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Date Posted: 14:33:33 03/21/02 Thu
Author: theefool
Subject: A christian review of "The Lord Of The Rings"

http://www.capalert.com/capreports/lordofrings_fellowship.htm

The capalert is: ChildCare Action Project (CAP): Christian Analysis of American Culture

Thought that some of you might enjoy reading their reviews of movies.

For those of you who don't wish to read or go there...here is a taste of what they say about the movie....

Wanton Violence/Crime (W):

graphic injuries, including amputation and a beheading
explosive startle
monstrous "walking dead" being threats and attacks
graphic torture by demons
theft
attempted sword murders
sword threats
attempts to murder by sorcery
animal attacks
many dead and decaying bodies, repeatedly
multiple exceptionally graphic attacks by unholy beings, including by thousands of creeping beings with much impalement
graphic imagery of impalement
crumbling cavern perils
falling death
fire demon attacks
arrow threats
orders to kill
long sequence of dire urgency with explosive sound
many graphic seething battle sequences
exceptionally brutal killing with multiple arrows, slowly
many battle deaths
a very graphic hand-to-hand combat sequence with a hideous demon
near death by drowning

Impudence/Hate (I)(1):

lies

Sex/Homosexuality (S):

none noted

Drugs/Alcohol (D):

smoking, repeatedly
drinking, repeatedly

Offense to God (O)(2):

thousands of demonic beings of various sort, some extremely graphic
many uses and portrayals of wizardry/sorcery
many threats by unholy things
multiple battles with sorcery using sorcery, some very, very graphic
many attacks by evil beings, some (especially one) very, very hideous
portrayal that being stabbed by an evil being's sword will make the victim evil
many instances of demonic faces/eyes
unholy control of the elements to fight evil
claims of immortality
ability to chose unholy mortality or immortality
many mystic voices
sorcery to open mountain wall
light by sorcery

Murder/Suicide (M)(3):

impalement then drowning murder

I hate to admit, this is one of my favorite websites. For a good laugh that is!!! FORL

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Re: A christian review of "The Lord Of The Rings" -- Xanthor, 15:01:27 03/21/02 Thu
- Re: A christian review of "The Lord Of The Rings" -- Adilbrand, 19:38:09 03/21/02 Thu