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Storylab: Useless
On 02, Mar 2013 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
StoryLab
with host Derrick Warfel
StoryLab is fascinating! Watch “168” scenes and compare to similar big budget scenes to see what it takes to get from here to there.
Your host is indie filmmaker Derrick Warfel, a graduate of USC Film School, Princeton University & Dallas Theological Seminary.
Derrick Warfel
“Useless”
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A criminal pleads for mercy from his captor.
Winner Best Film, Best Actor, Kevin Sizemore, Best Cinematography, Brandon Adams
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Film as Religion
On 02, Mar 2013 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
I have been interested in reading John C. Lyden’s book “Film as Religion” ever since I read a summary of it several years ago:
The lights dim, the voices hush and the devotees prepare for a sacred, transformative experience. This scenario does not describe a ritual in a cathedral or temple, but one occurring in another religiously charged space: the cinema. Lyden, a professor of religion in Nebraska, argues that if we define “religion” by its function-what the activity does for the people who participate in it-then movie-going is the religion of our time. Movies provide the collective myths to help us deal with our cultural anxieties and hopes, and catharsis in the form of rewarded heroes and punished villains. (Publisher’s Weekly)
I finally checked out a copy at the library and am going to try to blog through the book (hopefully that will get me to finish it – something I have a hard time doing with books!). I hope you find it interesting and more than that I hope it provokes some discussion on the topic – so let me know what you think. Read more…
Wickedness of Moralism
On 01, Mar 2013 | In Featured | By Brandon Adams
In his essay “The Divine Image”, Leo Partible argues that Christians need to move past the verbal and literal to embrace the visual and metaphorical. I’ll be posting some extended thoughts on his essay later, but for now I wanted to briefly comment on one part of his essay. He notes
The comic book has become central to, if not the center of, our pop culture. And Christians should be thrilled.
Spider-Man 3
On 04, Mar 2010 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
I haven’t seen Spiderman 3. I heard it was terrible. However, I found these two reactions to the film quite interesting. I’d love to hear some feedback on this one. Take a look at both articles to see their contrasting points and let me know which one you agree with (I favor the latter, as explained in an upcoming post).
Spidey Gets Spiritual
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/mayweb-only/samraimy.html
“The film is rife with themes of love, friendship, pride, vengeance, confession, repentance, forgiveness and redemption. No kidding—it’s all there … not to mention a critical scene in a church that I won’t say much about here.
In the studio’s official press kit, Raimi sounds like a Sunday school teacher when he says that in this story, “Peter has to put aside his prideful self. He must put aside his desire for vengeance. He has to learn that we are all sinners. He has to learn forgiveness.”
The Gospel in Spider-Man 3
http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2007/05/gospel-in-spider-man-3.html
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“It isn’t there.”
“This movie has themes of the folly of pride, of the agony of prioritizing, of the dangers of popularity; of vengeance, sin, forgiveness, and even arguably redemption. It features an American flag and a cross, at critical moments.
But the morals are groundless, and thus the forgiveness is man-centered and meaningless.”
“So, you see, my objection isn’t so much against Spider-Man 3 which, as movies go, is a very good, fun movie.
My real objection is against the world, that shrinks in horror from the genuine Gospel of God, offering in its place the cheap, plastic, imitation, non-gospel that is the best it can provide.”
“Conclusion: Spider-Man 3 is a fun, expertly-done movie. It contains a nice bit of moralizing. It preaches an appalling sermon.”
Shutter Island
On 04, Mar 2010 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
***SPOILER ALERT***
DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is evident within them, because God has made it evident to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
These verses imply that it is unnecessary for the Christian to try to prove the existence of God to people. They would suggest rather that every human being already knows at some level of consciousness or unconsciousness that God “is really there.” The unregenerate, of course, do all they can to suppress this knowledge (Rom. 1:18), although they are never completely successful. It is for this reason that the Bible speaks of the unregenerate person as both knowing God (Rom 1:21, 32; 2:14-15) and not knowing Him (1 Cor 1:21; 2:14; 1 Thes. 4:5; 2Thes. 1:8) at the same time, that is, he knows God is really there but he does not know Him savingly.
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–A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith : Dr. Robert L. Reymond
Obviously there is some psychological complexity here. When I first read that, I wondered what exactly that looks like. After watching Shutter Island, now I know. Shutter Island and the Noetic Effects of Sin
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