People die in movie theatres with a relative degree of regularity.
So, why does this heart attack death rate a mention?
That isn’t a rhetorical question.
Cre8d got tickets and went to see Gibson’s movie. Rachel keeps things in context.
I suspect it’s going to be a continuing subject on blogs for awhile as the marketing machine kicks into higher gear.
The object of the excercise for the production’s PR people was for the buzz to take on a life of it’s own. A ready made market took the bait. What are the American churched going to do about the not so favorable reviews from around the world? Meantime, trotting right behind are the entrepreneurs.
PS: A friend saw the movie on the coast..140 theatres in Canada are carrying it. They messaged me to tell me.
I was shocked my friends went, they don’t yield to mass marketing and group pressure easily.
So they phoned me to talk.
And I got preached to.
I really should have just shut up and listened.
I got defensive.
The movie was an emotional/spiritual experience for them.
I hate getting preached to.
Especially about a Jesus movie.
We agreed to disagree and not discuss this.
They are going to go see it again tomorrow.
I love them very much and I don’t question their love for me, but I don’t want or need any more sermons like that, and they don’t need my personal viewpoint about burps in the culture and cynicism about marketing.
Haiti
Once again this island nation of 8.5 million has erupted in violence and fear.
John Adams is a student in the US at the moment. He is a missionary kid.
His parents are in Haiti and he is blogging about the country and his families safety.
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Why does this heart attack death rate a mention?
Perhaps because there was a TV crew at the theater when it happened?
Or perhaps because it happened during the emotional climax of a movie about death, resurrection, and salvation?
Or maybe it has something to with the hype that is surrounding the movie, and the amount of graphic violence in the movie that many people have objected to?
Were you suggesting it was something sinister and anti-Christian? I wouldn’t read it that way.
Hi Andrew:
No, I wasn’t suggesting that.
Sad perhaps, but not sinister.
It is an honest question, albeit a cynical one.
I’ve had to cover things that weren’t news.
A TV crew is at a movie screening because…?
It gets international wire pickup because…?
I think a heart attack in Kill Bill might have rated an MSNBC blurb as well. The media likes to portray a bit of the ol’ ultra-violence in film as having a staggering affect on the American psyche.
Hehe, BD my thoughts exactly - statistically speaking this sort of thing happens when large numbers of people all do one thing (go to the movies, go watch their favourite sports team play, etc etc). I find it odd they made it into a story.
Maybe the movie is a type of visual faith, seeing is believing etc. The fact that it is just a movie, made by Hollywood, rated and violent doesn’t seem to be slowing down the hysteria surrounding the film. Maybe the movie is a type of worship for some - we have the technology to move the masses to tears and confrontation. As an evangelical tool? I can’t say, only God has the power to change lives.
I have no desire to get caught up in the hype and don’t even care to wait until it come out on video. My theory is that faith is the substance of things not seen….