okay, so this "review" is more a reason why I did NOT go to see the movie.
Though I am upset that I sorta backed out on my new friends (who are pretty stinkin' awesome), I do not for one minute regret not going.
The review I read of
Batman: The Dark Knight, and ultimately talking to God, and Psalm 119:9 (and 10-11 some too), with Psalm 101:3-4, are what convicted me to not go. That, and, when I went to see
Expelled (reviewed
here) in Newnan with my college prayer group family, I saw the poster, and immediately knew that it was totally a demonized movie.
When Heath ledger died back in early 2008, I was kinda shocked, and slightly disappointed that it was the result of a drug overdose. I assumed there were demons involved, but I had no idea...
I was getting ready to go see the new Batman at it's midnight showing, when one of the girls said something bout Heath's death, and that got the conversation rolling about it. I then learned that, in preparation of the role of the evil (read: demonic) Joker, Heath Ledger voluntarily spent time in solitary confinement (
research provides that this exercise lasted for a month). I also heard that he let the makeup rot on his face for that month. As a result, his acting in the movie was reportedly lots times better than that of Jack Nicholson's in Tim Burton's 1989 'Batman.'
The New York Post
reported that "
Bottles of the generic forms of Xanax and Valium, both anti-anxiety drugs prescribed in his name, were found in the house, according to law-enforcement sources. The sleeping drug Ambien was also found near his body, sources said. The maid said she last heard the star snoring around noon."
I have simply put....
Oh what am I talking about!!! I did not want to write this post about how demonically influenced this movie is.. instead.. I wanted to exhort my fellow Christian brethren to strongly consider NOT seeing this movie, based on the following verses:
Psalm 101:3a:
- I will set nothing wicked before my eyes
Psalm 119:9-11:
- How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
- With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from your commandments!
- Your word have I hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
Psalm 101:3-4:
- I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
- A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not know wickedness
The reason I mentioned psalm 101 two times is because verse 3a I had in my head, thought it was in psalms 119:11, read that portion, and then found the psalm 101:3-4, and it was AWESOME.
anyway.. hope this convicts you like it did me!! ;)
rg
ps - audio file.. 6 minutes of various preaching on psalm 101:3
