There are some movies I watch specifically for critical-thinking exercises, and some are for pure enjoyment. Toy Story 3 will probably be the latter. Tonight, I’m going to see an advanced screening of Toy Story 3 in 3D. Eve can’t join me, so I’ve asked a fellow critical-thinker, but I don’t know if he’ll join [...]
Initial Reactions 9: The Karate Kid
June 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
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The Karate Kid remake was entertaining and clean. We still have some initial reactions along with some critical thinking to help you when you view it.
Initial Reactions 8: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
May 29, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. We share our critical thinking on destiny, adoption, personal faith, global flood (again), condition of man, corruption, time, and even taxes!
AYJW015: Ice Age, Part 2
May 26, 2010 By 3 Comments
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We’re back to finish our discussion on the entertaining, computer-animated film, Ice Age. If you missed the first part of our discussion, please go back and listen to it. Also go back and listen to our first episode to get an overview of critical thinking.
Upcoming: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Based on an already-movie-like video game, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time could be another success for Bruckheimer, or another video-game-to-movie fail. We’ll be there to see it!
Initial Reactions 7: Iron Man 2
May 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
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A hit, action-packed sequel to Iron Man brings not only twice the Iron Men and twice the women, but also raises plenty of questions on pleasure, legacy, world peace, God, heroes, science and technology, and more.
AYJW014: Ice Age, Part 1
May 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
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After just coming out of our seasonal ice age, we bring to you a critical-thinking analysis of the fun, animated movie, Ice Age. In this first part, we discuss ice ages, global flood, global warming, extinction, evolution, big brains, and fire. So listen now!
Initial Reactions 6: Alice in Wonderland
March 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is loosely based on Lewis Carroll’s classic stories. We discuss it from a class and timeless Biblical perspective. This episode does contain spoilers.
Initial Reactions 5: Avatar
February 21, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Avatar‘s Pandora is a beautiful world. But underneath the overly familiar story lay philosophies of environmentalism, spiritualism, and more. Be warned that this (late) initial reactions does contain spoilers. Brief announcements We both now have press status to see movies prior to release. Hopefully, this will result in prompt initial reactions to future releases that [...]
AYJW013: The Sixth Sense, Part 2
January 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Is there a spiritual realm? Can dead people affect us? What can dead people do? What’s after death? How can we protect ourselves? And more in our discussion.
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