Two Things...

1. PLEASE do not ever see the movie Hostel!...
It is definitely Quentin Tarentino at his absolute worst ( just think about the creator of Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction co-directing a "Horror" movie- I didn't know that he had anything to do with this movie before I went to see it- I would have known better). It is by far the worst... Most offensive movie I have ever seen... I would consider it a Porn before I would call it a Horror movie, but I hear it gets worse-Not scary worse but Gory worse. At least that's what the Carmike employee told us as we asked for our refund tickets. My friends and I walked out 25 minutes into the movie. We were outraged from the beginning but kept hoping for some sort of plot or redemptive quality to save the movie, but no such redemption came for "Hostel". Every scene was worse than the last. What angers me most is that there was an AP article in the Johnson City press about the movie that mentioned that the movie was gory but failed to mention the illicit sex, drug use, language, and nudity in every scene. I have seen offensive movies but this one takes the cake. I am so sad that it beat out Narnia as the Number One movie in America. ; ) that makes me want to cry. Narnia was so amazing and now a Porno takes its place on the Charts. I think I am going to use my refund ticket to go see King Kong.
2. TV is the debbole...
Since we are kind of on the subject... How oppressive is TV these days. In the last few weeks I have not been watching that much "T.V." You know between Bowl games and NFL playoffs there is not much channel surfing time available. As I found myself flipping through the channels the other day I felt my Heart being attacked. I just happened to be catching up with the latest hollywood gossip on E and how skinny so & so is. I started telling myself how good I would look if I looked like her and dressed like her. Hey I mean what if I lived like her... money, parties, everyone adores you. Then with a sad heart I snapped back in to reality and prayed a quick prayer asking God to remind me who I was in him. Even after watching a little bit of that movie last night .. I felt so oppressed and depressed... just watching a lifestyle that glorifes sin on TV or in a movie brings me down spiritually. Now I am not saying lets stop watching TV... (i would probably be the first to break if we had a contest on who could go the longest with out it) Let's evaulate what we are watching... ask yourself what is this TV show/movie telling me, what lies are Satan presenting as truths, what biblical institution is being attacked, what sort of political agendas are being pushed on me. I am not very good at that, I tend to absorb what I watch, so I think I will stick to ESPN and Fox News for a while... maybe throw in a little Andy Griffith or a John Wayne movie here or there.