FishFlix.com Christian Movies #hsreviews

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty picky about what movies my kids get to watch.  It’s important to us that when they are young they watch good solid Christian movies.  So we were super excited about this review from FishFlix.com for the TOS Review Crew.  We received two movies to review titled Flight and Metamorphosis.  

While all 9 of my children and I did watch these movies together as I will mention again below, they are really educationally geared for ages 10 and up.  That in no way means that children younger than 10 cannot watch them or learn from them.  I’m a firm believer in letting all ages learn from the same material.  It makes my life as a homeschool teacher and mom easier.  As I also love unit studies, I can tell you that each movie is a great basis for a unit study as well.  

My kids were excited to learn that they were going to get to watch two movies for school.  Watching television or movies is a treat for my kids and we try to limit how much they watch.  We watch more things for school than we do for “just fun” or entertainment at our house.  I’m a firm believer in playing outside and learning by doing.  But, there are times when you simply can’t do things and that’s when it’s nice to have movies to help you teach.

FishFlix.com is a Christian movie company dedicated to giving us more choices when it comes to wholesome movies for the whole family to watch.  I think they’re doing a great job from the two movies we reviewed!

Both of the movies we received are part of the The Design of Life series by Illustra Media.  This series includes documentaries that explore science and the creation through questioning whether it could have happened by chance or is really the design of an awesome creator. 

Flight: The Genius of Birds DVD covers birds of all shapes and sizes, though the main three birds highlighted are the hummingbird, starling, and arctic tern.  You’ll learn everything you could ever want to know about birds.  Well for me, my kids still have a lot of questions so I guess we need to go off to see more birds!  They have always loved to watch what birds come to our feeders and bird watch driving around our local wildlife refuge, so I knew this was going to be a hit with them.  This movie is 63 minutes long PLUS some bonus extras as well.

Some great points to let you know about Flight include that it is definitely under the label of Christian movies because it is filmed from a view of a great Creator who designed these birds to be exactly as they are and how awe-inspiring that really is.  You’re going to learn about what helps the birds to fly and why they have feathers pointing this and that direction.  It all points to a creator and does not include Darwinism at all.  

The other of the great Christian movies we received was Metamorphosis DVD a 64 minute movie plus extras and bonuses.  This covers the beauty and design of butterflies from the beginning to the end.  You’ll see them as a teeny tiny egg as they mature and grow all the way to a beautiful butterfly.  This was another great choice for my children as they love butterflies.  It also means we’re going to have to take a trip soon to our “local” zoo(that means two hours away) so we can see their great butterfly exhibit.  We love to go and look at all the different colors and sizes and the wonderful designs.

For this review we just watched the movies through and discussed them, but I have some great plans for the future!  This summer we are going to be taking a trip to the zoo and doing quite a bit of research on butterflies.  I’m also hoping to get some larvae of our own to hatch out so we can experience their life cycle first hand.  The main star of this movie is the Monarch Butterfly and what it has to go through in its lifetime.

This movie is a great wealth of information to include when discussing this with my children.  It’s simple and easy to understand for all ages.  Even my youngest, who’s not quite two yet, enjoyed watching these movies because they were engaging and had wonderful cinematography.  

Interested in some of the other titles that Crew Reviewers were given?  Check out the Main TOS Review Crew Blog page for a link up of all the reviews.  You can also check out FishFlix.com on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Google +.