'So much evil, Mommy, those poor babies'
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The deeply moving pro-life movie Unplanned opened in theaters this weekend to great box office success – but that only tells you so much. It's the testimonies of the viewers which are so powerful.
To the surprise (and consternation) of Hollywood, Unplanned opened to more than $6 million in box office receipts, finishing #5 in the nation. And it did this while opening in less than 1,100 theaters nationwide.
More importantly, this powerful, pro-life movie that exposes the evil of Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry is making a powerful impact on its viewers. This could truly be a major game-changer in the days ahead. ( Official movie website )
Not that the left didn't try hard to stop the film from getting out of the gate, let alone succeeding.
Lead actress Ashley Bratcher (left) was warned that she was "probably gonna be blacklisted" by Hollywood if she took the role. ( See related article )
The Hollywood Reporter notes that, "Lifetime, Hallmark Channel, HGTV and several other cable networks" rejected advertising for the movie.
I've heard of theaters that dropped the movie before its release, only to reinstate it after protests.
Then there was the ridiculous R-rating the movie was saddled with, without possible justification. ( See related article )
And over the weekend, Twitter temporarily suspended the movie's account, only to restore it a few hours later after a storm of protests. (Can anyone tell me any possible rationale, other than sheer, anti-life bigotry, for shutting down this account?) Then, once the account was restored, more than 100,000 followers realized they were no longer listed on the account. This is beyond suspicious.
And still, despite all this opposition (and more ) the movie brought in more than $6 million in the first weekend, more than doubling prior estimates .
It's also quite revealing that, on Rotten Tomatoes , critics (15 so far) have given Unplanned a rating of 53, while viewers (1,996 at present) have given it a score of 94. Right now, that makes Unplanned the highest viewer-rated movie of all new releases, way ahead of Dumbo and Captain Marvel , both of which have viewer ratings of 60. It's even doing better than How to Train Your Dragon , at 88.
But these ratings only tell you so much. It's the testimonies of the viewers which are so powerful.
One man posted this on my Facebook page : "I had tears throughout the movie. Got to my car and really broke down. Thank you God that you are allowing people to see your side of this issue."
A woman wrote: "I cried through so much of this movie. I don't understand how people can continue to justify the killing of the unborn. I walked out of this movie with the conviction to get involved in crisis pregnancy assistance ASAP."
Another said this: "I couldn't stop crying and at one point wanted to wail and pray. I had to force myself to get it together."
And another: "Within the first ten minutes I was sobbing as was the lady sitting beside me. I know what happens with an abortion but seeing it was powerful. If I weren't already pro-life I would be after watching this movie."
A mother posted this: "I took my 16 year old and she was greatly impacted. She had no strong opinion on abortion until she saw this movie. I'm taking my 11 year old to see it next."
And one viewer commented, "I was overcome by the strong message of grace and forgiveness."
One viewer after another described the powerful impact of Unplanned, with many feeling the need to get involved in the pro-life movement now.
But the comment that moved me most was this one, from another mother who went with her daughter. Her own story is compelling as well. Read this and weep:
"Wow what a movie! I went to see it with my 11yrs old daughter Bella. I was reluctant at first to take her, I prayed about it and got the green light from The Holy Spirit. Yet there were scenes where she covered her eyes, she was glad she saw it too. At the end she hugged me so tight, started crying uncontrollably and said 'So much evil mommy, those poor babies. Everyone needs to see this movie.'
"She is also one of those babies who got saved by prayer. I was one of those women who had an appointment to murder my baby when I was 12weeks with her, but cancel the appointment hours prior doing 'the procedure' at a clinic here in Houston..."
May God have mercy on our nation. May He turn the tide in our country. May He act on behalf of more than 60 million slain in the womb.
And so we pray, "So much evil, Lord! These poor babies! Help us to do our part to awaken the conscience of the nation. We beseech You, Father, to change hearts and minds. It's time!"
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I went and watched it with some teenage girls over the weekend...we were all in tears. It was very powerful and moving. Love, hate, evil, guilt, and ultimately, redemption - all rolled into one amazing movie.
You will also see the evils of Planned Parenthood for what it is. Disturbing that people are so callous and cruel and as she stated, it was all about the money and pushing abortions and quotas.
Yes, it was rated R because some of the content is graphic especially where you see the baby on the ultrasound fighting in the uterus trying to get away from the doctor's dismembering equipment and is what ultimately led Abby to get out of the industry.
CGI has come a long way since the first Star Wars movie, hasn't it?
Kind of ironic, praying to the worst mass murderer throughout all history.
What is it that you've done for unwanted babies besides offer up thoughts and prayers?
Well, since you so snarkily asked...actually I am taking care of some druggies children right now - Mom's heroin addiction is more important than her children (one they can't even find) and the dads are in prison or have abandoned them just like Mom has done.
I am glad their crackhead mommas didn't abort them and so are they - they also watched the movie with me last weekend and we talked about it afterwards. One of them was the Homecoming Queen for the Jr. High last year - she's a freshman in high school this year. Both of them are playing on the High School Varsity softball team, and on honor roll every single quarter since the beginning of last year. Yep, their lives matter to me!
You know, yours and some other posts make me kinda glad I don't visit often on NT - I don't have time to waste refuting the stupidity and nastiness of some of the people on here.
My daughter works in a NICU and sees first hand crack and meth addicted kids. The time, effort, and money that goes into caring for these kids, and it's mostly the taxpayer that foots the bill
Honestly, I really don't care about the kids that watched the movie with you. They may be honor roll students and involved in all kinds of activities, but they may be having sex*, so make sure you teach them how to protect themselves.
