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MOV DOC 004 – Edge of Tomorrow

Text Box: MOV DOC 004
Major Cage & Sergeant Rita Vrataski, played by Emily Blunt.

Edge of Tomorrow – Download the pdf.

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This is a depiction of an Alpha, part of the nervous system of the Omega.

Tom Cruise stars in this Sci-fi movie about an alien invasion and the ability of an American Army Major to reset time when he dies. As my wife said, its plot is something of a Groundhog Day meets Aliens. And it is much too involved & complicated to try to sum up in this review. Therefore, I am assuming that everyone reading this review either has seen the movie or plans to see it, and I will simply give the themes by writing this. Also, I will avoid giving away too much of the plot of the movie so those who have not seen it can enjoy it.

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Thor

Thor

The movie, Thor, is, of course, Marvel Comics’ version of the mythological character from Norse mythology.  But there are a couple of important points made in the movie.  The character Thor represents several different biblical principles.

Like humanity rejected from the Garden, he doesn’t obey his father (Gen. 3:12), he’s ejected from Paradise & kingship (Gen. 3:22-4), & he faces humiliation & capture by mankind (Matt. 26:57-27:14).

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Last Means Last Except . . . post 2

A Never-Ending Last Days

We also use the word “last” to describe days past, not future. “In the last few days” would be an example. But that would be stretching the meaning of “last” too far in the Hebrews passage. Clearly, the author is speaking of the end of something because he warns people about something passing away and of something else appearing and that they should view those “last” days in faith, as if they’re headed toward a destination, a goal, a finish. But the finish is something better than what was past, not something worse. Those who suffered in the past were giving their lives for us, for something to come, for something better. Hebrews 11. The Israelites who left Egypt were headed somewhere; they wandered because of disobedience, not because the goal could not be accomplished. The “last” days refers to the time just before the accomplishment of the mission or goal for which the faithful saints gave their lives.

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The Matrix – Post 2

The Matrix – Chosen by Someone from Outside your World

The Matrix posits an entire world in which people think they’re living in reality but are really living in a dreamworld created by a super-intelligence. In this world, some people realize something is wrong “like a splinter in your mind,” as Morpheus tells Neo. The Matrix is all around; you can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church. “It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you to the truth.” The truth that everyone is a “slave, born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or feel or taste, a prison for your mind.”

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Donnie Darko – 3rd Movie Post

Donnie Darko = Christ Figure?

Donnie, knowing all things, preparing to change time

It took me awhile to figure this one out. Normally one viewing is enough for me to get the Christian view of a movie. I find it in just about every movie I watch. It doesn’t matter whether the writer or directors intended a Christian view or not; I normally see it. It’s as if Christ is impossible to avoid in writing stories about humanity. Perhaps it was the complexity of Donnie Darko that kept me from seeing it until I’d watched it four times. Or better yet, it was the fact that the movie is full of so much that remind you of something thoughtful, something from your youth, something realistically or surrealistically engaging. The details of the movie are so good that you don’t readily see the theme that runs throughout.

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