Faith and Reality

Flo 2022-03-26 09:01:09

Behind the prosperity are discarded plastic tires, incinerated garbage, and birds full of garbage in their stomachs... Snow mountains, forests, and oceans are so beautiful, who knows the devastated and shocking scene? Pastor Toller said, "The US Congress still denies climate change. "We pollute the environment and wait for God to clean it up. We sin and wait for God's forgiveness. I don't think this is the will of the apostles." It is important to have faith, but blindly following wrong ideas is to indulge in mistakes, not stop them, and let them develop. , is this belief really necessary? There are many times when prayer seeks psychological comfort, but does not solve anything. The religious belief in the film repeatedly emphasizes that political issues cannot be touched, because neither believers nor apostles can change what politicians decide. At the end of the film, Pastor Toller and Marry redeem each other in a kiss? Maybe.

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Extended Reading
  • Lolita 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    Religious redemption and environmental martyrdom are mixed together. Once they come out of a self-talk about returning to "righteousness", everything collapses at the end. Insensitive.

  • Elmore 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    [B] In the static medium/panorama shots, the characters are naturally oppressed to extremes (the 4:3 frame ensures the extrusion from the image space), and then in the relationship with the heroine, through light movement for short-term relief. Two key passages (the ascension of meditation and the end), the sudden interior panorama, the contrast of light and shadow inside and outside the door frame, after the front and back are connected to violate the minimalist style of mirror movement, so naturally move towards joyful redemption. As the cycling line says, "Sport has an amazing healing power."

First Reformed quotes

  • Mary: I was raised in the church and I never could quite let it go. I'd be in a strange city and I would just go to a church and sit down, you know? I was the spiritual one.

  • Reverend Ernst Toller: I know what you want, and I can't bear your concern, your constant hovering, your neediness. You are a constant reminder of my own personal inadequacies and failings. You want something that never was and never will be.