Okay i just saw Avatar and this is my review.
POSITIVE STUFF
Not much besides James Camerons beautifal, animation. Most sci-fi animation can be recognized as fake. 2012 was noticeable in its animation and easily seen as fake. Avatar on the other hand, was almost perect. It was filmed on a camera that showed James Cameron the world of Pandora, and the alien creatures completely digitized. My only comnplaint on the animation is the creature, which at times looke so fake, but most times very real.
NEGATIVE STUFF
Oay this could go on for awhile.
First for Sexuality/Nudity: there is no actual sex, but it is alluded to that Jake Sully(main guy) and the alien he falls in love with mated. Neriti( playedc hy Zoe Saldana) is nearly nude. The only thing covering her breasts are some flowers and stuff, and leaves nothing to the imagiunation.
Violence: OOKay i am not squeamish and this movie is not graphically violent, but still has some intense scenes.
Language: Okay i watched it on the ClearPlay DVD player, but the blanked out scenes were frequent with language. THere was at least 25 total swera words and not just d-mn and h-ll but b--ch s--t and a-- at least once.
Message/ Worlview: this was the worst part. It was NewAge in nature with a mother goddess is everywhere. It portrayed the US MArines as terorists and it also portrayed them as terorists. There was scenes with natives chaniting to Eiywa and stuff, really bad and disturbing.
CONCLUSION
A movie with only two great acting jobs by Sam Worthington(Jake Sully) and Zoe Saldana but otherwise terribly acted stereotypical sci-fi movie. Terrible language and near nudity. DONT SEE IT!! if you do, like I did, watch only for the animation which in my opinion is the only good part.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
New Idea: What I am Reading?
New section is called What I am reading.
I am reading:
One by Richard Bach- great book
Monster by Peretti- awsome.
I am reading:
One by Richard Bach- great book
Monster by Peretti- awsome.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Imformation about what i am doing at the moment aka whats going on in my life
Okay first off i am writing a novel about the repercussions of dreams and such. i call it a novel with extreme extreme reservation because i am not certain it will turn out as so.
w got dis network for the world cup...go Spain, Germany, US and the argentina( in that order)!!!!!!!!!!!!
w got dis network for the world cup...go Spain, Germany, US and the argentina( in that order)!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Book Review
A Loss of Sanity
Written by Jonas Weaver
For Mrs. Garcia's American Lit. Class
A world where nothing is hidden. Sure, people hide things and objects from others, but a world where no one's thoughts are hidden. Thoughts are unable to be hidden from others on New World. They can be buried, they can be drowned out by an overwhelming noise, but they can't be hidden. This is the setting, of the book The Knife of Never Letting Go. Written by Patrick Ness, this book tells the story of a boy named Todd. Todd, can't wait to become a man, officially. He counts the days and weeks till he becomes one. The story picks up with his dog Manchee and him walking through a swamp near his town, Prentisstown. As they walk, they feel a silence in the Noise. The Noise is what everyone's thoughts are. There is not supposed to be a blank area in the Noise, but there is. From there he has to run away from the town he has lived in his whole life. He Meets a girl name Viola, the significance of this is that he has never seen a girl before now. He can't hear her Noise but she can hear his.
The thing that makes this novel great, is that, one it is told from first person, but the grammar is not perfect, nor is it beautiful. When you read the grammar and the way things are spelled, it may disgust you since you may be used to fine polished literature. Oddly, this novel despite the imperfect grammar, due to the character, who also happens to be the narrator, turn out be very beautiful. The beauty is found in the originality of its premise and plot, and in the rugged syntax of the story. It draws you in.
The characters are almost unlikeable at first. You want to cheer for Todd, but you see how cruel he is deep down. You want to cheer for someone and you only really get to at the halfway point when Todd slowly becomes likeable. The character you cheer for, most of the time is Todd's dog, Manchee. Manchee represents a child's fragility. Not in a bad way, but in a way that shows how a young child, is not exposed to the realities of the world, and its depravity, but is still in its own little world where everything is right, and when something is wrong it is easily rationalized. Manchee also represents a sense of innocence, not found in the other characters. The other characters, Todd, Viola, and the violent pastor Aaron, all have a sense of unease at what they have seen.
