2 Corinthians 12:9: My grace is sufficient for you. For my power is made perfect in human weakness.
What is this film trying to express?
I went to find information about the director because I was afraid that the director was a Christian. The result of the search is that this Mr. Nanny is actually an atheist. Is there anything more trivial than this? How dare an atheist make a movie about the religion with the largest number of followers and the most influential religion in the world, and about the leader of more than 1 billion followers of that religion.
After the film was released in Italy in April this year, although the Vatican itself did not show a strong opposition to "The Da Vinci Code", but in the influential Catholic newspaper "Future", Vatican expert Salvatore Izzo still called for it. Church members boycotted the film: "Why do we pay to support a film that offends our religion?" ("And for non-Christians, it's boring").
For non-Christians, I don't think it should be too boring. If I don't believe in Christianity, and most importantly, if I haven't read the Bible, I think this can be regarded as a good film about human nature. Because at least one position is right - the Pope is also a man. So he, like other "people", will have weaknesses. In the face of sudden authority, there will be anxiety. It is understandable to show the weakness of all ordinary people in the face of pressure and anxiety; how believers fight against ordinary human nature is also what the film tries to depict, but I still don’t understand – what exactly is this film trying to express?
The director said - "I didn't intend to tell the Holy See what to do and what not to do through the film, what I want to express is just to collide two worlds that usually do not intersect at all, and to show how these two worlds will become when they are connected with each other. The story that happened".
If he said this sentence by thinking about the expression after careful wording, then he is really a pure atheist. Only a true atheist would think that the Vatican and the world in general do not intersect at all and that the relationship between them is incompatible (collision). The director also claimed to have attended a Catholic school, but judging from the film, it is estimated that his Sunday school grades should not be much better, because he does not even understand the most basic trust and obedience, let alone waiting for God to regain his strength. It's a spiritual thing - yes, because he doesn't believe at all.
The film is full of misunderstandings about the Pope. The film thinks that having the bishops play beach volleyball is very special and uses a parallel montage with the running Pope to try to express the "bump" the director wanted to say. Unfortunately, the failure expression of the "best psychiatrist" shows a paradox - if "change" is a failure, then the previous one is "normal". Bishops are not free from the world, they are fully human, and although they are called, they are still fully human. This is also in line with what the Bible teaches - to the weak, I will be the weak, in order to win the weak. I will be what kind of person I am. In any case, some people must be saved (1 Corinthians 9:22).
One commentary wrote: "He (the Pope) directly exposed the selfishness and hypocrisy of the priests, and affirmed God's choice with a firm 'no'. Audiences who love Hollywood movies will definitely be stunned by this ending, and love Europe. The audience of the movie will be amazed by it." To this, I can only say, can I say a prayer before commenting on videos related to religion~
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