FW: On May 19 watch a movie "other" than Da Vinci Code
WHAT ARE YOU DOING around the day the Da Vinci Code movie opens. A movie based on a book that wears its heresy and blasphemy as a badge of honor.
What can we as Christians do in response to the release of this movie? Here are the usual suspects:
A) We can ignore the movie. ........
The problem with this option: The box office is a ballot box. The only people whose votes are counted are those who buy tickets. And the ballot box closes on the Sunday of opening weekend. If you stay home, you have lost your chance to make your vote heard. You have thrown your vote away, and from Hollywood's point of view, you don't count. By staying home, you do nothing to shape the decision-making process regarding what movies will make it to the big screen.
B) We can protest. ........
The problem with this option: It doesn't work. Any publicity is good publicity. Protests not only fuel the box office, they make all Christians look like idiots. And again, protests and boycotts do nothing to help shape the decisions being made right now about what movies Hollywood will
make in the next few years. (Or they convince Hollywood to make *more* movies that will provoke Christians to protest, which will drive the box office up.)
But .....
On May 19th, you should go to the movies. Just go to another movie. Save the date now. May 19th, or May 20th. No later than Sunday, May 21st -- that's the day the ballot box closes. You'll get a vote, the only vote Hollywood recognizes: The power of cold hard cash laid down on a box office window on opening weekend.
Use your vote. Don't throw it away. Vote for a movie other than DVC. If enough people do it, the powers that be will notice. They won't have a choice. The major studio movie scheduled for release against DVC is the DreamWorks animated feature Over the Hedge. The trailers look fun, and you can take your kids. And your friends. And their friends. In fact, let's all go see it.
Let's rock the box office in a way no one expects -- without protests, without boycotts, without arguments, without rancor. Let's show up at the box office ballot box and cast our votes. And buy some popcorn, too. May 19th. Mark your calendars now: Over the Hedge's opening weekend.
Buy a ticket. And spread the word. Forward this e-mail to all the Christians in your address book. ( First, remove all headers please) Post it on your blogs. Talk about it to your churches.
And let's all go to the movies.
Oh by the way, he is from Opus Dei. Surprise, surprise. ;)
4 comments:
True true, I agree, not that malaysian box office sales makes any difference (is there any box office sales statistics here anyway?)
Well, for those who wants to watch it, I advocate for this time only, buy pirated VCD's at least you are supporting some people in their livelyhood and it doesn't go to the coffers of those who insist that its fact :P
quavadis: Personally I do not recommend purchasing pirated copies in ANY case, for we do not know where the money is channeled into. However, I am a bit lax with other methods of watching the movie. hehe. ;)
Watch the movie however you want it as long as Brown does not get any money! :P He's darn rich as it is already... Many critics said it sucks anyway--too talky, not enuff action.
Su-Lyn
aiye, the church is already helping him to make loads of cash...lol
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