BOOKGUIDE: WHAT IS HE THINKING??

Quality:  * * * *     Acceptability:  +4

Language:  None

Violence:  None

Sex:  None

Nudity:  None

 

RELEASE DATE:  2011

AUTHOR:  Rebecca St. James

PUBLISHER:  FaithWords/Hachette Book Group

 

CONTENT:  (CCC, BBB) Very strong Christian, biblical, moral worldview; and, nothing objectionable.

 

GENRE:  Non-Fiction/Self-Help

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Teenagers and adults

REVIEWER:  Dr. Ted Baehr

 

REVIEW:  Rebecca St. James is a famous singer, an actress, a friend of MOVIEGUIDE®, and now an author of a very helpful book for young women called WHAT IS HE THINKING?? In this well-written book, Rebecca interviews some single young men 18 to 35 about what they’re looking for in a spouse. She also asks some older mentors who’ve been successfully married for years what gave them a successful marriage. In an effort to be totally transparent, one of the young men is Robert Baehr, chief operating officer for MOVIEGUIDE®, and one of the mentors is Dr. Ted Baehr, MOVIEGUIDE® publisher.

 

The bottom line among all the good information here is that men who are interviewed for the book were not looking for the typical Hollywood, anorexic playmate. As I shared in the book, men and women should be guided by seeking God’s will. Love is deeper than physical attraction, fame or fortune. It’s that special quality of finding someone with whom you are best friends... someone you can wake up with after 36 years and be more in love with than the day you met. It’s not just about raging hormones; it’s about growing love.

 

As the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: “Love is patient; love is kind. Love does not envy; is not boastful; is not conceited; does not act improperly; is not selfish; is not provoked; does not keep a record of wrongs; finds no joy in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

 

Love is always satisfied. The opposite of love is lust, which is never satisfied.

 

Rebecca’s book is a great advice column for young women.

 

Please address your comments to:

 

FaithWords

Hachette Book Group

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New York, NY  10017

Website:  www.faithwords.com

 

Ten WW II Movies to Honor the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2011 marks the 70th Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. To avoid WWIII America needs to have the strength and determination to deter those who would consider starting it. These movies show what happens when you lack the necessary resolve before you're attacked but show incredible resolve once you've been attacked. They show the absolutely horrible price the world pays for appeasing tyrants. This list focuses on big budget movies made from 1958 on. There were many great ones made prior to this, as well as many great smaller movies.

(not in order by recommendation)

1. PEARL HARBOR (2001) A spectacular big budget war movie dealing with the "day that will live in infamy." It stars Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett star as two pilots who must fight off the Japanese as they fight each other for the love of the same nurse. It is redemptive, but it includes foul language and implied sexual immorality.

2. TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970) This 1970 also deals with Pearl Harbor. Tora! Tora! Tora! was the Japanese code for the surprise attack. The movie shows Japanese Admiral Tamamoto telling his commanders that they are about to awake a sleeping giant. He was right. The giant should not have been sleeping.

3. MIDWAY (1976) A Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum classic about the American defense of a small critical island the Japanese wanted to take as an air base. With great sea battles America defended the island and turned the tide in the Pacific theater.

4. MACARTHUR (1977) Gregory Peck played General Douglas MacArthur who was recalled by FDR from the Philippines and promised to return. The movie chronicles his return and his role in post war Japan and in the Korean War.

5. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) The Academy Award Winning story of British prisoners in the Pacific theater forced to build a bridge by the Japanese. This is a classic David Lean drama with superb acting by Alec Guinness, William Holden, and others.

6. THE LONGEST DAY (1962) John Wayne, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, and Henry Fonda head an all-star cast in this 168-minute movie about D-Day. The movie wanders from place to place, telling stories of those fighting different battles that day.

7. PATTON (1970) George C. Scott won best actor for the lead role in this story of the controversial general who was both pompous and successful. The movie won seven Academy Awards.

8. BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969) This is the exciting story of the Royal Air Force defending Britain from the German Luftwaffe. The RAF’s success led Prime Minister Winston Churchill to say, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

9. MEMPHIS BELLE (1990) The story of the crew of a B-17 bomber stationed at a US airbase in England and its 25th and final mission into Germany. Read the review

10. A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977) Sean Connery, Ryan O’Neal, Gene Hackman, Michael Caine, Robert Redford, and John Ratzenberger star in this story of the horrors of overconfidence, undersupply, and bad decisions. It can happen in war and the price is terrible.

The still-living father of the writer of this piece is a World War II pilot who flew on D-Day and at Market Garden (A Bridge Too Far). He was 23 years old in 1944 and like so many young men was given great responsibility and sent to face grave danger. We owe it to those who risked their lives and those who gave their lives not to let this happen again. The fight for freedom begins here at home with the fight to maintain a predominantly Christian worldview. Appeasement, socialism, pacifism, and multiculturalism undermine resolve and lead to war; they don’t prevent it. Watch these movies and ask yourself if you want America’s young men sent in far greater numbers overseas to die fighting tyrants emboldened by weak, self-serving leaders.

