by cedars 33 Replies latest watchtower bible
Another analogous situation ...is that somebody gets wounded, and the only way to save him is to leave the perceived safety of the village to get medicines from the "towns". Perhaps a metaphor for the need to abandon the ridiculous stance on blood transfusions?
It just occurred to me that the first one to make it out of the village and into the free world....was blind! There's a symbolism for you.
Scenic Viewer:
It just occurred to me that the first one to make it out of the village and into the free world....was blind! There's a symbolism for you.
Hm, I guess the analogy breaks down somewhat in certain areas. However, even though she was blind, she was one of the most farsighted and courageous ones in the village, so that her handicap didn't prevent her from doing what needed to be done.
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Cedars
Cedars,
Hm, I guess the analogy breaks down somewhat in certain areas. However, even though she was blind, she was one of the most farsighted and courageous ones in the village, so that her handicap didn't prevent her from doing what needed to be done.
Actually I didn't mean it to sound like the analogy was breaking down because she was blind. I was thinking of how representative she is of most of JWs. In a sense they too are blind because they see only what they are told to see, and allowed to see anything else. In the movie the blind girl was driven by a purpose, getting the medicine. The JWs who care, who are driven, who mentally see a larger purpose than blindly following thei leaders (GB) will find a way out despite the restrictions.
In the movie the blind girl was driven by a purpose, getting the medicine. The JWs who care, who are driven, who mentally see a larger purpose than blindly following thei leaders (GB) will find a way out despite the restrictions.
Well said Scenic Viewer, I would agree with you there!
Cedars
Hired it today and im just about to watch this movie. On purpose i have not read the spoilers above.heh heh
Looks good
Az
Great Azazel, let me know what you think!
Cedars
SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED THE MOVIE AND YOU PLAN TO DONT READ THIS POST
In my opinion the next:
Well that was a good movie. It's easy to read WTSisms into it and the demonization of the "outside wood"(world) seemed somehow oh so familiar.
I was mildly suprised with the outside modern world. Think how many people who are like that Walker"Watchtower!!" ranger who come across ones who have escaped or been banished from JW, we really must seem like we are from another planet or the past.
The lead character Ivy was brilliant and i just coudnt place her tho she looked familiar untill i googled her and hello! she looks like her dad Ron Howard.
I had to think that even when she knew the story was not true, that the elders lied she was still scared out in the woods.Have you felt like that too? knowing the truth about the WTS it still gives me moments of doubt and anguish. I gotta get to the Towns!
Thanks for refering this movie on the thread.
enjoyed it
Az
Thanks Azazel - yes you're right, she was still scared even though she learned the truth about the woods. This may well be compared to how difficult it is for Witnesses to shake free their feelings of guilt and paranoia even when they learn the real truth.
It turned out she had good reason to be scared, because that maniac who had a crush on her was on the rampage, dressed as one of the creatures. Maybe there are more analogies there. The maniac "Noah", portrayed by Adrien Brody, is caught literally "red handed" having committed a heinous crime. Even though he is reprimanded and imprisoned, he escapes to potentially commit further atrocities. This well symbolises the ineffectual self-policing that is employed against child molesters, which in some cases can allow paedophiles to escape punishment and carry on offending.
Anyway, it's not often that I recommend films on this forum, so I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Cedars
My sister told me about The Village a couple of years ago and kept insisting that I watch it. I wonder now if maybe she was trying to tell me something.
My sister told me about The Village a couple of years ago and kept insisting that I watch it.
She was probably trying to get back at you for something. Good god it's a dog of a movie.
