Recent Viewing
I've been making up for lost time when it comes to television and cinema. Here are a few of the works I've enjoyed recently. Silver Linings Playbook Last week, I watched a Thomas Kinkade movie on Netflix. I wanted to watch a Christmas movie that the kids could also watch. It was painful to watch, from the script to the acting. I kept expecting Kirk Cameron to show up. Topics of family, faith, hope, love, community, etc...can all be explored without being relegated to an artificial, superficial, sanitized environment. People will be more affected when they can recognize elements of beauty and truth amidst reality that is familiar to them. They can relate to it and are more likely to seek those things in their own very real worlds. After watching The Christmas Lodge , I was ready for something real and something well-done. The trailer for Silver Linings Playbook drew me in after a friend recommended it and then I found o...