The book is a good one and definitely worth the read. Once read it makes you think about the issues it raises. Such as, what if our thoughts could be heard by everyone? What would we do to protect our sanity? It also raises the issue of hypocrisy and conformity in the church. Aaron represents the church that is legalistic, and has twisted what God has said to their own meaning. Sadly, it is never resolved what exactly Aaron represents and what his full agenda is. This book is not for those who are looking for a happy read, it is an intense novel with a not-so-happy ending. So what would you do for the sake of your sanity?
Written by Jonas Weaver
For Mrs. Garcia's American Lit. Class
A world where nothing is hidden. Sure, people hide things and objects from others, but a world where no one's thoughts are hidden. Thoughts are unable to be hidden from others on New World. They can be buried, they can be drowned out by an overwhelming noise, but they can't be hidden. This is the setting, of the book The Knife of Never Letting Go. Written by Patrick Ness, this book tells the story of a boy named Todd. Todd, can't wait to become a man, officially. He counts the days and weeks till he becomes one. The story picks up with his dog Manchee and him walking through a swamp near his town, Prentisstown. As they walk, they feel a silence in the Noise. The Noise is what everyone's thoughts are. There is not supposed to be a blank area in the Noise, but there is. From there he has to run away from the town he has lived in his whole life. He Meets a girl name Viola, the significance of this is that he has never seen a girl before now. He can't hear her Noise but she can hear his.
The thing that makes this novel great, is that, one it is told from first person, but the grammar is not perfect, nor is it beautiful. When you read the grammar and the way things are spelled, it may disgust you since you may be used to fine polished literature. Oddly, this novel despite the imperfect grammar, due to the character, who also happens to be the narrator, turn out be very beautiful. The beauty is found in the originality of its premise and plot, and in the rugged syntax of the story. It draws you in.
The characters are almost unlikeable at first. You want to cheer for Todd, but you see how cruel he is deep down. You want to cheer for someone and you only really get to at the halfway point when Todd slowly becomes likeable. The character you cheer for, most of the time is Todd's dog, Manchee. Manchee represents a child's fragility. Not in a bad way, but in a way that shows how a young child, is not exposed to the realities of the world, and its depravity, but is still in its own little world where everything is right, and when something is wrong it is easily rationalized. Manchee also represents a sense of innocence, not found in the other characters. The other characters, Todd, Viola, and the violent pastor Aaron, all have a sense of unease at what they have seen.
The book is a good one and definitely worth the read. Once read it makes you think about the issues it raises. Such as, what if our thoughts could be heard by everyone? What would we do to protect our sanity? It also raises the issue of hypocrisy and conformity in the church. Aaron represents the church that is legalistic, and has twisted what God has said to their own meaning. Sadly, it is never resolved what exactly Aaron represents and what his full agenda is. This book is not for those who are looking for a happy read, it is an intense novel with a not-so-happy ending. So what would you do for the sake of your sanity?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Answer.
what i like about the Oath is that it freaky, beautifally written, and is just pure amazing. I got three used books today...YES!!! okay i am gonna post a review of Hangmans Curse by Peretti:
A school haunted by the suicide of a former student. A student cursing people whom he dislikes, by leaving a hangman drawing on their locker. Spider, poison, sound like a cheesy horror novel to you? Does it sound like something you would possibly find in the teen or kid section from an author who is only recently published and is trying to give you a scare? Well, the answer to both is yes, though the second one is partly wrong. Frank Peretti is a multiple time published author, in fact I would wager that he invented the concept of the Christian thriller/horror. He has few books for kids, the most well known of these are the Cooper Kids adventures, the less well known are the Veritas Project series, which include Hangman's Curse and Nightmare Academy.
