Came in the same condition it said it would be in. It arrived on time and I didn't have to worry that it wasn't coming. Great service!
November 11, 2008Has some funny parts but is mostly a charicature of a small segment of conservative Christians, and so not a great satire.
August 28, 2008 |  | A Good Message and a ton of Bad Messages |  |
Jesus loves all of us even with our own faults. That's the one good lesson that came out of this film. Every other message this movie provides lacks a serious good insight. Unfortunately that's just the way the issue is generally dealt with. The so called Christians in this film are portrayed as conceited and shameless people who look down on everybody else with no humility. This is good to recognize, because there are a lot of Christians that do behave this way(though the acting was AWFUL). However, the other characters in this film aren't exactly judged fairly either. Yes pre-marital sex is in fact wrong. She should have known better, but because the Christians in this film are incapable of not only being intelligent, but rational (which isn't exactly fair with great minds like St. Thomas Aquinas) she didn't Someone who is gay should probably give up sexuality altogether. There's nothing wrong with just simply being that way, but there is something wrong with acting upon it. Some people are born with inclinations to kill people. They can't help it, but does that make it okay to kill someone? I don't think I really need to answer that. Now, I'm not saying the two actions are equivalent, but they are both wrong. Homosexuality just happens to be against our natural design. If people can complain about how smoking is bad for their health, certainly they can realize how homosexuality isn't exactly healthy behavior either. If it were they would be able to reproduce, get my drift. When I first saw a commercial for this movie I was thinking of something along the lines of love the sinner hate the sin, but instead it was you have to love the sin in order to love the person, which ironically is actually very closed minded.
On a further note I would also like to mention the whole message about having to feel God in the end was both week and lame at the same time. If I only helped out my friend when I felt like it, I wouldn't really be a very good friend. Jesus needless to say deserves better from us. I believe there is actually a parable about seeds that fall on the bad soil with vines that represent those who believe then fall away because they don't feel like it anymore. But anyway, that's also why I didn't exactly like the form of worship in this film. I've gone to Catholic school for most my life and I've always worshiped Him, but that never involved shouting "Jesus rocks" from what I recall. That's just kind of corny in my taste. Not that there is anything wrong with that though, because He actually does rock.
July 9, 2008 | | Often overlooked....but so much better than Juno | |
To compare Saved to Juno is probably not fair. After all, Saved deals with an issue outside of teen pregnancy. But while watching Saved, compare it to Juno was all I could do. And kudos to Saved! For me, you kicked Juno's butt! I found this dark comedy consistently funny, a little more believable, and much more memorable.
July 7, 2008I thought this movie was amazing. My mom showed it to me when because she thought I would like it. And, again, she was right. I loved it. I think it's great for kids! I'm 11 and I completely fell in love with it. I may be going over the top, but yes, that and more.
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