Alright so I went last Saturday night I went and saw the movie Immortals. (Check out the trailer here if you don't know the movie) Typically it is not the type of movie I would go see but the people I was with said they wanted to see it and I really didn't care. (I was happy to be out of my house lol). The movie was so much better than I expected it to be though. Aside from one scene (I won't say much other than they didn't leave much to imagination) the movie was great. The more I watched it thought the more I realized that it was more than just an action flick with great fight scenes and lost of blood and gore. As anyone who knows me knows I like to do, I began to analyze the movie for points to make a message or messages out of (hence the title of this blog series)
Here is what I came up with for Immortals:
1. There is a battle between good and evil that is going on all the time that we never see.
The movie is based on greek mythology. It talked about a war that mortals never saw. The gods even hid their form from the mortals. The entire movie is founded on events the mortals never saw, they only knew about them. This is similar to what goes on around us all the time. The forces of Satan wage war over us all the time with the forces of God and we will almost never see it. Now just like in the movie, every so often if we are paying attention we see something of this war; sometime involving us and sometimes involving others but overall we don't see it. This is important to remember because just like in the movie, although we don't have an impact on the outcome of the war, everything we do has an impact on the battle. So make sure that your impact is for the right side.
2. The unseen makes believers out of unbelievers.
The main character in the movie starts out as a professed unbeliever of the gods. However, as the movie progresses he becomes a believer. One of the major factors in this is the fact that the war is going on and he saw the war happen. I think this is important because it reminds us that we don't change people, but that God does.
3. The battle between good and evil is never over (at least not in this life).
One of the last scenes of the movie has the son of the main character being told that he will follow in his father's footsteps because the war between good and evil is never over. For the most part this is true. As long as this world exists this will be true. Yet as Christians we can be certain that in the end evil will be defeated and good will win. This is just a great thing to know and gives us hope to make it throug the battles around us all the time.
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(NOTE: This is not a review of the movie nor a recommendation. For more info on the movie itself check out www.pluggedin.com)
Here is what I came up with for Immortals:
1. There is a battle between good and evil that is going on all the time that we never see.
The movie is based on greek mythology. It talked about a war that mortals never saw. The gods even hid their form from the mortals. The entire movie is founded on events the mortals never saw, they only knew about them. This is similar to what goes on around us all the time. The forces of Satan wage war over us all the time with the forces of God and we will almost never see it. Now just like in the movie, every so often if we are paying attention we see something of this war; sometime involving us and sometimes involving others but overall we don't see it. This is important to remember because just like in the movie, although we don't have an impact on the outcome of the war, everything we do has an impact on the battle. So make sure that your impact is for the right side.
2. The unseen makes believers out of unbelievers.
The main character in the movie starts out as a professed unbeliever of the gods. However, as the movie progresses he becomes a believer. One of the major factors in this is the fact that the war is going on and he saw the war happen. I think this is important because it reminds us that we don't change people, but that God does.
3. The battle between good and evil is never over (at least not in this life).
One of the last scenes of the movie has the son of the main character being told that he will follow in his father's footsteps because the war between good and evil is never over. For the most part this is true. As long as this world exists this will be true. Yet as Christians we can be certain that in the end evil will be defeated and good will win. This is just a great thing to know and gives us hope to make it throug the battles around us all the time.
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(NOTE: This is not a review of the movie nor a recommendation. For more info on the movie itself check out www.pluggedin.com)
Thanks Derek
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