About Me

Who am I?

I, William J. Arbuckle II, am a senior at Oklahoma Christian University (OC). I am taking a particular class available in the fall semester known as History of Photography and Motion Pictures. In this class, I am required to watch several movies that span different times and different genres of film. I decided to take this class because I love to watch movies and see the many types of stories there are to be told.

What is this Blog about?

The blog that I will be writing movie reviews of the films that are required for the History of Photography and Motion Pictures class. I choose to write this kind of blog because I am currently taking the class so you and I will be moving through the experience of these movies together. This blog is also here to help you with some understanding of the movies they will be watching if they too decide to take this course.

If you hang with me, what can you expect?

This blog series is going to be taking me and you down a road where we will look at certain movies that can have or can be seen as classics for whatever reason. The main purpose of this blog is to look and see what makes the movies that I will be watching qualified to be classics while also looking at what effect that they movies can have on a Christians walk with God. It could have a positive message or be harmful to one faith and that is what I will be looking for in watching these movies. The ultimate goal of this blog is to learn more about how significant movie in history can affect people and more specifically Christians.

What do I recommend?

A good website that you should also check out should be IMDB where you can find all kinds of information about all the movies that I will be talking about. Another place that might interest you would be Jim Daly’s Blog Daly Focus, particularly the one post about “50 Films Every Christian Should See”. Finally, you might also want to check out would be the website “Crosswalk.com” for those who are younger for their suggestions for movies that they think would be good for you.

What’s coming up?

September 15th    Citizen Kane and the Fault of Greed with Christians

September 30th     Bridge of Spies and Fragile Trust that Christians Deal With

October 15th         Psycho and Christians in a world with Violence

October 30th         Christians vs. Dracula: Mythology in the Modern Day

November 15th     Blade Runner: How Scientific Advancements affect Christianity

December 1st,      2001 A Space Odyssey: Viewing Christianity in a vast Universe