July 8, 2012

• Redbox Rentals…And Bridgestone Studios

  So last night (with it being 100 degrees) Desi and I hit the Redbox looking for movies. We grabbed the new Sherlock Holmes, and a second film called the SUING THE DEVIL, with Malcolm Mc Dowell. Now Malcolm is well known for eclectic movies like Clockwork Orange, Caligula (ummmm…yeah) and most recently playing an excellent bad guy. In short, I like his work.

  But I wouldn’t expect him to be making movies for a studio that generates proselytizing, Christian viewing. I would also have expected a movie like that to be labeled in a way that you could TELL what you were renting. Yes, the disc was NR…yes it was “family viewing”, but we’ve rented those before and never dealt with FIVE references to “Jesus Christ, My Personal Savior: in the first three minutes.

  I have no issue with making such films. I have no issue with them being rented. But when they give NO WARNING that you’re going to be subjected to that sort thing, it pisses me off. Redbox gave me a credit, mostly because the description they were given made it sound like a “Devil & Daniel Webster” sort of comedy…Not something they could show at Jesus Camp.

  So a word to those who rent movies…beware this one, and if the studio name is Bridgestone, there is an excellent change it is more of the same.

   

  And hey…for those who ARE Christian, you might look for the same studio…maybe it’s your thing.
  

  And no, I don’t believe a single person as ever “Found Jesus” as a result of deception.
  

  • 10:25 am
  • 1 Comment