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      8 Jan 2012

      KJB the Movie

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      In the beginning God created the Heauen and the Earth. Genesis j.1 KJV

      For Nativity I got my dad KJB: The King James Bible - The Book that Changed the World (DVD). 

      When the DVD arrived I noticed the DVD was loose in the case. Knowing that my dad dislike opening the plastic packaging I decided to do him a favour and open up the DVD sleeve (although I did miss his usual phillipic against hermetically-sealed packages and needing a chainsaw to open the chainsaw required to open a clamshell, nevermind that DVDs aren't packaged in clamshells; if it's easy to open, somewhere a packaging engineer lost his job) and checked to see if the disc was scratched. It didn't appear to be and I put it in the computer to be sure. My wife saw the title and inquired; I advised I was going to watch a few minutes and make sure it played fine. We we both so fixated by the film that it was not until ten minutes later that one of us spoke: I asked her if I should get chairs so we could sit down. She replyed, no, she was going to watch just a few minutes more and go back to what she was doing. Ten minutes later she got us chairs to watch the rest of the film. I believe this is the only movie I've stood watching for 20 minutes and am sure that no other movie has so encaptured both of us together for that long.

      The movie is narariated by the incomparable John Rhys-Davies in a docudrama format. Many experts appear to give some background information about the Bible or the King behind it. Interspersed with this are reënactments complete with lavish period dress and settings. The film does a splendid job of telling its story and has several extra minutes of interviews with the scholars and John Rhys-Davies as bonus features.

      The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Reuelation xxij.21 KJV

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      10 Jun 2010

      Reviewing District 9

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      On the recommendation of Cavman among others, I recently watched District 9 while my wife and child were out of town. The basic premise is that twenty-some years ago an alien spaceship came to rest, hovering over Johannesburg, South Africa. After a period where the spaceship did nothing, the humans broke into the spaceship and found confused and malnourished aliens. They were moved to Earth’s surface into District 9. In the present time, the conflict between humans and aliens is great enough that South Africa has hired the company MNU to relocate them. MNU has ulterior motives (being able to use alien technology) and the story revolves around the experiences of Wikus van de Merwe, an employee chosen to head up the relocation.

      The aliens’ situation draws similarites to apartheid (which is not mentioned in the movie). It is interesting how District 9 shows us our racism and xenophobia by placing aliens as the objects. Without revealing too much of the plot, van de Merwe is transformed by his contacts with the aliens and sympathises with them, eventually turning against MNU and siding with the aliens. 

      The only caveats for the movie are that there is quite a bit of gore and strong language. I recommend District 9 and would encourage watching it with friends, as it touches on several topics for discussion. 
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