Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure

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Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure
5.1| 1h30m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 30 March 2012 Released
Producted By: Pyro Pictures
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Official Website: http://www.monumentalmovie.com/
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The United States of America is the richest, freest nation the world has ever seen. But nowadays all signs point to the reality of a sickness in the soul of our country, and history tells us that we're headed for disaster if we don't change our course now. Follow Kirk Cameron across Europe and the U.S. as he seeks to discover the people, places and principles that made America the freest, most prosperous and generous nation the world has ever known.

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meggs0 I've never written a review before but it also seems that Mr. Cameron has never seen a documentary before. I admittedly skipped over some points where Cameron is beyond perplexed and where he is subjected to painfully slow, rhetorical questions given in Sunday school format. However, I will attempt to cover some of my personal high and low points without rage quitting like i did this film.The first monumental bowl movement of the film is in the opening where Cameron explains that we are all going to hell in a hand-basket and that the only thing that will set us straight is a revival to God's path and adhering to the saying "one nation under God." The term was only added to the pledge of allegiance in the late 40's or 50's and we all know how diverse and accepting of other cultures America was then. The next three quarters of the film is dedicated to the pilgrims' arduous journey from England, to Holland, back to England, and then the new world in order to seek religious freedom from the Anglican church. The film almost comically takes this in full stride while prescribing religious law and a conjoining of church and state. Without even realizing it, Cameron and company come full circle back to the same environment which drove the Puritans from England. The Puritans were also relatively a small sect in colonial America. Can someone please talk about the Georgia penal colony for a fresh change?Moving on to our forefathers, the film tries to change their beliefs postmortem. They do so by citing that 12 of these heathens financed a commemorative bible and that Thomas Jefferson endorsed the bible as a book to be used in school without the consideration of some simple realities. In the late 1700's and throughout much of the 1800's books were available but scarce. While Bostonians such as Benjamin Franklin had access to immaculate libraries, you're average country bumpkin only had one book, the Good Book. This made the Bible an excellent and accessible tool to cement literacy in the fledgling nation. Why must the founding fathers be Christian anyways? It seems to me that the point of America was that it doesn't matter what you do or do not believe in, all that matters is that you're American and wish to see this great experiment succeed. It seems that Monumental would have the creed read, "One nation under God, but only for the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants.":For the pros- I never knew that Puritan monument in Massachusetts existed. Cool.Also, I've spent five years in a state school and have never f*cking heard of The Godless Constitution once. (That was supposed to make you laugh)Thanks for reading! I'm a Christian!
MoviesRT There's no need for a spoiler alert since this is all based on facts. I noticed that Cameron picked the top authorities on all the subjects that he tells us about.Also this is very well done. It's enjoyable and nicely paced. Some documentaries get bogged down and become boring. This one is fun and the time goes by very fast. I almost wished it was longer.I was curious as to why the rating was so low, so I looked at who did the ratings. There were mostly 10 ratings, but almost as many gave it a 1, which tells me those people never saw the movie, just panned it because they knew what it was about.That's sad and shows how many are hostile towards any truth about our founding. I guess the founders never expected such evil to take over our country and attempt to destroy it from within, but we all know that's what's been happening for the last 50 or more years.I hope everyone who cares becomes more educated on this subject. There will always be those who spread lies, so it's brave of people like Kirk Cameron to dare to tell the truth.Watch this if you care what happens to the most generous and free country every founded.
msnfaith I really love how Kirk Cameron actually took tons of time to go thru history to dig up the GENUINE FACTS about our nations founding. How fun & exciting that he got to actually go to these places & witness things for himself instead of just taking people's word on it. That would be SO fascinating!! He actually went across the ocean to go to the places that our ancestors came from and researched the TRUTHS to find out for himself and his family. I don't want to give ANY spoilers, so I'm not going to talk about all the interesting facts he found on this amazing adventure. But, boy does EVERY SINGLE American NEED TO WATCH THIS!! Today kids are being raised with a REVISED/REWRITTEN history and this movie will PROVE with the facts how things have changed so dramatically from our founding & how we need to get back to it fast to SAVE OUR NATION and bring it back to its' original greatness. After watching the movie, many packed theaters stood and clapped! Wow!! We bought this movie as soon as it came out on DVD and plan to give as gifts to A LOT of our family for Christmas. People NEED to see the real truth about how our nation was really started. Awesome!! God bless Kirk Cameron & team for digging up the truth in person. :D This is a MUST SEE show!
jre-5 It's not a movie, and it may not be the most enjoyable thing to watch. But it's not about entertainment, it's about teaching important items on what made our country what it is, and what we need to turn back to if we are to continue, namely the Bible. For those of you who do not agree, you need to keep an open mind while watching it and really think about it. Even if you do not believe in the Bible and GOD, there is no question about it that it did play an important role in making our country what it is- a fact that is quickly being covered up and forgotten. Kirk Cameron is truly a great guy who went through a lot of work to do this. He has big plans for it, and I pray that it will have an impact on this nation.