*I know of what I speak.
Mentoring at-risk youth is an admirable pursuit. We often hear olde folks bemoaning modern youth and disparaging the young of today but my personal experience, like your own, is that kids today are pretty damn exceptional. They are actually more serious about learning than we were. I suppose competition is even keener now. The generation between theirs and my own though, well, they are kind of a mess. Too many Thirty Sometings today are kinda lost...
My Mama told folks that if some gal and her parents ever came knocking on her front door demanding that one of us boys marry their pregnant daughter she would, "Fix It", right there on the front porch and that she would not even feel obligated to invite them in for tea first. I don't know. She surely did seem sincere. I do not think Mama would have really done it but nobody ever really tested her on it. A boy's Mama can be a daunting thing..,
isn't that odd that they can't refute that fact - but will still worship the worst mass murderer throughout history while condemning everyone else as "evil" and "heartless" ? makes you wonder why they would want the worst mass murderer throughout history (no human could even come close to the number of murders it's committed) to change their hearts and minds ? i guess i may never understand since i am not a worshipper of death...
looks like you should learn a little history about Christianity - plus, since "God" made humans and humans have miscarriages (same as abortion right ? ending a life, right ?) we can count those too. Didn't the bible say something about killing all first born sons in Egypt (and included first born livestock right ?)... should we continue or will you stop being purposely obtuse ?
Would you accept evidence that the God of the Bible is a mass killer?
i provided a couple examples - i guess you didn't read the comment very well. One of them is provided in that storybook about your God. Did you miss that ?
weird that my viewpoint isn't even being discussed here - yet you are trying to put it in to deflect anyway, it's a common tactic for believers as we know you are one.
If you need more examples - please turn to the storybook about your God as a good start. In fact, i've even heard from someone that your God "walks among us" - so i'm sure you could quite easily find him and walk up to him to ask him yourself, correct ? let us know what he says
If you wish to continue posting obtuse comments - it's certainly your prerogative but i suggest doing some research first before making foolish comments showing off the lack of knowledge concerning the God you worship.. Gosh is this turning into that typical "that's nice, Prove it!" conversation that some posters constantly spout off that they hate ?
Do you really not understand how one can analyze a character of fiction?
Was Darth Vader a mass murderer?
Of course not. My question was answering your concern. Clearly you understand that we all can declare that Darth Vader was a mass-murderer. But we all know that Darth Vader does not exist.
So on your comment:
Now you know. People can make quite a few arguments about a character in a story without necessarily believing the character is real.
See?
Then do not pretend to not understand; that just encourages people to offer an explanation.
Even if they are right? Clearly the God of the Bible is a mass killer. You know that, right?
I don't consider fables in the Bible evidence of anything, but some people apparently do, so here's some of what the Bible itself claims, and what people who worship the god of the Bible apparently believe:
Examples of God personally killing people
Some are individual killings, so not everything on the list qualifies as a 'mass' murder, but many of them do.
This.
Why wouldn't I trust RationalWiki's ability to compile a list of killings by God in the Bible?
Similarly you trust the Bible as a source of information about the characters it defines. If the Bible claims that its God character killed almost all life with a global flood then that, by definition, is what the character did.
Similarly, Darth Vader murdered the entire planet of Alderaan for a mere demo of his death star.
Of course not. I guess the sarcasm went right over your head.
please point out in any previous comments i have made where i stated i now believe in God - i'll wait
..... any more obtuse comments in an effort to avoid uncomfortable truths ?
Why do people use the truly horrible tactic of faux obtuseness? Why do they think it accomplishes anything other than make them look bad?
Oooh, threats about your evil boogeyman committing yet another mass murder! What absolute idiocy, to think there's some evil fairy out there who wants to torture and burn everyone who doesn't suck up to its massive ego.
Too bad your religion doesn't go for the idea of a loving God. Your God is certainly not the loving God my mother knows, and your religion seems to completely ignore the existence and teachings of Jesus.
what else do they really have ? they can't confront the uncomfortable or horrible truths like the entity they worship being the worst mass murderer in all of human history (and they beg of this entity to change their hearts and minds.. which is rather disturbing... but death is the ultimate goal i guess ?) - so they feign obtuseness as a deflection tactic because they have nothing else.
i posit that some don't understand that it makes them look bad - they haven't figured it out yet and may not.
If God is Love and Jesus is Forgiveness then why in hell does the goddamn gop keep abusing Their Names to advocate for wars in foreign lands and for legalizing institutional discrimination, again, and for torturing people and for state sponsored executions and for giving big tax breaks, again, to big corporations and to the already unconscionably rich and powerful at the expense of the poor and the disadvantaged?
What should the penalty be for assisting in or for getting an abortion?
The "left" has this problem of always ignoring the silent majority !
First outing = "finishing #5 in the nation. "
OMG.………….
Watch out...…."Trump" was elected because the "Left" ignored the "Others" in this country too.
Show someone a picture of an actual "Aborted baby" on a table, and see if they'll actually want to "Look" at it.
The "Left" = Out of sight, out of mind !
Too bad some of them weren't MORE silent.
The Use of a Pen is about as silent as one can get.
Although a simple "Check mark" can be very loud at times !
I don't know about that... I can hear that scratching all the way over here.
a simple "Check mark" can be very loud at times !
Told you I could hear it.
Unplanned = the new Silent Scream scam.
I wouldn't consider 6 mil a rousing success.
Propaganda. Of course the people that went to see this movie have the same views.
Most other people would not go. Only those that believe in the dogma.
Well, if the whole movie only cost $1.99 to produce that's a hell of a profit margin
The irony of these responses is something else..