DIVERGENT

Absolutely amazing movie and way time I wrote a blog about it so coming very soon ! 

Interstellar

DISCLAIMER: this blog in particular is a working of my processing the movie I watched today and also the ideas that I have taken from it even if they were not hear the directors intended and they probably weren't, I may add to it as time goes on! 

I went to see Intersellar today I didn't have a clue what it was about until half way through. I have to say I find it hard to think of the redeeming factors of this movie but I as I think about it and as I talk about friends more redeeming factors will come to light. It is a kind of apocalyptic movie as with the corn crops failing and the dust storms the inhabitants of Earth need to leave it. Which I find very sad, but I suppose it is a reminder that for those of us who call ourselves saints earth is not our home. We are citizens of heaven. Recently I have been thinking about what is really up there in out of space. Especially as having watched a number of you tubes about how the universe is made up, it's absolutely massive. One can't comprehend it being a human being, we are so minute compared to the great universe. I've wondered is that what God looks like in some way, because after all he is above and beyond it all, and yet in it all. He's as massive or as tiny, yet still involved in my life, it's marvellous and yet terrifying at the same time. Plus absolutely mind blowing. 

Back to the movie the characters go searching for life on other planets to no avail and they meet another character on the way who has become absolutely demented and try's to kill off the other characters in the process. 

The movie talks a lot about time one example is that 1 hour would be seven years, this made me think about how to God time is non existent to him although there have been times when he has constrained himself by it. 

I had this hope whilst I was watching the film that they would find God or heaven and some of the ideas could be seen as this, and yet if dimensions of time is a kind of heaven then I am sure that it will be far more amazing and beautiful than the images this movie conjured up. However the truth is it is more likely that this film was preaching humanism than any kind of Christian belief. However I tend to see themes of the bible or faith in any movie. 

As normal there is the saviour narrative where someone leaves everything to rescue the human race in this case Coupe who leaves his family to go exploring for life on another planet with the hope that not only will they be able to move somewhere but also they will be able to transport everyone there too. 

He is a kind of saviour figure who actually in many ways comes back from the dead after travelling through a worm or black hole only in his astronaught outfit flys through space completely improbable but nevertheless a kind of resurrection type scenario. There is also the imagery of Adam and Eve and symbolism as in out of space they are the only ones left alive. 

It is sad that at the end of the movie all they have done is made a space ship look like earth and it all looks very artificial and makes u glad that we don't live in out of space. 

It has made me wonder whether there are some authorities that are exploring the possibility that one day we could live in outer space but I for one am quite happy that we have the earth and I hope that we have it for a long time to come. However I am reminded of a greater reality I have of heaven which I believe is much more exciting than a time dimension. Nonetheless I find it hard to imagine and Contemplate what heaven is really like. The movie emphasises our need to live on, that we want to be eternal because that was the way God created us to be, also our need to explore and for adventure again because God has given us this desire for exploration and adventure and we are the most alive when we live and follow thins and ultimately when this involves following worshipping and loving our Father the creator of the galaxies and beyond. 

Guardians of the Galaxy

MSo this is one of those films that I could probably watch quite a few times it is a gripping one.I think it is the type of film where you watch it again and you realise that you missed something the first time.
What I love about the heroes is that they are not your normal marvel heroes they are a ragamuffin of convicts thrown together through circumstances, mainly because they are all trying to get rich. You find yourself thinking what kind of heroes are these? They have escaped prison and have almost secured the orb when they discover that the galaxy needs them. There is the beautiful scene where Peter steps up until now he has been a bit of a pirate taking what he can get when he can get it. He is also hopelessly lost from being abducted after the death of his mother.  Yet he stands up and says I will go, the others are reluctant to but first is Gamora who says that she has spent her whole life fighting with people who hate her, she exclaims it would be an honour to fight with friends. The redemption of this character is beautiful as she discovers true friendship with this unlikely crew. One by one they stand up and choose to fight for their galaxy. One of the members says "You know you are asking us to die?" It's a powerful moment.
There is so much we can learn and be challenged about in this movie first the redemption of the characters and the way that once they find encouragement and support from each other they leave their anger and bitterness behind. As the reach for a higher purpose their lives begin to take on meaning. Just like the group who end up on this journey of discovery and later a journey of warfare they are a group of unlikely individuals one wonders how it will ever work. Remember the fishermen Jesus chose they too were a group of unlikely individuals. Isn't it amazing the way that God uses people who are uneducated, not remarkable in any way and yet he gives us purpose and uses it. Having purpose a reason for living is extremely powerful. It is when you realise that you could die from what you are doing just like the characters in this movie is when you know what you are doing is vital. This team are on the brink of life and death not only for themselves but for the rest of the galaxy. I think we do not realise that our mandate is similar that we stand on the brink of life and death for many people around us and for our world.