A couple weeks ago I took my beautiful girlfriend to go see a movie. We were trying to see National Treasure; however it did not come out until the following weekend. After realizing this we decided on I Am Legend. (This is how I know Kristin is awesome because when we couldn’t see National Treasure she said “What about I Am Legend?” She did not ask me to trade a guy movie for some chick flick!) While watching the movie I slowly started to pick up on a theme.If you have not yet seen this movie I highly recommend it and I recommend reading the rest of this before you see it. However, it might spoil parts of it for you so you should be advised!!
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Robert Neville (Will Smith) in the beginning prays with his family as they leave him. They are in a quarantined area because of an infection, but Robert and his family has the opportunity to leave. He prays with his family as they leave, but Robert decides to stay telling his wife “I can stop this.”
This got me thinking that maybe there would be some spiritual parallels coming. At this point I had no clue how cool this movie was going to be.
Throughout the movie you find that Robert is immune to the infection and that the infected people can not come into sunlight. He also has a lab where he is testing infected people to find a cure, because his intent is to save them.
All through the film he keeps trying to save them and they keep trying to kill him.
Robert Neville has put out a radio broadcast over all of the AM stations asking anyone who hears it to meet him and he will provide them with food and safety. Everyday he is at the same spot and the same time to meet anyone. After years of this someone shows up. Anna and Ethan are the only survivors Robert has seen for years.
At the climax of the movie Robert, Anna, and Ethan are trapped by the infected people, however they find a way out. During all of this Robert realizes that he has found the cure for the infection. Robert tells Anna to take the cure and leave with Ethan. Anna asks why he is not coming, he tells her that the infected people that at about to kill them will not stop without killing.
Robert gives the cure to Anna and Ethan as they leave. Robert sacrifices himself so that man can be saved.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
Robert Neville (Will Smith) in the beginning prays with his family as they leave him. They are in a quarantined area because of an infection, but Robert and his family has the opportunity to leave. He prays with his family as they leave, but Robert decides to stay telling his wife “I can stop this.”
This got me thinking that maybe there would be some spiritual parallels coming. At this point I had no clue how cool this movie was going to be.
Throughout the movie you find that Robert is immune to the infection and that the infected people can not come into sunlight. He also has a lab where he is testing infected people to find a cure, because his intent is to save them.
All through the film he keeps trying to save them and they keep trying to kill him.
Robert Neville has put out a radio broadcast over all of the AM stations asking anyone who hears it to meet him and he will provide them with food and safety. Everyday he is at the same spot and the same time to meet anyone. After years of this someone shows up. Anna and Ethan are the only survivors Robert has seen for years.
At the climax of the movie Robert, Anna, and Ethan are trapped by the infected people, however they find a way out. During all of this Robert realizes that he has found the cure for the infection. Robert tells Anna to take the cure and leave with Ethan. Anna asks why he is not coming, he tells her that the infected people that at about to kill them will not stop without killing.
Robert gives the cure to Anna and Ethan as they leave. Robert sacrifices himself so that man can be saved.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
Robert obviously represents Jesus
Anna and Ethan sound a lot like Adam and Eve
The infection that binds people to darkness is sin.
Robert is killed so that the infection does not have control over man and so that man may have life.
I thought this was a very good movie based solely on being a good movie. Days later as I kept thinking about the parallels it became a great movie. I can’t wait to see it again.
Anna and Ethan sound a lot like Adam and Eve
The infection that binds people to darkness is sin.
Robert is killed so that the infection does not have control over man and so that man may have life.
I thought this was a very good movie based solely on being a good movie. Days later as I kept thinking about the parallels it became a great movie. I can’t wait to see it again.
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, "~I am who I am.
Leg-end [lej-uh nd]
1. unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
2. A collection of stories about an admirable person
God said to Moses, "~I am who I am.
Leg-end [lej-uh nd]
1. unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
2. A collection of stories about an admirable person
I Am Legend
1 comment:
Who knew you were such a deep thinker!
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