“In fact, what’s notable about the religion on display here is its emphasis on forgiveness and turning the other cheek — a notion that seems to have been forgotten in the current climate of warmongering fundamentalists. Try this for martyrdom: When confronted with angry, violent warriors, the American missionaries refused to fight back, on the grounds that they believed they were ready to go to heaven but that their adversaries weren’t.”
Read the rest HERE
that’s an interesting looking film – and thanks for the subtitle mention, this stuff is important to me too – many people are put off a movie due to struggling with the legibility of such titles.
Is that the group that Jim Elliot was in? I’ve heard his story before but not from the perspective of the tribe.
You are correct, Peggy. Just checked it out on the official site.
The movie actually tells both sides — mostly from the perspective of the Saint family, but also the tribe. They pretty much agree on the same version at this point.
I checked out the site (because the movie may get here sometime in 2007) and couldn’t believe they used that voice for the trailer…
yyyuuukkkk –
” …Arnold Schwarzenneger plays a man…. whose family have been betrayed… then murdered – now its his turn…” – all that stuff that I thought must have been ridiculed out of Hollywood prior to the millennium – and its in the trailer for this!
the intro to the web site (a summary in stills) is much more effective.
That’s a fine review, Luke.