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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): Black Monday Film Services, Hydraulx, Rat Entertainment, Relativity Media Distribution (US): Universal Studies Home Entertainment Director(s): Colin Strause, Greg Strause Producer(s): Kristian James Andersen, Paul Barry, Liz Dean, Ryan Kavanaugh, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Tracey Landon, Liam O'Donnell, Brett Ratner, Colin Strause, Greg Strause, Tucker Tooley Written by: Joshua Cordes, Liam O'Donnell Cinematography/Camera: Michael Watson Music: Matthew Margeson Film Editing: Nicholas Wayman-Harris Casting: Liz Dean Production Design: Drew Dalton Viewed on Universal Studies Home Entertainment DVD  Shades of War of the Worlds! Skyline seems to copy War of the Worlds, both the 1953 version and the 2005 version since Skyline and both War of the Worlds versions each have aliens harvesting human beings for food. The aliens even come to the earth in the same way - a bolt from the sky, white bolts in War of the Worlds and blue in Skyline. Skyline even seems to copy Independence Day with huge, lumbering spacecraft hovering over cities of the Earth. Even Night of the Living Dead seems to be plagiarized as human brains become food for the bad guys. And that is how the story opens, with Los Angels being bombarded with bright blue bolts from the sky. Jarrod (Eric Balfour) and Elaine (Scottie Thompson) are rudely awakened early one morning by the brilliant blue light emitted by the alien infestation. When Jarrod opened the drapes to investigate, he is ... changed. Physically. His face and chest begin to look like decayed flesh which keeps getting worse until he left the light when he slowly returned to "normal." As normal as can be expected since human exposure to the blue light seems to give the human some sort of great power. Rewind! The story moves back to do a little character building and introduces us to the key characters. In addition to Jarrod and Elaine who are vacationing on the West Coast we meet: Terry (Donald Faison - Remember the Titans), a good long-time rich friend of Jarrod; Denise (Crystal Reed), Terry's live-in mistress; Candice (Brittany Daniel), Terry's actual wife; Oliver (David Zayas) hotel superintendent. All these people end up trapped in Terry's penthouse and are picked off, one by one by the aliens as they try to escape by going to a nearby marina - it seems none of the aliens are over or near sea water, maybe because the human density over water is nothing compared to in large cities. When the "mother ships" are still they shine the blue beam on people to draw them up into the ship. In the movie poster above the "dust" in the blue beam is people. Regarding the content of this film the main thrust is action violence ... and immoral sex ... and profanity ... and alcohol ... and blasphemy (use of God's name in vain). Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 The thickness of violence is rather heavy at times. Examples of violence include flesh decimation, action violence of graphic intensity and aliens collecting humans for food in a sewage-like pool of slime and refuse. While the theme apparently hopes the violence is "sanitized" from being graphically influential by portraying the vast majority of the violence as by alien sources, it is still violence. God has warned us about violence in so many ways but the best example of Scripture teaching us of the influence of violence I have found is Prov. 16:29. Proverbs 16:29 is one of the places God warns us of the "catching" or contagious properties of violence. Further, 2000 years after God gave us His Word about violence, man in the form of four professional public health agencies jointly warning us that "viewing violence can led to real life violence." Finally, be aware that God speaks darkly of violence 54 times in the Bible. It is not wise to embrace violence whether in and as entertainment or in real life. It can change you. I remember a line from a older film that said "If you dance with the devil, you don't change him. He changes you." Don't "dance" with violence, folks. Impudence/Hate (I) - Zero out of 100 Twenty four times someone utters some form of the three/four letter word vocabulary. That in and of itself is enough assaults on morality and decency to cause the loss of all the starting 100 points in this investigation area, but a couple other matters of impudence are mixed in the works. God wishes us to speak in positive and supportive ways. [Eph. 4:29, Prov. 22:11] In Col. 3:8 God directs that our communication be free of anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy and filthy communication. There are many other examples of His Word admonishing us not to speak with profanity. One might think that since God is so set against "filthy communication" that we would get the hint. Sexual Immorality (S) - 23 out of 100 Innuendo regarding intercourse. Inappropriate touch. A woman in a towel only. Below navel skin. A man and a woman in bed. More. Many things that in this day and age seem to be innocuous to us, but not to God. His Word regarding sexually immoral deeds and speech can be summed up as any sexual contact (including visual), conduct or activity (including speech) outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage is sinful. [1 Ths. 4:1 - 5, 1 John 2:16] Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 15 out of 100 Having a PG-13 MPAA rating on this film invites any adolescent to view it. The alcohol content is enough to make the content found by this investigation area equivalent to the same content found in many R-rated films. That danger of such exposure is in the influence of it. A 2002 study by the American College of Physicians (ACP) found the entertainment industry having such content in it to be guilty of leading youth into the world of alcohol. The study 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) - Zero out of 100 God is clear about how He feels about people abusing His name. Deuteronomy 5:11 warns us that God will hold him/her guilty for using His name in vain. Vain is shav {shawv}: emptiness, nothingness, vanity, such as an expletive. With or without the four letter expletive, the use of God's name in any way other than respect, reverence or responsible discussion is in vain. That includes the popular three syllable sentence with His name trailing it AND the misuse of Jesus' name or title. So, trying to excuse such expressions with "I was talking TO God/Jesus when I said that" or "It's just words" or "I was acting" will not work with God. Murder/Suicide (M) - 81 out of 100 The one murder in this film was portrayed as being done by one of the aliens. Murder is murder whether some filmmaker has it portrayed as by an alien or otherwise. The one suicide was portrayed as a noble attempt to destroy one of the aliens. Suicide is not something to toy with, especially before the target audience. Please understand that 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 ***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. |
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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) - Zero out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 23 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 15 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 81 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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