Film Review of the movie "Saved"

Good evening everybody, and happy Monday! And if you're one of those people I talked about in my earlier entry who doesn't like Mondays and your day today was bad, then I hope your Tuesday will be better!

Anyway, I had a very nice weekend at home, which I spent reading and watching movies, namely the movie "Saved" that my friend Ricky had told me about in Church last week. It was a very interesting movie, to be sure, and not at all like what I was expecting. The girl who was impregnated had sex in order to convince her boyfriend that he wasn't gay; in effect, she committed one sin to help somebody undo another.

I personally found this a little hard to digest because by having premarital sex both of them were sinning, whereas homosexuality is only a sin on the part of the person who is gay. Essentially she committed TWO sins to get rid of ONE sin. But she is a movie character and movie characters are seldom if never perfect, just like real people, and being a young girl it is indeed understandable that she could make such a mistake without thinking things through, so it's forgivable, if not good.

The movie itself treats Christianity in a somewhat tongue-and-cheek manner though, which is certainly not something I can support. There is one character who is Jewish, and she is a rebellious person but ultimately good, as seen by her supporting the boy confined to a wheelchair, but her reception among the Christians in the Christian school she is attending is less than warm, and the students spend more time trying to force her to be Saved than just accepting her differences and flaws.

But for all its faults, the movie does end on a positive note for Christianity (much the same way "I Am Legend" did) when the antagonist girl breaks down and realizes that even though she thought she was devoting herself to Jesus all her life she was really not being all that good a person, but she asks her brother whether Jesus still loves her and even though he says he doesn't believe in Christianity he says that he does. It's a good message to have at the end, that daresay redeems the movie ultimately. I give "Saved" 3 stars out of 5.

In other news, Mitt Romney, one of Mike Huckabee's opponents, has apparently given up in the race, which improves Mike Huckabee's chances a lot, even though he is still behind John McCain. I really hope he can pull through and pull ahead...I'll certainly be praying for it!

Also, I have been enjoying reading and posting messages on the Ted Dekker.com Message Board. My name there is just my name: Dirk Tapert, so if anyone from there is reading this right now, hi! And if anyone who reads my blog wants to make an account, I encourage them to do so.

Mr. Perkis says the copies of Ted Dekker books he ordered should be coming in later this week. I get a 30% discount at the store so you can bet I'll be buying a new one!

Goodnight and God Bless,
-Dirk