No "snuff" entertainment from the likes of Quentin Tarantino for me...
I encourage you all who haven't learned the story of Victor Hugo to do so....it is a beautiful story of redemption and God's grace, acted out in human lives.
I suppose the faith of most of the actors in this film isn't in Christ...but He is able to use their talents to tell a story about God's love anyway!!
Name recognition is through the roof, the film's cast features some of today's most charismatic actors and the production is unlike any other film currently playing in theaters.
The minds behind the film's marketing efforts took one extra measure to ensure its success, and its paying off handsomely.
The story in "Les Misérables" is heavy with Christian themes of grace, mercy and redemption. The line everyone seems to remember is "to love another person is to see the face of God.”
NBC Universal looked to capitalize on those components and promoted the film to pastors, Christian radio hosts and influence-makers in the Christian community.
The pimping of the daughter at the INN is an awesome example of libertine morality
I watched Les Miserables and saw people killing people with muskets, pistols and cannon.
I left LM and watched the last 45 minutes of Django and saw people killed with pistols, dogs, rifles, shotguns, fists nd dynamite.
In Les Miserables the killing certainly was not the center theme. In Django the killing was basic Tarantino does a cartoon with real people as characters. It was silly ans stupid and embarrassing if you gave it any thought.
Les Miserables was art. Django was fart. One was Opera and the other rap. One was intellectual and the other mentally challenged. But I have no problem that either film was made because I did not have to watch either of them if I did not want to. Note that I paid for the first movie and not for the second and after seeing them both that made sense to me.
By the way, with all the back and forth about the film...did ANYONE read the Acton Institute article?
Acton IS a Christian organization that embraces capitalism...the thinking thereof might be worth considering. :)
I have returned home tonight after having experienced this film for the second time. I was surprised I cried more the second time. Huge theater and every seat was taken. Truly one of the most remarkable stories and movies ever made. I will read your article tomorrow.