Hangman's Curse is truly your stereotypical "horror" novel, with some more mature theme involved, of course. Hangman's curse is about a brother and sister and their parents. Unlike most families they bust drug rings, look into strange occurrences for the government, all from a biblical perspective. The book opens with them busting a meth drug ring. As the story progresses they end up in Oregon, trying to find out what is causing students to end up in the hospital in a coma. Along the way they meet a student who is involved in the occult, ironically he happens to be Goth. As it turns out he is not actually cursing them but having them bitten by poisonous spiders.
Like I said previously, in my introduction, it is a stereotypical cheesy horror novel. With all due respect to Mr. Peretti, an author whom I admire, this book is really, really dumb. It not only has a terrible, type-setting with boxes that contain part of the next page's dialogue, but the writing is just horrendous. If you are looking for a fun read, then yes this is a book to read, but if you are looking for a good read then this book should not be read. It is not frightening, and the way it is set up you know who the villain is, and again the writing is just not like Mr. Peretti's other novels. The opening lines of his novel Monster are better than the whole of Hangman's Curse combined. The whole concept seem poorly planned, is poorly written, and barely inches its way across the mediocre line to just-barely-better-than-mediocre.
Little kids may be frightened by this book. I first read it when I was eights, and i do not remember it frightening me. Parents who wish their children to be exposed to great Christian literature should let them read Mr. Peretti's Cooper Kid's Adventures, which are not great but infinitely better than Hangman's curse. Also parents will want to be forewarned, that despite being extremely tacky there are some intense scenes. This book does not shy away from dealing with the occult straight out, nor does it shy away from the evil that drugs are. I recommend this book to no one due to its terrible writing quality, and its cheesiness.
A school haunted by the suicide of a former student. A student cursing people whom he dislikes, by leaving a hangman drawing on their locker. Spider, poison, sound like a cheesy horror novel to you? Does it sound like something you would possibly find in the teen or kid section from an author who is only recently published and is trying to give you a scare? Well, the answer to both is yes, though the second one is partly wrong. Frank Peretti is a multiple time published author, in fact I would wager that he invented the concept of the Christian thriller/horror. He has few books for kids, the most well known of these are the Cooper Kids adventures, the less well known are the Veritas Project series, which include Hangman's Curse and Nightmare Academy.
Hangman's Curse is truly your stereotypical "horror" novel, with some more mature theme involved, of course. Hangman's curse is about a brother and sister and their parents. Unlike most families they bust drug rings, look into strange occurrences for the government, all from a biblical perspective. The book opens with them busting a meth drug ring. As the story progresses they end up in Oregon, trying to find out what is causing students to end up in the hospital in a coma. Along the way they meet a student who is involved in the occult, ironically he happens to be Goth. As it turns out he is not actually cursing them but having them bitten by poisonous spiders.
Like I said previously, in my introduction, it is a stereotypical cheesy horror novel. With all due respect to Mr. Peretti, an author whom I admire, this book is really, really dumb. It not only has a terrible, type-setting with boxes that contain part of the next page's dialogue, but the writing is just horrendous. If you are looking for a fun read, then yes this is a book to read, but if you are looking for a good read then this book should not be read. It is not frightening, and the way it is set up you know who the villain is, and again the writing is just not like Mr. Peretti's other novels. The opening lines of his novel Monster are better than the whole of Hangman's Curse combined. The whole concept seem poorly planned, is poorly written, and barely inches its way across the mediocre line to just-barely-better-than-mediocre.
Little kids may be frightened by this book. I first read it when I was eights, and i do not remember it frightening me. Parents who wish their children to be exposed to great Christian literature should let them read Mr. Peretti's Cooper Kid's Adventures, which are not great but infinitely better than Hangman's curse. Also parents will want to be forewarned, that despite being extremely tacky there are some intense scenes. This book does not shy away from dealing with the occult straight out, nor does it shy away from the evil that drugs are. I recommend this book to no one due to its terrible writing quality, and its cheesiness.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Random Random Tidbits
Does anyone read my blog?
I am reading the Oath by Fran Perretti- amazing BOOK!!!!
