After much trial and tribulation, I saw a movie! In theaters! No, it was quite a feat. It came out Thursday, and I wanted to see it right then or more reasonably, the very next day. But I put it off for the benefit of others. Then I planned to see it on Saturday, but I put that off in order to take a friend who would like it. Alas, things happen and Sunday was getting difficult too! So Monday? Maybe?
No. We made it work. As it turns out, I was able to take a couple of my kids to go see this brand new Intelligent Design documentary, IN THEATERS! We hardly ever make it to the movie theater.
Anyway, now we've seen The Story of Everything. When I first heard tell of it and saw that it promised great production value, oh man I was excited. I was also happy to see the names involved. It is always great to see John Lennox grace a project. I saw David Berlinski was in it who is very fun. And it was great to see Tim McGrew involved. For me, every chat with Tim has been an encounter with remarkable generosity, passion, and scholarship; and even though he is a Grandmaster, he has never beaten me in chess. (No, we've never played, but that's beside the point…)
So, all of that said, it promised great things. Add to that the fact that it touches upon the kalam, and that I have long felt that there should be a wonder-filled, professionally done documentary on the kalam cosmological argument: I was excited.
So the question is, did it live up to the excitement? No. It lived up to higher expectations. See, I had imagined the whole thing would be strict pop-appeal. But it was a real documentary. Thankfully, it had the technical richness too. (After all, it wouldn't do if the science of an ID documentary looked 9th-grade next to a Veritasium video.) My expectations were lower, so I wasn't ready for it at first. Like sipping a coke when you were expecting orange pop, a jarring but welcome surprise. Then again, I had driven for hours by the time I got to my seat, so I was tired and hungry which made the rude people nearby more annoying. (Yay the theater! 🙂 ) And so maybe even the more technical content flowed with the timing and charm of a Marvel movie. *shrugs* Better to have it either way.
“More explosions! Boo!”
No that wasn't me. The production was astounding. And overall, I had an amazing time. Really. Despite the circumstances it was great, especially when they got into the mechanics of the cell. The explanations and visuals blew me away. In fact, my kids liked these more technical parts the best, and they are the parts I most want to watch again.
So, I highly recommend checking out this show… if you like documentaries. Just don't go tired and hungry. 🙂
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