Accusations of Muppet Communism Are Just Plain “Waka Waka Waka”

By Sarah Jane Murray & Ted Baehr

This Christmas, there are some great family options at the box office. And, one of the most entertaining and most wholesome is THE MUPPETS movie. So, why is Eric Bolling of FOLLOW THE MONEY going on Fox News accusing poor little Kermit of going red? Clearly, it’s not easy being green.

Fox’s main point is that the MUPPETS malign capitalism by featuring an oil tycoon villain, Tex, who wants to drill beneath Muppet Studio in order to increase his own fortune. Fox’s critics take this plot point completely out of context. In fact, it leaves us wondering if they watched the movie at all.

Featuring Tex as the villain does not amount to communism. In the Book of Kings, Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard to King Ahab. The king’s wife, Jezebel, writes a letter in the king’s name instructing his followers to proclaim a fast, seat Naboth at a banqueting table, and then take him outside and stone him. Shortly after his death, Ahab appropriates the vineyard. Both Ahab and Jezebel are rebuked by God for their actions. Does this mean that being a king is evil? Absolutely not. God rebukes Ahab and Jezebel for their treachery and for the choices they make – something that David is at pains to explore in the psalms, especially the Beatus Vir in Psalm 1). The message is reaffirmed once again when Christ casts the unethical businessmen of his day out of His temple.

A lack of ethics and goodwill is precisely the problem with Tex Richman. He wants to steal Muppet Studio away from the rightful owners and stoops to sabotage in order to get what he wants. The problem is not that Tex is rich; the problem is that he’s deceitful, arrogant, and evil. There is a difference between being a successful businessman in a free market and being morally bankrupt.

The contrast is all the more blatant when we consider that the Muppets are also capitalist entrepreneurs. For example, they own a studio, Kermy lives in a Bel Air mansion, and Miss Piggy is an editor at Vogue-Paris, who loves to wear Chanel and other fancy and expensive clothing brands. (This doesn’t smell like communism to us.)

In THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, Karl Marx spoke out against individualism, the state, religion, and property. In the 2011 movie, the Muppets work within the Hollywood system to organize a telethon on their own initiative. They don’t force anyone to join in the effort. In fact, at first, Miss Piggy refuses. She then comes back on her own terms to help raise the $10 million the Muppets need to reclaim their rightful property. Religion also makes a brief, but overt, appearance in the movie when a church choir bus full of singers pulls behind Kermit’s mansion when he comes face to face with Walter for the first time. And, most importantly, and most contrary to Marx, Walter must dig deep inside to figure out his special, individual, and unique talent to save Muppet Studios. (His brother, played by Jason Segal, must likewise go through a similar process to figure out his own identity, save his relationship, and marry the woman he loves. The whole debate is played out in the wonderful song, “Am I a Muppet or a Man?”)

Need more? The examples abound.

By the end of the movie, even Tex’s assistants question his ethical practices. At one point, the big bear wonders if they’re perhaps working for “the bad guy.” And, of course, the whole movie is full of delightful commentary, much of it capitalist in underpinning. At one point, Fozzie exclaims “Wow, that was such an expensive looking explosion. I can’t believe we had that in the budget.” Did we mention that Gonzo has made his fortune as a CEO in the executive toilet industry?

THE MUPPETS is full of great family values. Friendship, love, hard work, family, individuality – these are just some of the moral principles celebrated by the movie. In an age in which the media exerts more influence on our children than family, church, and school combined, these are great messages to be promoted by mainstream Hollywood. It is important that families speak out at the box office and support great storytelling full of great traditional values. There is a little light action violence (especially with Miss Piggy around), but as in an animated cartoon, nobody gets hurt. That said, be sure to explain to your kids that pushing adults from the top of buildings will not achieve the same results at home.

Don’t forget the final message of Kermit the frog. When it seems their efforts have failed, he encourages his fellow Muppets to do something that would be impossible in a communist society. He says, “Let’s just start at the bottom and work our way back up to the top.”

For our little green friend, success is not about making lots of money; it’s about being the best you can be and responding to your calling. Human beings sometimes just need a shift of paradigms to get things right. That’s precisely what happens to Tex. The symbolic wakeup call comes in the form of a large bowling ball that hits him in the head. (Do not try this at home!) When he wakes up, he’s a changed and happy man who gives back to the Muppets what is rightfully theirs. And yet, he’s still rich, and he’s still an oil tycoon. He just cares for the first time about his fellow man. . . or, in this case, Muppet.

We’re with Fozzie on this one. At the end of the day, any suggestion that this year’s MUPPETS MOVIE pushes a liberal or communist agenda is just plain “Waka Waka Waka.” Thanks, Eric, for the laugh.

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