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(While the Scriptural references are certainly not subjective, my commentary may be and sometimes is somewhat subjective.)
 Cast/Crew Details Courtesy Internet Movie Database Production (US): Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Strike Entertainment Distribution (US): 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Director(s): Andrew Niccol Producer(s): Marc Abraham, Andrew Z. Davis, Amy Israel, Debra James, Kristel Laiblin, Eric Newman, Andrew Niccol Written by: Andrew Niccol Cinematography/Camera: Roger Deakins Music: Craig Armstrong Film Editing: Zach Staenberg Casting: Denise Chamian Production Design: Alex McDowell Art Direction: Vlad Bina, Todd Cherniawsky, Priscilla Elliott, Chris Farmer Viewed at ShowBiz Cinema 6  In the future no one lives past the age of 26 ... unless they can get more time. At age 25 each person stops aging but has only one more year to live. Everyone is given only so much time as shown by a string of glowing digits on their left forearm. As time progresses the numbers get smaller and smaller. When the numbers all read zero, the person dies. If by some means a person can get more time they will live longer but they still do not age past 25. Time has become the monetary standard. Everything costs time, not money. A bus ride may take two days of your time bank. Breakfast may cost you a week. In this future setting, the expression "time is money" is given new meaning. Time is literally money. Everyone tries their best to get more time. Some get more time by honest means. Some by dishonest means. The need for more time becomes the narcotic of the age as people beg, borrow and steal time just to live another day. Such is the case with Will Salas (Justin Timberlake). Will lives with his 50 year old mother, Rachel (Olivia Wilde) who still looks 25. Will is 28. Rachel is caught one day with too little time left to pay for a bus ride to meet Will so he can give her more time. To walk the distance would take two hours. She doesn't have two hours. Rachel tries to run the distance but times out and dies just as she falls into Will's arms. In this world, time-out is permanent. And you don't get five time-outs, you get one. In a bar Will rescues a strange and wealthy man from a robbery of the 100 years the man has left. The man, who is several hundred years old, is one of the few who are tired of life and while Will is asleep he gives Will his 100 years then commits suicide. A Time Keeper named Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy), a modern day police detective, feels the man's suicide is instead a murder by Will for the man's time. Will is now a fugitive from the law. Later Will gambles his way into timely wealth and abducts a rich man's daughter, Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried). But seeing the abduction as a welcome adventure, Sylvia does not think of herself as an abducted rich girl but as a compatriot. Together, Will and Sylvia become the "Bonnie and Clyde" of time. They rob banks - banks of time Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. As always the Findings section of this report is the best source for discovering the full accounting of the content of this film. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 The violence/crime content of this show centers around firearms, assault, defensive killing and death violence. Abduction, breaking and entering, armed robbery and pursuit to kill add to the violence/crime envelope. The extent and depth of the violence/crime content is too extensive to even summarize here and still do it justice. A full listing of the findings regarding violence and crime is provided in the listing in the Findings section. There is enough violence and crime in this film to be fully equivalent to the same caliber of content in most R-rated films. How can I make such a claim? R-rated films in the comparative baseline database earned scores 54 and below out of 100. In Time earned a content investigation area score of zero out of 100. It would be advisable to again remind our readers, before you decide whether to watch this film, to consider what our Father has admonished about violence. In Prov. 16:29, one of many such warnings, God advises us that violence is "catching": that embracing violence, even in and as entertainment, can lead the observer "into the way that is not good." Years after God "published" His admonitions against violence in the Bible, four professional public health agencies plagiarized God's Word by publishing findings about violence in and as entertainment. They jointly declare that viewing violence in and as entertainment, especially by the young, can, among other things, lead the observer to believe violence is an effective means to settle conflict and can lead the viewer into real life violence. Impudence/Hate (I) - 28 out of 100 There are 11 uses of profanity in this film plus one use of the most foul of the foul words. [Col. 3:8, Eph. 5:4] In addition, a daughter shows disrespect of her father and assaults him. But one of the most arrogant matters of contempt for rightfulness embraced by this story I have ever heard is the "Is it stealing if its already stolen?" Answer: Yes. It is not only theft it is possession of stolen property. [Isa. 13:11] Sexual Immorality (S) - 28 out of 100 This is a typical R-equivalent PG-13 sexually speaking. It involves innuendo about intercourse, excessive cleavage and other dressing to maximize the female form and/or skin exposure. It also includes silhouette nudity, a man and a woman stripping to swim nude and a man and a woman in bed making out in their underwear (as if in their underwear is supposed to mask what the scene communicates). And cohabitation. There is more but if you want to know please look to the listing in the Findings section. All of God's Word about sexual immorality can be summed up as any sexual contact (including visual and audible), conduct or activity outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage is sinful. Two verses that address the issue is 1 Corinthians 7:1 - 2. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 31 out of 100 There is enough appearance of alcoholic beverages and drinking for the Drugs/Alcohol content to be equivalent to the same in many R-rated films. The American College of Physicians (ACP) has something to say about that. A 2002 study by the ACP revealed that adolescent exposure to drinking in and as entertainment undeniably leads to abuse of alcohol among underage viewers. The finding entitled Relation Between Parental Restrictions on Movies and Adolescent Use of Tobacco and Alcohol reports that of 4544 youths from grades 5 through 8 of fifteen Vermont and New Hampshire middle schools (90% of the youths were under fourteen years old) only 16% were completely restricted in their entertainment diets. Within the ACP study population, the prevalence of having tried alcohol without parental knowledge was Offense to God (O) - 74 out of 100 Five times someone abuses God's name though each is without the four letter expletive. I guess it is nice that the writers did not include abuse of God's name with the four letter expletive but God does not agree. Any blasphemy is sinful. And He won't disregard a single abuse of His name. "Whether we believe it or not. Whether we like it or not. Whether we care or not." [Deut. 5:11] Murder/Suicide (M) - 74 out of 100 Defensive killings, deaths police action or deaths by war are not incorporated into this investigation area but are incorporated into the Wanton Violence/Crime content investigation area. Only murder and/or suicide are. This film presents two murders and one suicide. Some have wondered why the model includes suicide into this content investigation area. To address any concerns that may arise by reading this, suicide is murder ... murder of the self. SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ] or bold. 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. CHAPTER/VERSE --> Children who see a lot of violence are more likely to view violence as an effective way of settling conflicts. Children exposed to violence are more likely to assume the acts of violence are acceptable behavior. --> Viewing violence can lead to emotional desensitization towards violence in real life. It can decease the likelihood that one will take action on behalf of a victim when violence occurs. --> Entertainment violence feeds a perception that the world is a violent and mean place. Viewing violence increases fear of becoming a victim of violence, with a resultant increase in self-protective behavior and a mistrust of others. --> Viewing violence may lead to real life violence. Children exposed to violent programming at a young age have a higher tendency for violent and aggressive behavior later in life than children who are not so exposed. Further, God speaks darkly of violence 56 times in the Old and New Testament of the KJV.] 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. |
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(The objective heart of the CAP Analysis Model, independent of and insulated from the Summary / Commentary section.)  Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 28 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 28 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 31 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - 74 out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 74 out of 100 |
| 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 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. |
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