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Jaquelin 2021-12-11 08:01:20

The subtext of free will is very consciously handled in this film; in one scene, Fenton and Adam were even watching a claymation parable about it on tv. For anyone with a comparative understanding of the religion, the question of free will versus destiny is one of the major themes in Christianity. I think Frailty uses that to great effect. It does seem to come down more on the side of destiny being written and the worth of a soul being weighed out before the sins have been committed, or, at the very least, that free will exists but an omniscient God can predict the end results. Nonetheless God waits for you to commit the sins before He sends vengeance. Remember, Adam said he had to wait until God put Fenton on his list, otherwise it would have been murder.
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Yes, Fenton had the choice to murder or not to murder those people but the film makes the viewers think, ok, God tells a man to kill Demons AKA People who commit murder and destroy the innocence of children. His child, a boy who seems to think logically and seems to question his father's blind faith witnesses his father murder people because God told him too in a very grotesque fashion. Could Adam not see later on that those actions may have very much mentally harmed his brother to a point where he had murderous impulses he could possibly not control due to mental illness? Adam had faith but the film also made him appear to be impressionable at a young age and he could have grown up all his life not thinking about the trauma his more logical thinking brother (as he was portrayed )had gone through. Yes, Fenton didn't have to murder people as he has free will, but it is no doubt that the actions he witnessed as a child mentally harmed him. The film to me also seemed to have portrayed God as hypocritical. Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.

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Extended Reading
  • Sandra 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    The script is actually okay, but it's too similar to a student's homework with a good ending to explore the truth of life

  • Krista 2021-12-11 08:01:20

    Digging pits and burying the corpses in the Rose Garden, God enlightened perverted murderers, father and son soldiers, the theme is too evil and weird, Matthew McConaughey seems to be preparing for the "True Detective" thirteen years later.

Frailty quotes

  • [Dad wakes up both Young Fenton and Young Adam to tell them about his first sign from God]

    Dad: I need you both to listen to me very carefully. Something's happen.

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] He said he had a vision, a vision from God.

    [Dad see's the reflection of white light off the trophy]

    Adam Meiks: An angel came to him and told him the truth of this world. And revealed God's special purpose for are family.

    Dad: The end of the world is coming, it's near. The angel showed me. There are demons among us, the Devil has released them for the final battle. It's being fought, right now. But, nobody knows it except us and others like us.

    Young Adam: I'm scared dad.

    Dad: There's nothing to be afraid of tiger. We've been chosen by God, he'll protect us. We've been given special jobs to do. We don't fear these demons, we destroy them. We pick them up one-by-one and we pitch them out of this world. That's God's purpose for us. The Angel called us God's hands.

    Young Adam: So we're like superheroes?

    Dad: That's right. We're a family of superheroes who are going to help save the world.

    Young Fenton: But dad, that doesn't make any sense.

    Dad: I know it sounds that way, son. But it's the truth.

    Young Adam: So, what are our superhero powers?

    Dad: Well... we can see the demons, when other people can't. And the Angel told me that God would be sending us three weapons to destroy them with.

    Young Adam: Magical weapons?

    Dad: I imagine so.

    Young Adam: When do we get 'em?

    Dad: I don't know the Angel just said soon. That's all I was told except that, we're not suppose to tell anybody about any of this, absolutely no one. If you do, you put them and ourselves in danger. Fenton... don't worry it's okay. It's a lot to understand. I wanted to wait to tell you 'til once I had the chance to figure it out myself. But the angel said I, I had to do it now. Fenton?

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] I didn't know what to say or how to feel.

    Dad: Do you understand what I told you? Judgment day is here.

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] I was too messed up to understander. End knowledge.

    Dad: Soon we'll all be in heaven. Me, you, Adam, with mommy...

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] I didn't realize it at that moment, at least not consciously, but my happy and mostly secure world had just flipped over, and there were dark things under there...

    Dad: Judgment day is here...

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] Very dark things.

    Dad: We've been chosen by God.

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] And my little boy's mind just couldn't take it.

  • [Dad comes home and shows Young Fenton and Young Adam their first Demon out in the shed, Cynthia Harbridge]

    Young Adam: Dad?

    Dad: Come on out here, Adam.

    [turns to Fenton]

    Dad: Shine that light over here.

    Young Adam: Hey dad, who is that?

    Dad: That's a demon, son. Come on in here, boys, it's all right. Come on, don't be afraid.

    [closes them in the shed as the boys stare, frightened and stunned]

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over of Dad going to find the first demon] God had come to Dad earlier that day and told him that the time had come. After work he drove down to Jacksonville, about forty-five minutes or so southwest of Thurman. He said he had never been there before but he had no trouble finding it, God was leading him.

    Dad: [Dad watches Ms. Harbridge walk outside her front door] Cynthia Harbridge?

    Cynthia Harbridge: [turning around surprised] Yes?

    [Dad then hits her in the head with the metal pipe]

    Young Fenton: [Dad grabs for the ax] Dad don't! Please don't!

    Dad: Fenton, if I could spare you of this I would. But we are God's servants, and his will must be served! Don't be afraid, son.

    [Dad finally leans down to reveal Ms. Harbridge's sins]