nickipicki123
Puritan Board Freshman
What makes a movie worth watching? What makes a novel worth reading?
What is it about a good movie or novel that makes you think watching/reading it was time well spent?
I ask this because I was reading a paper by Richard Baxter on amusements and recreations. Obviously, movies did not exist in his day, but he talked a lot about stageplays and questioned their lawfulness for multiple reasons.
Something he said stood out:
"Be zealous and apply yourself to your calling and spiritual service. Laziness breeds a love of amusement. When you must please your flesh with ease— then it must be further pleased with vanities."
Here is the article I'm referring to:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/28394547...word=VbGrCQWrMDQrifacbQYg#download&from_embed
What is it about a good movie or novel that makes you think watching/reading it was time well spent?
I ask this because I was reading a paper by Richard Baxter on amusements and recreations. Obviously, movies did not exist in his day, but he talked a lot about stageplays and questioned their lawfulness for multiple reasons.
Something he said stood out:
"Be zealous and apply yourself to your calling and spiritual service. Laziness breeds a love of amusement. When you must please your flesh with ease— then it must be further pleased with vanities."
Here is the article I'm referring to:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/28394547...word=VbGrCQWrMDQrifacbQYg#download&from_embed