Reviews

Having visited the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum, I found this documentary to be an excellent supplementary look at the history of these attractions' conception, construction, fundraising... and opposition. 137 Films is mostly neutral in its presentation, allowing people on both sides of the debate to have their say. I can imagine anybody watching this film and maintaining their personal beliefs, but the Creationists may find themselves wondering at the methods Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis use to funnel money and squash dissent. I was raised as a Christian, attended Christian schools from 2nd-12th grades, and was a literal six-day Creationist when I started attending college. Thankfully, I received some remedial science education and thrilled at the real explanatory power, problem solving, and consistency of science, as opposed to the mental back flips and defensive posture of Christian apologetics. It's fascinating to see how people like Ken Ham not only maintain their narrow worldview, but monetize it.

I saw "Becoming Bond" as someone who isn't even a Bond fan, and hasn't seen half the films. The unlikely story of George Lazenby is told so entertainingly and engagingly, however, that Lazenby's solitary Bond flick "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is now on top of my Netflix queue. The filmmakers brilliantly turned Lazenby's own magnetic (and at times hard-to-believe) retelling of his life into a hilarious drunk-history-style re-creation that also manages to inspire. Great film.