a better time when the world wasnt overun with dumb atheists keeping christianity from schools and theaters.
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I agree. It's refreshing.
shareI prefer movies about real Gods like Apollo and Zues such as "Clash of the Titans." Of course that was before dumb Christians came along and prevented people from learning about them.
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There are themes of love, faith and loyalty in this movie; I would hold short on a strictly Christian interpretation: Gramps is good man, but definitely not a good practitioner of Christianity -- I would say he's got a bit of Pagan in him, and he's raising Pud to be the same way. Clearly, though, Gramps is meant to be a sympathetic character, and for me, he definitely is. Granny is a good practising Christian. But by the same token, so is Demetria, who, at her core, is a grasping, greedy soul without much love or tolerance in her heart, while Granny is a very good woman, though she is perhaps too tired and worn out to put up much a fight at crucial moments (ready for Mr. Brink, in fact). The concept of Mr. Brink is out of folklore, as is the wish that gets him in his particular position, and there might be some branches of various churches which might disapprove of entire idea. They might also disapprove of almost the very last "word" in the story: the happy bark of the family dog, which implies, according to this story, that nonhuman animals have souls and are welcome in Land Beyond. There are, indeed, Christian themes here, but also a criticism of what comprises a true Christian (or a true human being -- a mensch, as the good old Yiddish has it). Granny yes. Demetria no, no matter how many times she goes to church.
Gramps is a good Christian. He wants to devote his life to raising Pud, and you know what Jesus said about kids! And he gives a lot of money to the church at the beginning because he liked the preacher's nice funeral sermon.
I'm all right, I'm alllll right!
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Christian themes I don't need (other than the Capra variety, with people doing things to help others), but films with things like heaven and the afterlife in them are awesome. They should have more, and they should be like this, or Smilin' Through or like the original Here Comes Mr. Jordan and Death Takes a Holiday -- not all sugary New Age goo like the ones they have today.
And of course, animals go to heaven!
I'm all right, I'm alllll right!
This post is so stupid I think I went back in time just reading it.
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"It was night. I could tell because it was getting dark."
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Sorry but I really didn't get a Christian theme in this film, if anything it seemed like a criticism towards self righteous Christian hypocrites that criticize other peoples non-threatening ways of living. What I saw in this film were some people that are thought to be God fearing, that prays and talks to some figure they can't see, criticizing a man who is talking to a figure they can't hear or see.
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As Lilly Tomlin says, "when you talk to God your praying, when God talks to you your schizophrenic (sp)"
Dorothy stop that, Mr. Ha Ha`s lookin at you!!
Somewhat agreed. I think the film reflects the Christian values of caring that I learned in Sunday school and otherwise, but not the values of the most vocal people today claiming to be Christian and who use the label to excuse their making war, greed, selfishness, self-righteousness, and hypocrisy.
shareMaking war, greed and selfishness....those are human qualities- to pin those on Christians shows your bias. The Christians I know are great people, but people are people. And because they are so nice, they are an easy target for statements like yours.
shareI dunno....almighty Bible-God couldn't help one of his angels climb down out of a tree?
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