fifty-one minutes…over too quickly…I can’t wait to buy it and see it again!
Well Done Hollywood - people love this stuff!!
Chris Winter winternest@aol.com (Permission given to post email also.)

]]> By: Mitch http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5398 Mitch Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:21:36 +0000 http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5398 this looks FUN! this looks FUN!

]]> By: Claire^R http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5390 Claire^R Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:37:13 +0000 http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2007/02/16/amazing-grace/#comment-5390 This sounds like a lot of fun! I had hoped to organize a group of teens from the church to go see the movie, but I didn't even need to! Thanks! This sounds like a lot of fun! I had hoped to organize a group of teens from the church to go see the movie, but I didn’t even need to! Thanks!

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