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This year’s Avengers movie was not only a disappointment, but also a chilling revelation of the culture. Disclosure: major spoiler alert. However, I don't expect spoilers of this movie to be a problem since this is not a film a Christian family should see. I am not exaggerating when I say this: This movie is absolutely despicable.
“Infinity War” did not have too much adult content and the violence was to be expected of a superhero action movie. Typically, I enjoy Avengers movies. The interactions among the varying character personalities is hilarious. There is typically a thought-provoking theme that goes beyond the worn-out “good guys versus bad guys” or “superpowers versus robots”. That being said, the themes are so painfully obvious that it's hard not to choke as they are packaged and sugar-coated throughout the show. But at least a theme is there. And, of course, Cap is the best. But “Infinity War” had a surprisingly sinister message. Thanos, the villain, is in search of Infinity stones scattered across the universe that will make him the most powerful person in history. With these stones, he will be elevated to a godlike position with the power to wipe out half of the universe's population. As Thanos says in the movie, “...I could snap my fingers...and you'd all cease to exist.” This is what the supervillain calls, “mercy”. Thanos is obsessed with balance and fairness. He is a vigilante that tries to “save” everyone. “I saved you...your planet was on the brink of collapse...I was the one who stopped that...it's a paradise.” Thanos believes that worlds are evil. He wants to restore the balance and turn them into “paradises”. He claims the death of trillions is a “small price to pay for salvation”. He has an unquenchable thirst for control and claims that, “if life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist. It needs correcting”. The word “Thanos” is Greek for Immortality. Thanos is The Immortal One. What other Being is powerful enough to destroy the universe at the snap of His fingers; what other Being loves justice, balance, symmetry, impartiality, and mercy; what other Being wants to turn a deteriorating universe into a paradise by bringing His salvation into the world than the Christian God of the Bible? If this seems like a stretch, stick with me. There are servants that call themselves the “Children of Thanos” are sent into the world to prepare the way for their master, warn of destruction, and to proclaim the “mercy” of Thanos. This is a blatant mockery of Old Testament Prophets, John the Baptist, and the New Testament Church. One of the heroes of the movie is a former “Child of Thanos”, an alien girl named Gamora. Her very name is connected to Gomorrah (pronounced exactly the same), the sodomistic city that was destroyed by God in Genesis. Gamora represents unbridled sin and rebellion against God. Gamora challenges Thanos and suggests that the world does not need “correcting” afterall. In his encounter with Thanos, Dr. Strange basically calls the supervillain a genocidal maniac. When Thanos tells the magician that the destruction he had predicted on his own home planet had come to past, Dr. Strange sneers, “ Congratulations, you're a prophet.” This mockery brought to mind a similar scene: that of the guards blindfolding Jesus, beating Him, and saying, “Prophecy, who hit you!” Actually Jesus is quite openly mocked in this piece of garbage of a film. In a scene, a character is asked, “What master do you serve.” The character responds, “ What am I supposed to say, Jesus or something?” This blasphemy comes from the lips of an allegedly Christian actor. Apparently this was supposed to be a joke. I'm sorry, but how is Jesus being Master funny? This isn't humor. This is a stab in the heart. The sacrifice of Jesus is also blasphemed. In order to receive the “soul stone”, Thanos must offer a blood sacrifice of the thing he loves the most in the universe. This beloved is his child, Gamora. This is the large, overarching theme of the film: A soul for a soul. Other evidence that this movie is a mockery of Christianity is Thanos’ comment, “ No resurrections this time.” before he kills Loki. Thanos speaks in a kind, compassionate voice, referring to genocide as “mercy”, and calling those who serve him, “my children” and “little ones”. At the end of the movie, Thanos overcomes Thor, the “false god” and wins. Thanos is not only Immortal, but also unstoppable. In the end, Thanos snaps his fingers and destroys half the universe. Afterwards, Thor asks, “What have you done?” “All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand or say unto Him, What doest Thou?” -Daniel 4:35 (See also Isaiah 43:13 and Job 9:12) It is not surprising that Disney decided to mock Jesus and Jehovah in the same pile of filth of a movie. John 15:23: “He that hates Me hates My Father also.” I cannot say this too many times. This movie is absolutely despicable. It portrays the Christian God as a self-righteous, controlling, unloving, genocidal maniac who cannot be stopped. One of the final scenes depicts a battle on the scale of Armageddon. In the last battle, all of the “heroes” and the rulers of the earth turn against Thanos and his army. Even America (Cap) abandons God. This movie is littered with blasphemy and misrepresentations. Christians should be outraged at the way their God is depicted in the not-so-subtle manner typical of the “geniuses” behind the Avengers movies. A total boycott is the only reasonable response to this piece of filth on which the fingerprints of Satan have never been so obvious.
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Frodo and the Ring, Katniss and the Hunger Games, the Pevensies and the battle for Narnia. All good epics have common elements: great characters, intriguing settings, strong conflict...these are all important components, but there is one thing that is so integral to a great story that without it, everything falls apart.
It's two things, actually, the "twin plot drivers", but they are so often tossed into one meaning that many writers fail to differentiate between them. I'm talking about goals and motivations. Some people believe that a goal is a motivation. These things are related, but still quite different. Let's say you see an enormous mountain before you, Mount Rushmore or something. Your goal is to climb it and get to the top. Motivation, however, goes deeper. Why do you want to climb to the top? Because you have nothing better to do with your Saturday. I don't know if that's actually the case, but more often than not, people have a reason for doing things. A good reason. Something that urges them on. Perhaps you want to see the view once you get to the summit. You want to push yourself out of your comfort zone. You're climbing for a charity organization, or maybe it's just to get in shape. Whatever the reason is, the fact of the matter is this--you have a reason. Characters are no different than people. They need something pushing them onwards toward their goal. This motivation needs to be stronger than any obstacles they will encounter. It needs to be strong enough to bolster they through adversity and prevent them from giving up. Without motivation, you will either have a bunch of losers and quitters, or a very unrealistic story. In the Lord of the Rings, Frodo's goal is to destroy the ring of power, his motivation is saving the Shire and his friends. Katniss' goal in the Hunger Games is survival. Her motivation is...well no one really wants to die, but her specific motivation is to return to help her family through the ensuing chaos. When the Pevensies join in the battle for Narnia, their goal is to win the war, but their motivation is their love of Aslan, the Narnians, and their cause. The point of motivation, is that it's bigger than your character. It connects them to a higher value, a greater power in the grand scheme of things. Simply put, if your story lacks motivation, you, my friend, lack a story. Parallelism |
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