Yes, I watched Silence. The movie isn't all bad, but I don't agree with its relativistic message.
Movies with a strong Christian component
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Apocalypto by Mel Gibson. He shows the cruel realities of the Pagan Natives and how they were ripe for conversion to some form of Christianity. A lot of sacramentology in the symbolism if you pay enough attention.
The gentleman who played the repentant monk in 'Island' is also in this movie
https://tubitv.com/movies/490092/viking?autoplay=true
A russian movie. The story of St Vladimir the Great
In 1995, the Vatican compiled a list of "great films" to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema. There are some questionable choices but also some good ones.
Ya know; on occasion it has fallen to me to gently confront know it all / 'Bible based' protestants, or smug atheists concerning the faith;
I will ask them: "Can you tell me what the Bible is about in two or three sentences ?"
They will mumble about 'God's power' and the ten commandments.
They will bloviate about Christ's passion; always far past the allotted two or three sentences.
[the ignorant love to multiply words to camouflage their lack of knowledge.]
I generally reply: "Although those are occurrances in the scripture, they are not it's theme.
The Bible is about a question; a single question asked of God by man inside the first ten pages of Genesis,
and the rest of the Bible is God repeatedly answering that question with the same answer until He finally goes to the Cross in the person of Christ in order to end all doubt.
The question ?
"Am I my brother's keeper ?"
'Cromwell' (1970)
Watched it on a whim on YouTube and immediately thought of this thread after.
Religious war history, Alec Guinness and the guy playing Oliver just steals the show with his righteous indignation.
Shots with flags that have 'DEFEND OUR FAITH' emblazoned on them. A coffin with 'Christ, not man, is king'. What's not to love?
Little long but I've seriously considered watching it again.
Watched it on a whim on YouTube and immediately thought of this thread after.
Religious war history, Alec Guinness and the guy playing Oliver just steals the show with his righteous indignation.
Shots with flags that have 'DEFEND OUR FAITH' emblazoned on them. A coffin with 'Christ, not man, is king'. What's not to love?
Little long but I've seriously considered watching it again.
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Morgoth and Endeavor reviewed Cromwell (1970) with two historians and did an excellent job of summarizing these events and explaining the places where the film's plot differs from what actually happened.
I'm rewatching it.
I find that as I grow (however little) as a Christian, I appreciate this movie increasingly more.
Also, I doubt a movie like this could be made in today's woke and demonic Hollywood climate.
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Excalibur. The original, the only, the best, the chivalrous. Details a fantasized origin of Britan's transition to Christendom from its early pagan ways.
The only objection is the replacement of the Elf Hero Glorfindel with Arwen who isn't supposed to be in that role. I read they cut out her warrior princess role also aside from the rescue of Frodo since she never played that role in the books.
Katyń - directed by Andrzej Wajda (2007)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyń_(film)
A magnificent, if not explicitly Christian film. The harrowing climax blatantly contrasts the vile, anti-human, atheistic NKVD commie extermination squads with the nobility of the Poles who - when facing inevitable death - overtly fall back on their faith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyń_(film)
A magnificent, if not explicitly Christian film. The harrowing climax blatantly contrasts the vile, anti-human, atheistic NKVD commie extermination squads with the nobility of the Poles who - when facing inevitable death - overtly fall back on their faith.
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this is what I was going to say
great, great movie
only saw the first, can't speak of the other 2
What is everyone's thoughts on Scorsese's film Silence? I know the director has a mixed history with having directed The Last Temptation of Christ, but I found Silence to be a powerful film with a difficult spiritual question at its core (should one apostatize in order to save lives & prevent the suffering of others?), also covering a little known period of Christian mission work in a Japan that forbade it. The missionaries seemed like very grey characters in the sense that they had a noble mission & were risking their lives to spread the Gospel & minister, while simultaneously being somewhat arrogant and prideful in their failure to grasp the local situation. I thought the ending really showed a lot of respect for the power of Christian faith as depressing as it was in other ways.
I thought the film raised a very important question about what is expected of Christians when they are faced with knowing that their devotion to the Lord will cause pain and even death to others that follow them. It's an easy decision for me not to let any situation cause me to apostatize in front of God. However, I can see how some Christians would have a tough choice to make in that type of scenario and might believe that it's not the words we speak, but what we truly believe inside that counts and what matters to our Lord.
This post fits in here as well: https://www.rooshvforum.com/posts/1674284
I thought it was demonic subversion and mockery.
I felt disgusted while watching it, especially when the so-called "god" encouraged the monk to disgrace Christ's icon so that the villager avoid further torture.
One of the major building blocks of Polish Russophobia this film. Of course the viewer is not allowed to make a distinction between the Russians and Bolsheviks.
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Can you please expand on what you mean by the movie's "relativistic message"? (I've watched that movie too)