Got books from church library that are MINE!!! MWHAHAHA
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I am reading the Oath by Fran Perretti- amazing BOOK!!!!
Got books from church library that are MINE!!! MWHAHAHA
http://joshdies.wordpress.com
read plugedin.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Essay on Christs Death
The Beautiful Butchering:
An Analysis of Christ's Death Upon the Cross
By
Jonas Weaver
Advanced Writing
Ms. Peagram
Word Count: 917
There have been many events that we take for granted. Some of these events are vitally important while others are not. Certain ones are a matter of life and death while other are a matter of triviality. one such event that is important and a matter of life and death is Christ's death. in the modern church today there is a plague. It is an infestation of triviality added to Christ's death. that my dear friends is an issue that we dare not let slip by, because if we do we have just reduced the glorious death of our Savior to nothing more than the words, " He Died." The theological and eternal implications found in Christ's death are enormous.
The cross. Those two words hold within them many theological implications, two them are the facts the Christ died as a man, and all of it was allowed and done willingly by God. Crucifixion, is the most perfect death penalty. it makes the victim suffer by having them life themselves up by their ankles, all the while trying to hold themselves up by their wrists. the victim would slowly suffocate to death (1). This is how Christ died. The theological implication here is that he died as a man. Yes, he also died as God but he died as a man. This means that he felt every bit of pain. He Could have had the pain removed, but he didn't he felt every part of his body in Pain. This also tells us that he was willing to suffer as any criminal on a cross would (1). This leads into the next point.
The next issue is, how could God let his son die? HE can because he is God. The better question is, who caused and inflicted Christ's death? the answer is God (2). God's will was for his son to be put to death on a cross and become, " a curse" for us (3) and Christ willingly obeyed the will of his father (2). This may sound sadistic but it is true: it pleased God to kill him (3). God not only designed but allowed and Inflicted everything Christ suffered on the cross (2). that seems to me to be a very large theological implication: God allowed, designed, and committed the act of killing his son on the cross. That my friend is a theological issue that is worthy of a whole book. The idea of the perfect and holy God allowing His son to die and designing his death! (2) That is, to me, insanely deep and serious.
The Bible tells us that as soon as Christ died the veil in the temple was torn. This even bore an immense amount of significance. when we think of a veil we think of weddings and the bride having a veil over her face. We think, " Oh, that wouldn't be too hard to rip." This is not the veil mentioned in the Bible. The veil is nineteen feet high, sixty feet wide, and has the thickness of a man's hand (4). This veil was used to separate the world from the Holy of Holies, or in other word, from God (4). As soon as it was torn God had opened up the way to God for Jews and Gentiles (4). HE also made Christ the new barrier to him through salvation, which moves us to our next point.
This next point is one taught in all evangelical churches. some misunderstand it while other tout it without really caring. Those who are saved take it for granted and rather flippantly, " Oh we're saved, yeah, woohoo!" No one really realizes that the eternal implications are enormous(5). Imagine the worst pain you have ever felt, now multiply that by trillions and that is what hell will be like. Hell, is not some place where you can visit with your buddies all day and party all night, you burn alive basically. We are told that if God didn't spare his angels from hell why should he spare us (3). So realize this that whenever you hear the phrase you have been saved from hell, that is the best thing that could ever be said to you. You need to realize that if we were made to pay we would suffer eternally and would NEVER be able to achieve our own salvation. Thus Christ became a sacrifice for us thus ransoming us from our sins. Why do we take for granted? How dare we?
We teach salvation, but we teach it so much that it becomes old and stale. The implications are enormous. Christ saved us from hell, he also gave us access to the father (5). Again we tech that in church but we misunderstand that it is not anything we do that saves, but everything God does. We are unable to choose our own salvation only Christ redeems, not us. Sadly, few churches in America preach this anymore.
The theological and eternal implications found in Christ's death are enormous. This statement has been proven by the previous arguments. Nothing that has ever happened in history has had greater significance, than Christ's death. Compared to Christ's beautiful death the Holocaust looks frail and small. Compared to his death the Khmer Rouge seems lacking in significance. Christ died. He was butchered. The truth is nothing has every been as significant or a beautiful as the butchering of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that you will realize that.
