it's not what i thought it was

just got home from the movie theater after partially watching hillsong united's i heart revolution documentary.

i went home early and didn't finish it.

it gave me a massive headache. i am not a fan of scenes blinking and frames switching rapidly or layering scene after scene after scene. that's a recipe for vertigo. i am not the target audience of this documentary because there's nothing in it that surprised me (and chel, and t) so none of it moved me the way i think they were hoping to move their audience. i understand what they're trying to do and i applaud them for their sense of purpose and their passion, but this is something middle school and high school kids should be watching (not the junk they see on mtv or cw). i don't know if in the end, they urge the kids to move and act and make this world a better place...i pray they do and they do it convincingly, otherwise, i think it's a futile effort.

more than 1 hour into the whole thing, chel said, 'ok so what now?' they showed one depressing scene after another and what they thought about it. it felt like it dragged on forever. 1 1/2 hours into it, i just had to leave. i just couldn't take any more of it. i guess this review makes it look really bad because i don't remember walking out of a theater in the middle of the movie (other than to pee).

i wish i just stayed home and spent time with my daughter.

i'm still a fan of hillsong and their music and the anointing that they have. but this documentary, well, not one bit.