Movie Review: Amazing Grace (And Some Things We Can Learn from William Wilberforce's Life)2/10/2019 Hi friends! I have just finished doing the Worldviews in Conflict course, put together by Kevin Swanson. It's a study of worldviews in philosophy, literature, and culture. I learned a lot through it. My final project was to write a movie review from a biblical perspective. At my mama's suggestion, I chose the movie Amazing Grace, and I thought I'd share my review with you. Here it is:
The transatlantic slave trade was thriving. Africa was torn by tribal warfare, and tribes kidnapped members of other tribes and sold them to European slave traders. Shiploads of Africans sailed around the world in the worst of conditions, and were then sold as slaves. In England in the late 1700’s, few people believed the slave trade was wrong. Of these, even fewer were brave enough to speak against it. William Wilberforce was one of those few. So begins the movie Amazing Grace, the inspiring true story of William Wilberforce and his fight to end the slave trade in Great Britain.
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I’d heard very good things about this movie and so I was expecting it to be good. I was not disappointed. Paul: Apostle of Christ is a very good movie. It’s made by the creators of Risen (which is also a good movie), and takes place during the last imprisonment of the Apostle Paul with some flashbacks of his earlier life. The movie depicts Luke coming to Rome to find Paul and write the book of Acts.
Here are some things I liked about it: Don't ask any questions. Just drive. Those were his instructions. But the question haunted James: What was he hauling?
After his wife's death, he'd made some bad decisions. He'd lost custody of his little daughter and needed a job to be able to get her back. So, he accepted a shady job driving a truck cross country. he didn't know what he was hauling and tried not to care, but when he realizes the truth--that locked in the back of the truck are two frightened sisters--he comes face to face with a reality many of us don't know about. Human trafficking. Right here in the U.S., girls are lied to, drugged, abused, forced into prostitution. This movie is a fictional story, but it's inspired by true stories, and it is an excellent movie. It's made by the Christian music duo For King and Country. This isn't a low budget film, no, it's very high quality. It has a good storyline, good acting, and, most importantly, a good message. No, it's not perfect. In fact, James, is a very imperfect character. But that's exactly the point: God can take a very imperfect person and use them to accomplish His purposes. Antonia, one of the sisters, has a very strong faith and helps James find his faith, as does another character, Dale, who--well, I shouldn't give away too many spoilers. It is rated PG-13, because it clearly shows the horror of what human trafficking is really like, but I think they did a good job of portraying the truth without showing too much. Overall, I'd give this movie 5 out of 5 stars. If you haven't seen it yet, you really must. |
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