An Analysis of Christ's Death Upon the Cross
By
Jonas Weaver
Advanced Writing
Ms. Peagram
Word Count: 917
There have been many events that we take for granted. Some of these events are vitally important while others are not. Certain ones are a matter of life and death while other are a matter of triviality. one such event that is important and a matter of life and death is Christ's death. in the modern church today there is a plague. It is an infestation of triviality added to Christ's death. that my dear friends is an issue that we dare not let slip by, because if we do we have just reduced the glorious death of our Savior to nothing more than the words, " He Died." The theological and eternal implications found in Christ's death are enormous.
The cross. Those two words hold within them many theological implications, two them are the facts the Christ died as a man, and all of it was allowed and done willingly by God. Crucifixion, is the most perfect death penalty. it makes the victim suffer by having them life themselves up by their ankles, all the while trying to hold themselves up by their wrists. the victim would slowly suffocate to death (1). This is how Christ died. The theological implication here is that he died as a man. Yes, he also died as God but he died as a man. This means that he felt every bit of pain. He Could have had the pain removed, but he didn't he felt every part of his body in Pain. This also tells us that he was willing to suffer as any criminal on a cross would (1). This leads into the next point.
The next issue is, how could God let his son die? HE can because he is God. The better question is, who caused and inflicted Christ's death? the answer is God (2). God's will was for his son to be put to death on a cross and become, " a curse" for us (3) and Christ willingly obeyed the will of his father (2). This may sound sadistic but it is true: it pleased God to kill him (3). God not only designed but allowed and Inflicted everything Christ suffered on the cross (2). that seems to me to be a very large theological implication: God allowed, designed, and committed the act of killing his son on the cross. That my friend is a theological issue that is worthy of a whole book. The idea of the perfect and holy God allowing His son to die and designing his death! (2) That is, to me, insanely deep and serious.
The Bible tells us that as soon as Christ died the veil in the temple was torn. This even bore an immense amount of significance. when we think of a veil we think of weddings and the bride having a veil over her face. We think, " Oh, that wouldn't be too hard to rip." This is not the veil mentioned in the Bible. The veil is nineteen feet high, sixty feet wide, and has the thickness of a man's hand (4). This veil was used to separate the world from the Holy of Holies, or in other word, from God (4). As soon as it was torn God had opened up the way to God for Jews and Gentiles (4). HE also made Christ the new barrier to him through salvation, which moves us to our next point.
This next point is one taught in all evangelical churches. some misunderstand it while other tout it without really caring. Those who are saved take it for granted and rather flippantly, " Oh we're saved, yeah, woohoo!" No one really realizes that the eternal implications are enormous(5). Imagine the worst pain you have ever felt, now multiply that by trillions and that is what hell will be like. Hell, is not some place where you can visit with your buddies all day and party all night, you burn alive basically. We are told that if God didn't spare his angels from hell why should he spare us (3). So realize this that whenever you hear the phrase you have been saved from hell, that is the best thing that could ever be said to you. You need to realize that if we were made to pay we would suffer eternally and would NEVER be able to achieve our own salvation. Thus Christ became a sacrifice for us thus ransoming us from our sins. Why do we take for granted? How dare we?
We teach salvation, but we teach it so much that it becomes old and stale. The implications are enormous. Christ saved us from hell, he also gave us access to the father (5). Again we tech that in church but we misunderstand that it is not anything we do that saves, but everything God does. We are unable to choose our own salvation only Christ redeems, not us. Sadly, few churches in America preach this anymore.
The theological and eternal implications found in Christ's death are enormous. This statement has been proven by the previous arguments. Nothing that has ever happened in history has had greater significance, than Christ's death. Compared to Christ's beautiful death the Holocaust looks frail and small. Compared to his death the Khmer Rouge seems lacking in significance. Christ died. He was butchered. The truth is nothing has every been as significant or a beautiful as the butchering of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that you will realize that.
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