FREEDOM FROM/TO (1 OF 8)
Scripture: Exodus 1:1, Exodus 4:31
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Freedom From/To (1 of 8)
Series: Exodus
Patrick Edwards
Exodus 1:1-4:31
Introduction
Some of the greatest cinematic stories of our time have been stories about freedom, particularly the fight or quest for it. Think about the 1995 Best Picture winner, Braveheart, which tells a highly dramatized version of Scotland's fight for freedom in the 13th century. As a teenager when that movie came out I can remember watching it over and over again after school. (Fun aside, I'm sure a lot of you remember, the movie itself was so long that it came on two VHS tapes which you had to switch halfway through the movie. Oh, the good old days!) Now, of course, it wasn't just the battle scenes or the castles or guys in kilts and blue war paint that made the film so endearing. It was the underdog story; it was the total commitment to an ideal called freedom that truly captivated you as you watched it.
Or another example, going back a couple of decades before, Star Wars. The whole original trilogy is about the fight for freedom from the evil and oppressive Galactic Empire. I mean from the very first scene of the movies we watch these armored clad soldiers overtake a ship, while the main villain dressing in black, chokes a rebel to death. Over the course of three films, these overmatched, undersized rebels face down the odds to bring freedom to the galaxy.
And, spoiler alert, in all these cases the movies end happily with the rebels finding freedom and the oppressors defeated and dead. Cue the credits.
The thing is, there's never much thought or attention to what comes after. You just assume everything is great now and happily ever after, but is that ever the case? In Scotland's case, they would, a few hundred years later, become tied to England again, where they remain in union as Great Britain today. We all thought that the galaxy far, far away was settled in peace until a few years ago when Disney decided they wanted to make more money and reopened the Star Wars ...
Series: Exodus
Patrick Edwards
Exodus 1:1-4:31
Introduction
Some of the greatest cinematic stories of our time have been stories about freedom, particularly the fight or quest for it. Think about the 1995 Best Picture winner, Braveheart, which tells a highly dramatized version of Scotland's fight for freedom in the 13th century. As a teenager when that movie came out I can remember watching it over and over again after school. (Fun aside, I'm sure a lot of you remember, the movie itself was so long that it came on two VHS tapes which you had to switch halfway through the movie. Oh, the good old days!) Now, of course, it wasn't just the battle scenes or the castles or guys in kilts and blue war paint that made the film so endearing. It was the underdog story; it was the total commitment to an ideal called freedom that truly captivated you as you watched it.
Or another example, going back a couple of decades before, Star Wars. The whole original trilogy is about the fight for freedom from the evil and oppressive Galactic Empire. I mean from the very first scene of the movies we watch these armored clad soldiers overtake a ship, while the main villain dressing in black, chokes a rebel to death. Over the course of three films, these overmatched, undersized rebels face down the odds to bring freedom to the galaxy.
And, spoiler alert, in all these cases the movies end happily with the rebels finding freedom and the oppressors defeated and dead. Cue the credits.
The thing is, there's never much thought or attention to what comes after. You just assume everything is great now and happily ever after, but is that ever the case? In Scotland's case, they would, a few hundred years later, become tied to England again, where they remain in union as Great Britain today. We all thought that the galaxy far, far away was settled in peace until a few years ago when Disney decided they wanted to make more money and reopened the Star Wars ...
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