WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS
(Personal opinion about a so-called “Biblical” movie.)
The wife and he settled down,
Easter weekend not in town…
Settling food
By movies viewed,
On TV–familiar ground.
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What is it with movies today,
That throw old stories away…
To make up in turn
Glories unearned,
Mislabeling must be okay!
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The 2006 version
Of “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS” our diversion…
Mislabeled as such,
It spendeth too much
Time making God the aversion.
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Moses was portrayed
As hearing god in his “hade”*…
Took no advice,
His life sacrificed,
Ignoring any offers of aid.
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(“The Ten Commandments” entitled
For them, barely minutes of fame…
Broken on the calf by this plot path,
This god said, “Don’t come up here again!”)
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So the tribes made laws by default,
With definite secular gestalt…
Majority rules
Without godly tools,
Just Moses’ wisdom and salt.
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Of course it was hard to see
With all those commercials for “free”…
Three-in-a-row
The same thing showed,
Interrupting the plot frequently!
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We watched until it was done’
A mislabeled movie..no fun…
If I’d paid a pack
I’d want money back,
For that channel, this “inspiring” was glum.**
–Jonathan Caswell
* Poor attempt at an accent. Some folks somewhere do pronounce “head” like “hade”…Sorry for the attempt, but I needed to rhyme there!
** “inspiring” being a general hint as to where this Biblical fiasco was shown. Methinks they SHOULD ask for their money back…but that is just a poet’s view point…who believes more in the Bible account than apparently the producers of this movie did.
By the Mighty Mumford 
So, any opinions on the new, “Noah” movie? My brother and sister in law went and they enjoyed it, said, as always it takes liberty with the Bible’s interpretations. But the Bible’s few words on the actual event are hard to build a movie around…. I liked your poem and attempt at an accent, too, Jon! Hugs, Robin
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The wife and I WANT to go see “Noah”. These days, what movie DOESN’T play hob with the original plot? Precious few, I’d think. And the whole thing was hobbled by those all-too-frequent Spin Mop comercials!!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!! (The 2006 version of–supposedly–The Ten Commandments”)
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