Marvilla, WOW did you ever pick a movie to review!
This will challenge me to stay objective, since this was a once-in-a-lifetime event, that I had to live through, and to work through, while I was at work on April 20th, 1999. I still deal with it when I think about that day. As I write this review of your essay/review I've placed my copy of the original printing of Rachel's Tears right next to me on the table. https://www.ebay.com/p/1730702. This is the printing, that I have. It is certainly worth the read.
I wept through the reading of this book. It's significant to note, that this book only took me a little over a month to read in the fall of 2000, which was only 18 months after the event. My reading ability is slow for a writer. I think this is because I am exacting over the content I read, wanting to digest every word. It may interest you to know, that on average a movie review for the Rising Stars Summer Camp costs me well over an hour, sometimes two because I pour over the reviewer's words. After I think I have completed my review of the writer's work. I usually reread my own review 2, 3, or 4 times, making sure, that I have edited my own words well, making them presentable to the movie reviewer.
I take reviewing very seriously like I take my Christian walk. We only travel this Terran sod, once, in these dying bodies, and I want my sojourn to have a major impact on Eternity.
Every time I do one of these reviews, I like to see what famous person added their influence to the picture. Sadie Robertson and Jaci Velasquez were both important in my mind.
Now, as to some of the "nuts & bolts" of this review, check your spelling of "Jaci Velasquez" in your piece as well as "Ben Davies."
Your first paragraph, Marvilla, is a good one. Rachel Joy Scott was the first person killed that day, but did you know that the last one of the victims killed was also a young Christian sister, Cassie Bernall, whose story was immortalized in a music video by Michael W. Smith. This is a book about her life, She Said Yes on an Amazon page full of great reads. https://www.amazon.com/She-Said-Yes-Unlikely-Marty...
Marvilla, I believe this sentence, "There is the plot between the two boys in trench coats who decided to do the shooting," could have been stronger by including the boys names, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. This video is so powerful about how we humans face the same problems in life, but some like Dylan and Eric turn to violence to solve their problems, while others like Rachel Joy and Cassie turn to Christ. The girls were rebellious with Cassie dabbling in satanism, but she allowed Jesus to save her just in time. The boys were into satanism and rebellion and just stayed there, being eternally lost.
There is so much to pity about the boys. Yes. We hate what they did, but they, too, were souls for whom Christ died. We think about the pain experienced by the families and friends of the victims, but do we realize how much pain is still to this day being experienced by the families of the shooters? Dylan's mother created this Ted Talk.
Finally, Marvilla, these sentences, "Rachel Scott draws a mysterious drawing in her journal before her death. This ends up representing the 13 students, including herself, that was were killed on April 20, 1999,"are powerful, but they could have been off-the-charts powerful if the photocopy of this drawing could have been transferred to your review in some way. (It's not just you. I have trouble trying to figure out how to put still photos in something I'm writing. For some reason, videos are easier for me to input.) How amazing would that have been to see the drawing, and to slow down, writing about all of the elements in this mysterious, but poignantly prophetic drawing?
This drawing as shown at the bottom of this webpage, https://tosavealife.com/faith/inspiration/rachel-s... shows 13 tears coming down from the two faceless eyes. Encircling the rose are 19 tears, which nearly equal the 20, who were wounded on that day.
I'm sorry for taking over to be the resource guy on your movie review, but it's like I said at the beginning of my review, it's a little hard to take me out of this subject. So, I don't know if I've been the best guy to do a rational, logical review of your work.
I care very much about this event in the HIStory of our nation as well as in the HIStory of our world.
You said it best in your last paragraph, "Rachel Joy Scott wanted to make a difference, and change the world to make it a better place. She willingly sacrificed her life for her belief in God. As a result, her life and death did have an impact on her world. Her story has touched thousands of lives."
I am one of those lives. I am one of those lives.
Excellent review, Sister. WRITE ON!
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