Serenity and Sin
Last evening I attended a viewing of the film Serenity at a friend's house. It was an action packed film that had a fast-paced story. This film is a follow on to a failed TV series. Fox produced a series called Firefly. They botched the series by showing episodes out of order on different days of the week and even missed showing some of the episodes. Then they wondered why the viewership never picked up and canceled the show. In comes Universal who picked up rights to the film and produced a movie that continues with the story line. Don't…
January 02, 2006 | Permalink
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Always Winter and Never Christmas
As I continue to reflect on Lewis' story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe I have been considering what it was like to live in a world where it is always Winter and never Christmas. As we have just finished the Advent season where we await the coming of God in the flesh, we remember what it was like for those living before Jesus and our own lives before we hailed Jesus as King of Everything. I remember what darkness and cold were like living without the reality of the greatest Christmas gift ever. We must remember that there…
December 29, 2005 | Permalink
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The Power of Stories
On Friday evening I went to see the new Steven Spielberg movie, Munich. This movie is a story of a Mossad agent who was contracted to assassinate the Palestinian leaders who were part of Black September. WARNING: Small Spoiler - if you will be seeing the movie, wait to read this until you have watched the movie. One particular series of scenes in the movie drove home the idea of narrative in a powerful way. It began with one of the Palestinians who was going to be the target of an assassination. The man had recently translated the book 1001…
December 26, 2005 | Permalink
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrode
Last evening I viewed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for the second time. I noticed a few more subtle aspects of the film. I am amazed at how Lewis is able to use this myth to stir up different emotions upon each reading, or now viewing, of his story. Last evening it was the supper at the Beaver's house or should we say dam that stood out to me. The scene begins with Mrs. Beaver showing her hospitality and then they begin discussing the Good News about Aslan. Mr. Beaver gets so excited in telling about Aslan and…
December 21, 2005 | Permalink
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The Hours
Directed by Stephen Daldry, The Hours portrays the effects of Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway on three generations of women played by Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep. Through the talented and moving cast, also starring Ed Harris, The Hours radiates a structurally sound Secular Humanist worldview. The characters in this film take their worldview to its logical conclusion, and thus, there is nothing “wrong” with The Hours from a worldview Perspective. Reflecting Mrs. Dalloway, each character struggles to find purpose and meaning in his or her life. Daldry opens the film with 1920’s character Virginia Woolf passing “the…
December 17, 2005 | Permalink
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