Religion and Film 2018

Smart phones have taken over. They haven't just taken over the youth and it makes me sort of mad when people say that. The youth is just as guilty of this technological obsession as some adults I know. Many parents are just as hung up and reliant on their cell phones as their kids. It is hard not become hooked to these phones. The uses are endless and the accessibility is unmatched. You can use these phones whenever and where ever you need them. I spent a week on a cruise for spring break and we had no cell service. I was there with a large group of friends and we had to navigate plans and meeting points without our cell phones. Although this seems like a manageable task, we struggled the whole trip with keeping the group together and finding each other. This shows just how reliant we are on these devices and also how phones help connect us and make this easier. When we finally got back to the United States and got service back, I was reluctant to turn my phone back on because not ...

I just saw Avengers Infinity War and it was one of the most intense movies I have ever seen. They basically threw every super hero ever into one movie and then fought the most unstoppable bad guy of all time, so that sums up the intensity. Some of the thought that went into the battle scenes was insane. The different moves that these heroes would use and counter moves must have taken months to come up with. Everyone in the movie had different powers so to juggle all of those and decide how the fights were going to happen must've been impossible. All of the elements that made this a classic super hero movie were crushed at the end when the bad guy prevailed. Thanos, the bad guy, was searching for 6 powerful stones in order to rule the universe and kill off half of the population. In the end his power is too much and not even the large team of super heroes can stop him. This twist of an ending is hard to swallow because you think with all of this good power, they will surely be able ...

The book of Eli is a great film and had a great message with it as well. This film takes place in a post apocalyptic world where resources are very rare. During the film we see a man named Eli fight his way across the US while holding onto a sacred book. As he travels across America he runs into much trouble with people who want to take this book away from him and he has to fight them all off to protect himself and the book. He meets a girl who ends up being his companion during his journey who helps him along the way. Together after fighting off all enemy, Eli makes it across the country, however he had to give up the book in order to survive. The book is learned to be the bible which all copies had been destroyed. Eli then tells the people he has the bible so the people can write it down. Over the years, Eli had memorized the entire bible from reading it over and over again while also being blind. He read the book in braille, so giving up the copy he had was not a problem since no on...

So I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button the other day for the first time ever. For very long I refused to see it because I felt that it was stupid and so I finally caved and watched it. To my surprise, it was an excellent movie and I was intrigued from start to finish. I would highly recommend for someone looking for a movie to watch.

This year I have really not seen robe guy more than once maybe. For awhile i was worried he wasn't wearing it anymore, but then I saw him in commons and I sighed a sigh of relief. It is crazy that we actually have someone on campus known as robe guy.

I really am amazed at how many columns are on the campus at CNU. How vital are columns to the structural integrity of modern buildings? Oh yeah, that would be absolutely not at all. It just is so crazy that so  much time and money has gone into something just for an appearance.