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The Great Hack (2019)
We live in a world of illusions...
...but most won't admit. Why? Simply because we're addicted to it. Who could shut down fb (or any other social network) account, or TV, after watching this documentary (or "Snowden", or even 1971's "Network")? 1? 2? None?
Whoever believes technology is here for the good of the society, they're just deep trapped into that illusion. Technology developed for military purposes. That's the "A". Business and commerce is the "B". What is the "C"? "Control". Who's behind that? Freaks of the highest elite. What they want? Everything. Our mind, souls, and all the resources and wealth this planet can offer. What can we do? Well, not much. The majority is blind, and they're "happy" in their blindness. One-eyed, they are few, and usually suffer from depression (often because they can't stand all that "beep" going on around 'em). Two-eyed, i've never met. So i guess there's no way out for our deeply hypnotised and failed species, except maybe from a "hard reset"...
Facing the Giants (2006)
Pray to God for your American Dream (?)
It's Holy Week in Greece, and wanted to watch something closest possible to the spirituality of these days. Yesterday i was glad to watch the "Gospel of John" (2003). What happened today? Did God punish me because i'm not a good Christian, and subconsciously suggested me to watch this movie? Of course not. I'm probably not a good Christian, but this is not the point. Like everyone else, i have free will, so i could have picked a European or a Russian film to watch. Mea culpa, but i'd like to say a few words
Mr. Kendrick (if you ever read this), please do me a favor (and a favor to yourself) and reconsider some things: God is not Aladdin's lamp. He doesn't give us championships, success, new cars, great relationships, better wages. Most of God's people suffer during their lives. Most of Jesus' disciples, and saints, they have been tortured and died as martyrs. Can't forget of a modern orthodox saint who carried several health problems and finally died from cancer. He was so purified that he was connected with the Uncreated Light (or Tabor Light) of God. This elder had healed and saved many others, but never asked God to take away not even one of his sufferings. In addition, he asked God to "plant" him the cancer. He once said: "all these people who visit me, they have terrible problems: Family problems, problems with drugs, or cancers. I'm a monk, so i can't have family or drug problems. But i asked Lord to send me at least the cancer, so i'd share some of the pain of His children". This is called "humbleness", "sacrifice" and "love". Christianity should have been built around those terms, not around American (or any other) dreams. After all, God is not a capitalist or a patriot, neither a communist or a friend of one nation (or of a football team) and an enemy of an other. He doesn't care about things we (people) consider as significant (money, politics, lifestyle, success etc). Do you really think that this kind of movies can bring people closer to God? Honestly, i wouldn't like to believe there's a bad (f.e. misleading) or a selfish (f.e. profit) intention behind the film, but i believe it can work in the opposite (of the desirable) way. There are many who could think God is a kind of Santa Claus. If they try to approach Him the way it's suggested here (ask for insignificant things, read couple of Bible's parts and attach them in a silly way inside their daily activities, provoke God for signs, pray loud or in public, and children tell their dads they will be good kids and obedient to their "authority"), God will not answer. He certainly won't (of course there's a possibility for some to explain simple events under the term of "miracles", but this is a different story). What could be the result of this way? They will turn away from any other try or will to get closer to God, they will become atheists (which is "cool" nowadays), or they will fall in a deep dream that maybe one day their expectations will be fulfilled (by praying louder, or with being more obedient to the "authorities"?). As for the "giants", the only "giants" we have to face, are the ones inside our minds. The "giants" of vanity, ambition, pride, selfishness, complacent, lust and insecurity. We all have them. I have them. But we can do better. Movies like this they won't help, but i'm pretty sure that Mr. Kendrick can do better than that too.
God's Not Dead (2014)
God doesn't need movies like this...
I'm a Christian (but not an American, so i apologize for my English). There were some few good points on this film (f.e. the humans' Free Will that causes wars and suffering, or the "devil's jail") but they completely sunk inside the propaganda and the cheap TV series-like presentation. Half of my family, and all my friends, they're atheists (or God haters), but i wouldn't suggest this film, not even to the believers. I'd easily suggest "Himalaya - L'enfance d'un chef", "Gandhi" or Lynch's "Straight Story", as Christian films (even if they aren't), but this one, no. I guess that Christian films should focus on qualities like sacrifice and forgiveness, and not on an almost complacent "neo-Christian lifestyle". And i also guess that the only ones who had a benefit from this film, were the producer(s) and makers (just threw an eye to the "budget" and "gross" numbers). What i also didn't like,except from the pointless argument between the student and his teacher (belief, is a personal matter, right?) and misinformation (Plato was an atheist. Hm, really?), was the "muslim" part of the story. Not that it was a lie in general (it's well known that women in Islam have no rights, and they're just "pets" or "luggage"), but no real Christian would ever accuse another religion (especially monotheistic), not on a film, neither anywhere else. Those who really believe in God, never slander or (even worse) kill anyone. Bottom line: There are excellent films around (christian or not) that can offer deeper spiritual meanings, and become beneficial for our hearts and souls. Better seek for those ones...