Harry Potter
Last night I stayed up and watched Harry Potter and the Goblett of Fire. 157 minutes long.
I should have gone to bed but the story was pretty good. I had this debate going on inside of me as to what the evangelical christian's position should be on issues of entertainment and such. I wonder about the impact of movies like this and the contraversy surrounding movies like the davinci code.
I liked the story line in Harry Potter. I was concerned for myself after watching it--because I liked it. Is it sorcery, fantasy, and do people have enough discernment to realize they are not and never will be wizzards. That dark power will never be weilded in such ways. But don't christians often use God like He is a magic power that they can weild to control their situation. Rather God controls our situations (lets not get into the free will debate).
One line towards the end of the movie was amazing--i must of watched it 3 times to savor the moment. Harry is told by the head wizzard that, "There is a time coming where we must choose what is right over what is easy."
I thought that was rather profound. A wizzard with moral fiber...Hmm. Another conversation we could have is the influence of movies like Harry Potter have over the culture of spirituality in the lives of young people today.
More later...
posted by Chad @ 11:58 PM
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Here's the thing, any movie like Harry, LOTR, X-Men, Spider-men . . . seriously, name the good vs evil movie . . . will always have a super-spiritual, beyond this world power in it. But in every case that power manifests itself through flesh and blood. I take scripture seriously when it says "we wrestle not agains flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities. . . " See where that's going? My battle isn't with Saruman (LOTR) but it's against the less obvious forms that evil manifests itself. The power itself. CS Lewis' use of fantasy in even Narnia demonstrates this between life outside of Narnia (being flesh and blood) and life in Narnia (being the spiritual realm).
That's my thoughts. Fantasy in and of itself isn't what should be controversial. It's the acceptance of behavioral imitation that's because some people have a hard time understanding that just cause they see it on TV . . . doesn't mean they can do it or that it's real.
Oh, I guess I should add that there are some movies that are just plain evil.
Session 9 (which I saw against my better judgement) was one such movie. It was a powerful example of the darkness of the human condition. It also clearly demonstrated the power that "unseen powers" can have in this world. EVIL MOVIE!
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