We went to the Redbox the other night and we thought we rented 2012 starring John Cusack. Imdb says its: An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Instead we rented, 2012: Doomsday. On December 21, 2012 four strangers on a journey of faith are drawn to an ancient temple in the heart of Mexico. For the Mayans it is the last recorded day. For NASA scientists it is a cataclysmic polar shift. For the rest of us, it is Doomsday .
The cast was amazing! Cliff De Young, Dale Midkiff, and Ami Dolenz! Cliff DeYoung has made more movies than Michael Caine but my favorite is Shock Treatment, where he took over the role of Brad Majors from Barry Bostwick. Dale Midkiff played Elvis in Elvis and Me AND he was in Time Trax! Ami Dolenz? She’s Micky Dolenz’s daughter and the only queen of the B movies who never took off her clothes.
About half way through we realized it was a Christian movie. Very sneaky! But isn’t that a sin? To trick people into watching one movie and then giving them a totally different movie and one with an agenda on top of it all? Regardless I really admire the director/producers’ chutzpah! I mean they dreamed BIG.. Ed Wood big! Somehow they managed to depict total world annihilation on a budget that is probably less than what a TV movie spends on catering. It was impressive.
Did you ever see Happy Feet, the cute and cuddly animation from 2006? At the end of this movie the
audience is sucker punched by global warming propaganda. Or did you ever see Runaway Jury (2003), the movie based on the John Grisham novel?
At the end of that movie we’re led to believe that
gun manufacturers are the source of evil in the world.
Sucker punched again. Usual Hollywood Political Correctness.
Here’s the thing, I don’t put that stuff pass those people. I expect it.
I saw the latest Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey, Jr…surprisingly, some movie reviewers think the movie has a decidedly pro-Christian (or at least pro religious) message. Definitely good triumphs and evil fails. I wonder how a movie like that got green-lighted by movie executives.