The Way Home

This was an alright movie, but I didn't find the acting super, super good.  As a parent of children and periodically not being able to find my children when they "disappear" whether it's within a store or what.  It's always a very scary feeling.

I think this DVD is worth watching that's a feel good movie with a good ending.  What I found not plausaible was the amount of time the kid was missing and he was really alright.  That is amazing.  However, this is a Christian based movie and God does work miracles, He does provide and protect.

It's good that a community comes together to help find this little boy and the things they must go through to find him.  It's about listening to the voice of God, even if it sounds strange or doesn't make sense.  God doesn't do things always in the manner we deem logical.  He's God.  He can do anything.

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The Least Among You

Richard Kelly was in jail because he tried to stop the violence in some riots, but he didn't and got sent to jail. One of the police officers had to go to the hospital. Instead of staying in jail, he got probation, but he had to go to an All-White Seminary.

Richard met a man named Sam, who was the grounds keeper. Sam helped Richard a lot, taught him a bunch of things. Richard's roommate was from Texas and a very nice guy that was on his side. Richard called him 'Tex'.

Richard had a friend named Roscoe he grew up with, but in the end, Roscoe died because he made a lot of wrong choices, including dealing in drugs. He also killed an old man because he wanted the man to sell drugs for him and the old man would not let him.

Richard had to get a petition signed with 70% of the students & faculty agreeing so that they would let more blacks or people of other races into their seminary within 10 days. President Beckett of the seminary started out on Richard's side, but in the end, was not. He ended up getting kicked out of the seminary for trying to bribe Richard to not do the petition.

This movie does have violence and people smoked a lot. I didn't like that part.


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Hermie: Who is in charge anyway?

This is my first review for BookSneeze and the funny thing is I didn't get a book. I got a DVD instead. A children's DVD to be exact. If you think I "..doth protest too much" I'm not, I just found my first review to be somewhat amusing.

I just wanna say Kudos to everyone who has a heart to convey Biblical principles to children in story form. There is something about story that captures the heart. And yes, even bad stories can have the same effect. But this is not the case here. I'm just sayin...

The graphics on the DVD reflects current CGI technology to date. It was colorful and very detailed.

The story is about hearing from God (the voice from the sky) and how he is involved in our lives and cares about us. It may sound simple but it is often the most simplest of truths that offers most comfort during the dark times in our lives.

The DVD will capture the attention of Toddlers but older kids will find it boring I think. Don't get me wrong, it is not torturous to watch, it was very well written. It's just that the developmental reality that children's attention are captured by different things in stages of growing.