Which christian movies would those be 'Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas/God's not dead/Last ounce of courage'?
That those are the only films you can name proves how little of the culture you're aware of. I mean you could start with one of the biggest blockbusters of all time - Passion of the Christ. You have classic plays like
Jesus Christ, Superstar. Controversial films like
the Last Temptation of Christ. Just plain classics like
Ben-Hur or
the Greatest Story every Told. Have you even heard of
Risen?
The fact that this archetype is popular among audiences does mean that it appeals at least to some extent to a portion of the population in the US.Hollywood may have its agenda but importantly they also do a constant analysis of what the public likes.
I never even said it was unappealing. I outright said "Plenty of Christians just like it because it's a pretty badass and fun film." Please point to the words in that quote which say anything about it being unappealing.
Your fault is the assumption of why it's appealing to people. Like some alien looking at humans and declaring, "Oh they must like steak because of it's sweet, sweet taste." No, candy and ice cream are enjoyed for their sweetness - steak is enjoyed for a different tastes.
You can't honestly state to speak for every christian in America.
Neither can you. And I bet I can speak for a whole lot more of them than you can. Have you even bothered looking at any purported Christian reviewers just to check their reactions to stuff? Ever seen: "Oh I love this movie so much because the protagonist is such a kick-ass Jesus" written in a review?
David Koresh was a christian and honestly he probably wasn't that much more nuts than Kenneth Copeland(who judging by how rich he is he must have a sizeable audience).Classic biblical movies have largely gone out of favour ever since the late 50's the era of Ben Hur with a few exceptions.
Seriously, are you capable of hitting the space bar after a '.' ? Anyway, nobody is denying that hollywood stopped producing historical epics, or explicitly religious films. Haven't seen any sign of hollywood being that religious since.... well pretty much the 50s.
'Christian' cinema in the US with the exception of 'mormom' movies tends to be quite interesting to watch but its not exactly flattering for the people making it.The truth is persons who take their christian faith in the US somewhat more seriously do have a strong undercurrent of paranoia.
What happened to "can't honestly state to speak for every Christian in america"? Don't recall you being elected Pope or anything.
There is this strong tendency towards fear ever since 9/11.Lets be honest here just go to the web profile of someone from Texas and see how often they not only cherish their guns but also give strong hints towards their willingness to use them.That says something about the people.
Yeah, I've had neighbors attacked by animals. Can't imagine why they want to own guns. And that's not even a veiled reference to the riots, I mean real, ACTUAL animals have attacked them. Or their pets.
There's other lives and considerations outside your tiny little bubble. Maybe step outside it once in awhile and check the reality rather than leaping to conclusions.
It does hint towards a strong paranoia because swedish gun lovers and there are many because guns are not that hard to buy in Sweden rarely if ever emphasise their willingness to shoot someone even as a joke.Of course in Sweden you usually have to be a gun club member to buy guns and if you emphasise a shoot first ask questions later attitude that puts everyone else in a negative light.And in this case the popularity of the Rambo Jesus kind of makes sense.
Yeah I'd look up what the sweedish box office numbers are for movies but... nobody seems to care.
So yes the feeling of fear and loss of place in America that christians are starting to feel at least as an undercurrent might explain partially why in Man of steel Superman is pretty much shown as a Jesus.White guy from Kansas feeling lost in the world a post-9/11 world yes it does tie into that if you think about it.
yeah that's why Superman in his film died and came back to life--
Oh wait.
Don't get me wrong, I facepalmed at Zack Snyder's clumsy hamfisted attempt at symbolism*, but if that's all it takes for you to go "hur dur, it's jesus!" then you're a worse autist than any of the TVTropes folks. (or possibly a baby - that would explain the lack of a spacebar) There was literally nothing else Jesus like about supes in that film. He doesn't even die or come back to life until Justice League - oh yeah, which was a flop.
Here, let me help you out: A society's
religion is a sort order of that society's moral values. The venerated figures of that religion will be those who best embody those moral values. THEREFORE if that society makes a story about heroic, laudable figures, those figures are going to trend towards similarities with the venerated religious figures.
I mean, by your standards, I could go on and on about the Jesus imagery with films like "Kick" or "Baahubali" - which are from Bollywood. That is
India. Or Anime (and I don't mean the obvious stuff like NGE) - which is from
Japan. Neither nation which is known to have massive Christian populations, especially in their film industries. Try harder n00b.
*Zack should have consulted an actual priest for what they might say to superman since the guy in the film sounded more like a priest of the church of Oprah than any actual Christian denomination.
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