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With thanks to page
sponsor:
Lawrence E. Hurley, Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Movies/Scenes
Representing
Incarnation of God
- Face Off (1997)
- The good guy becomes the bad guy. "This
is the best film I have ever seen on the power of incarnation."
(David Bruce, see review at Hollywood
Jesus)
- The
Fifth Element (1997)
- The incarnation of God is a woman: after her
"virgin birth" she throws herself into humanity and becomes
part of it. (see review at Hollywood
Jesus)
- Leeloo as the Light of the World
- Sister Act (1992)
- "Sister Mary Clarence leads them in
their first song in worship. The Reverend Mother chastises her for
"Boogie Woogie" in church. The priest intervenes and commends
the Reverend Mother for "her" innovative efforts to revitalize
the parish. Preaching Themes: incarnation, that Jesus came to be with us
as one of us. St. Paul "becoming all things to all people in order
that some might be saved." The challenge of the church becoming
culturally relevant in order to reach the world, not changing the
message but adapting the method."
- Jesus
of Montreal
(1989)
- "Jesus of Montreal" is the greatest movie on
the incarnation in contemporary setting. (Submitted by Ann Fontaine,
Lander WY)
- Amadeus (1984)
- Salieri recognizes Mozart as the Incarnation of God and
seeks to destroy him.
- Tron (1982)
- The movie "Tron," which came out sometime in
the 80s, is the story of the Incarnation. A man has created a computer
game; in it, characters ask one another, "Do you believe in the
User?" The warriors in the program are trying to resist an evil
being, but they're losing because REAL evil enters the being and he
begins to take over computers in the real world. The "User,"
watches the game in anguish, saying, "Don't give up guys! You're
the best program in the world! I wrote you." Finally, he realizes
there's only one remedy: so he becomes one of the characters in the
game, in order to overthrow evil. I've used this as a retreat
centerpiece several times. (submitted by Kristen Ingram)
Index of Movie Titles
Index of Movie Themes
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