 Click on CAPCon Alert image for explanation |
Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP Ministry) www.capalert.com/ Entertainment Media Analysis Report A service to His little ones (which includes at-home teens) through you, their parents and grandparents, in His name by His Word MAR23099  (2003), PG-13 |
 Give your visitors access to more than 700 CAP movie analyses while your page stays open. Put the link above on your web page. FREE! Test it! Click it! |
| E M E R G E N C Y H E L P N E E D E D!!! UPDATED Regularly |
Make your tax-deductible donations to the CAP Ministry through the
CAP Ministry, PO Box 177, Granbury, TX 76048-0177 |
| SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE: To subscribe to or unsubscribe from our FREE text-only versions of our Entertainment Media Analysis Reports as they are calculated, visit our Mailman. If you experience difficulty with Mailman, send us your request. Your email address will NOT be given or sold to other parties. |
ALERT: To fully understand this report you should first visit the topics suggested by the CAP Site Map (Table of Contents). Further, if you do not want the plot, ending, or "secrets" of a movie spoiled for you, skip the Summary/Commentary. In any case, be sure to visit the Findings/Scoring section -- it is completely objective to His Word and is the heart of the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Model applied to this movie. |  |
 (2003), PG-13 -- ...maybe "we" could take example from "them."  Cast/Crew Details Courtesy Internet Movie Database Production (US): Paramount Pictures, Handprint Entertainment, MTV Films Distribution (US): Paramount Pictures Director(s): Jonathan Lynn Producer(s): David Gale, Loretha C. Jones, Benny Medina, Jeff Pollack, Momita Sengupta, Van Toffler, Tierre Turner Story: Elizabeth Hunter Screenplay: Elizabeth Hunter, Saladin K. Patterson Cinematography/Camera: Affonso Beato Music: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Big Jim Wright Film Editing: Paul Hirsch Casting: Robi Reed-Humes Production Design: Victoria Paul Art Direction: Cate Bangs I did not get to go to the press screening of The Fighting Temptations and was not able to attend the openning night showing and was held back for one reason or another from seeing it even druring it first week of showing. Thus, this report is a little late for it to be of any use to you regarding showings at theaters. However, it is still valuable for the parents/grandparents who wait until a movie comes out on VHS/DVD and for our overseas friends. Note also that I was very sleepy when I watched this show and it is possible that those little slices of invisible snoozes prevented me from seeing everything you mihgt want to know about. I want to start this short Summary/Commentary with an immediate thought I had after seeing the film. Maybe the style of the black Southern Gospel music is a little extreme for us conservatives, but it just might be that maybe "we" could take example from "them." Darrin Hill, an ad agency junior exec on his way up gets fired. Dejected and forlorn, Hill returns to his home town of Monte Carlo, Georgia after hearing of an inheritance left him by his aunt. Expecting something like an inheritance of a collection of knickknacks, Hill is quite surprised in the reading of the will that he will inherit $150,000 IF he can take the Beulah Baptist Church choir to the Gospel Explosion choir contest. Not having any musical talent at all, Hill enlists the aid of a few "qualified" people to help build the best choir in the South. Questionable material in The Fighting Temptations includes fourteen uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary [Prov. 22:11] and eleven uses of God's name in vain though all without the four letter expletive [Deut. 5:11]. That Hill's ad agency job was to sell booze, maximizing sales to black demographics didn't help the score any [Luke 1:15]. There were a number of lite sexual references and one somewhat vulgar rap background song [Mark 7:21 - 23]. The listing in the Findings/Scoring section will tell all that was found.
SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ]. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. ***Selected Scriptures of Armour against the influence of the entertainment industry*** As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
 Wanton Violence/Crime (W) Impudence/Hate (I) Sexual Immorality (S) Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O) Murder/Suicide (M) |
 |  |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 Single Christian Network |
 |
 |  |
 |
 |
| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our more than eight years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
