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The OP talks about it briefly if you watch the full video. He says it’s crazy.

Thank you! Oops, I just made a video talking about Sound of Freedom, so I must've confused the titles. My bad!

isn't this a gangster film?

I haven't seen it!

@lazarovalex 😲😲😲😲

Scorsese definitely has put some glorification of violence on screen as well as purposeful violence. In a lot of his movies violence often used as an artistic tool mixed with irony and sarcasm, so judging it becomes not too easy.

@@ChrisCloudStaringAtFire Thanks for all the recommendations Chris!

I agree!

I absolutely believe that excellence glorifies God! The effect of great films has the ability to really shape what we believe, so it's a powerful tool and my heart aches every time I see a christian film that is lazy.

@lazarovalex Same!

Thank you! Let's go! These are absolutely great and unique films that have really moved my heart me closer to Christ

Yes sir!

Thank you Matthew!

I think there is a deeper message here: the Garfield character knew he was endangering his immortal soul by publicly denying Christ, but was prepared to do so out of compassion for his suffering parishioners. For a believer like himself, this was the most agonising thing he was asked to do, but he still did so out of compassion: it was his 'Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?' moment. The final image showed us his wife knew about his undiminished faith. The rest was left to Christ's mercy.

There's a difference between following God and following yourself. Not saying that an intersection between these two isn't possible, but following yourself without the goal of serving others becomes self glorification with a dead end. Re-directing glorification from yourself to God and turning self fulfillment into service is the way God can save you from destroying yourself by hustling until you break.

That's right hahah

That's a valid point I haven't thought about. Scorsese has indeed played around with this kind off complexities/irony in his messages in other movies. Still, the final note of the film was quite clear to me.

I've actually already skimmed through his review in preparation but would definitely need to watch it more thoroughly

Driving?!! 😅😂

Phil, that's so cool!

Thank you for this, Todd! Glory to God

I'm not anti-catholic. Please excuse any over-simplifications I've made in the video that might make me sound like that. Should've gotten into more detail!

That's right. I was skeptical when the film turned before the epilogue, but the last 15-20 minutes make a clear position.

It's great that the film resonates with you so much too. I loved the music!

So they didn't use the actual actors' legs in the close up shots?

@lazarovalex Not sure of the detail (friend, who played football, has passed). His sibling was a track competitor at university, which is probably how that happened.

I think I saw the first season some years ago, but honestly can't remember much and I'm not interested in seeing anything from Marvel/DC anymore. Christianity is used by a lot of secular content as a cultural/aesthetic tool and if it has the type content you write about I can't imagine it being really faith-based. Although all of this can be hard to discern sometimes, the superhero genre specifically for me is almost impossible to have a truly christian message.

Yes, faith-based movies and shows are definitely becoming more mainstream. Looking forward to what's to come out!

Glad I could help you discover this movie! UA-cam just has some videos perform better some worse, so I don't think that's anything unusual.

You can be successful and follow your talent without having God on your side. But just look into the tragic overdoses, suicides, divorce-rates, bankruptcys, abuse, violence, perversion and capitalist slavery that is so common and widespread among the rich, famous and creative "elites". Why are people with a lot of talent, money and power so often so miserable? Why can't they have healthy and fulfilling lives, when they have so much? God doesn't want us to reach our goals and not be able to enjoy them. He has a perfect plan, a calling and purpose for us, specifically made for you and me and everyone else. We can loose our way and be fine for a while, but at one point or another, chaos emerges.

@lazarovalexI I get your point. Also, great video. Just my two cents…I would say because most of those people are suffering from high degrees of consciousness & self~actualisation & awareness. The more transcendental Truth a person unlocks, the greater they suffer. The Transcendental Truth (God) is not inherently pleasant or pain-less. Quite the opposite actually. God itself has no free will as God cannot choose NOT to be God. All trickles down from there.

The film itself like I said has been a huge success. But the ending is what many people have issues with, misunderstanding it, being confused by it and some people even hating it for its subverted way of delivering the message.

The film is generally beloved but concerning the ending from what I've seen online (apart from video essay deconstructing/analyzing what it's really about), there's a lot of confusion, misunderstanding and yes, even hate among film fans. Although hate would be the least amount of responses after confusion and misunderstanding.

Thank you for watching! That's right, we have to be in the world not of the world, while carefully selecting what brings us closer to God or away from Him.

Doing anything in any unreflected isn't good. Faith starts where understanding ends and that's why we should be careful what we put our trust and faith into. Because of that Jesus teaches to listen first, then understand, then have faith.

@lazarovalex It's a paradox. We can't understand it that's why faith is needed. But we should understand what we believe in because otherwise it's unreflected and blind following... I'm more on the side of Buddhism where passion and following and idol is more part of the problem. Why does one need an idol in the first place? If we are made in the image of God it's all already there. Meditation is the way to find the way back to what's real and get rid of all the wanting. To get rid of the ego. In the end the result is the same. A life defined by love and compassion. And talking about compassion - you don't treat anyone like that teacher did. And you don't treat yourself like that either.

It comes back to what I tried to say in the video, if you don't want to fix your gaze on God and won't put your faith in God, you'll still end up following something else. Love and compassion are real, like you say. Anyone agrees on that. But HOW we love, that's where people got all kinds of ideas if they follow themselves. Christianity says that your wants & needs are here for a reason. But some of them are put by God in you and others are cultivated because of your sinful nature. Jesus helps you navigate all of that. There is only one way to become a christian, it's an active choice only you can make. That choice is not asked of you to make blindly but willingly, knowing specifically what you're getting yourself into and only then, trusting and having faith. That's why God became man, walked among us and lived a perfect life, as an example to truly lead and guide us, so we don't base our values on assumptions. Because then each of us will end up with his own view of reality, while we are all living in the same reality that binds to the same rules and subsequently live in chaos and not according to reality. You can get a plane into the air only by following the laws of physics and thus fulfill its purpose. You can only master the human experience and find what you are called for by following the word of God.

@lazarovalex History is filled with characters bound by some existential, willing yet secular (or even atheistic) purpose. The transcendent experience for them could be some art, science, philosophy, warfare. I think to discount other people's mastery ("only master it if") of their own experiences if it isn't by the word of God just sucks tbh Of course you can argue that these transcendent devotions with proper reflection can be mapped on to or is similar to following the word of God in a spiritual sense ala JBP but I personally don't buy that

I agree

It grew on me even more after rewatching it

@lazarovalexI’m glad you rewatched it. I was watching a video of yours from a couple weeks ago and you said you’d only seen it the once. It deserves the extra attention. It hits harder as a believer. I think it is a very powerful movie and I had ordered the Blu-ray just a couple days before you posted this video. I look forward to rewatching it because the first time was more of an emotional reaction. Listening to others be tortured because of you is something I had never thought of. And it challenged me. I’m willing to die for Christ. Am I willing to listen to my children be tortured? Some weight is too heavy for men, if it weren’t then why did Christ have to die? We are too weak to follow the law perfectly. His yolk is easy. It’s one of the few films that hit me emotionally and challenged me so heavily at the same time. I wept when the man was on the cross in the ocean. And when he hears the people being tortured and yells at the guards to stop the sound. And many other times that I don’t remember as clearly since I’ve seen it the once. Love your channel brother as a fellow believer and art of film fan.

It's one of those you can watch over and over again

Thanks! It's so cool that you were open to hearing something that you didn't expect.

Yessir definetly