{"id":1817,"date":"2006-12-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/12\/for-the-record\/"},"modified":"2013-10-17T13:51:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T20:51:14","slug":"for-the-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/12\/for-the-record.html","title":{"rendered":"For the record…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sometimes CT Movies editor Mark Moring can\u2019t help imposing his opinions on other people\u2019s articles. Over at his blog, Jeffrey Overstreet<\/a> notes one such occurence:<\/span><\/p>\n

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When I turned in my review of Children of Men<\/em><\/strong>, one of the closing paragraphs went like this:\n

This Christmas, you\u2019re unlikely to find any film<\/span> that gives you a better sense of the pressure Mary and Joseph must have experienced, the dangers they dodged, the responsibility they accepted, and the hope that their child brought to the world. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You\u2019ll notice that someone made a rather severe edit in what was published:<\/p>\n

This Christmas, there\u2019s more than one film<\/span> that gives you a sense of the pressure Mary and Joseph must have experienced, the dangers they dodged, the responsibility they accepted, and the hope that their child brought to the world.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(I\u2019ve highlighted the change in blue.)<\/p>\n

I hate to have to point this out, but this edit isn\u2019t about fixing an error. It changes my point entirely.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just sayin\u2019\u2026 those aren\u2019t my words, and it isn\u2019t my opinion.<\/p>\n

The Nativity Story <\/em>did NOT give me a good sense of the pressures, dangers, and dread Mary and Joseph must have experienced. The film moved too fast, and by downplaying the slaughter of the innocents in order to get a family-friendly rating (a decision I applaud, by the way, because I\u2019m glad families can attend the film), it took away much of the burden they must have felt watching a whole generation of boys killed off.<\/p>\n

Children of Men<\/em>, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t abbreviate its depiction of a violent world, a place so volcanic with bloodshed that the fragility of a baby\u2019s life is accentuated. We come to care so intently about that baby\u2019s survival because of the film\u2019s intense darkness.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019m sure The Nativity Story <\/em>will be a blessing to many viewers, there is one thing it does not communicate very powerfully: the effect of Herod\u2019s violence on the people in his kingdom.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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