Since we had cora – 2 weeks ago (I can’t believe its already been that long!) – Linds and I have both been taking time off of work. I’m only “kind of” off work. I’m still writing up our lessons and message outlines and doing some organizational stuff here and there. But, for the most part, I’m taking time off. That’s a whole different self revealing conversation that we can have sometime…but, I’ve been watching movies like it was my job.
Within the last 7 days, I’ve watched all 5 Harry Potter movies along with a few others and I’m excited to start the Lord of the Rings series tonight. I’m realizing that I really love movies…wwwaaaaaayyyyy better than TV!
Anyway, I’ve never seen all of the Harry Potter’s before. I’ve honestly had a bit of a bias against them thinking, “That’s childish stuff.” I have been impressed – they’re pretty decent movies, and I actually like the story line quite a bit. I’m too lazy to read the books, so I’m stuck waiting for the rest of the series to come out. I have 2 thoughts in response to the series so far:
1) Why were (are?) a bunch of Christians all bent out of shape over these books/movies? Sure, it’s not all good and pure, but there’s plenty of redemptive content and strong Gospel allusions. For instance: Harry’s run in with Voldermort when he was a baby. No one knows how or why he survived. In the 5th movie I picked up how he survived. His mother gave her life for him and that spared him from death. So, a sacrificial giving of one life in love saved another. There’s also plenty of content dealing with building strong morals, choosing wisely, sin/deception and more. There’s some pretty solid stuff there.
2) They have executed a pretty genius marketing plan. The way that they have connected these stories to an entire generation is pretty brilliant. As the kids have grown, so have their favorite characters. All along, they’ve been facing similar struggles and concerns. Looking at the whole thing – it seems pretty smart…and like it could recycle itself. Interesting.
