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The Boondock Saints

Again, a good summary can be found Here

Is it:

“Mindless violence.” Keith Forbes (24):

Or

“True love for film making, great acting, good action, positive subject, no unecessary violence, we just get the point. A great movie about religion, justice, seeking you path and the good of mankind... A lot for a movie, the first page of a bigger book.” Juan Bossicard (24): Both found Here


The actual part of this movie that really hit me the most was a quote from the priest speaking in the beginning. He said “And I am reminded, on this holy day, of the sad story of Kitty Genovese. As you all may remember, a long time ago, almost thirty years ago, this poor soul cried out for help time and time again, but no person answered her calls. Though many saw, no one so much as called the police. They all just watched as Kitty was being stabbed to death in broad daylight. They watched as her assailant walked away. Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men.”

Let me repeat that: “now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men.” I seem to remember a popular Christian band saying “The greatest single cause of atheism in this world today is Christians, those who acknowledge things with there lips and walk out the door only to get on with there unbelieving lifestyles.”

In this movie the characters go out and kill the vagrants in society that police are too afraid or unwilling to take care of. They don’t kill the innocent, only the guilty. Il Duce: “Never shall innocent blood be shed, yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river. The Three shall spread their blackened wings and be the vengeful striking hammer of God.”

This seems rather disheartening to say the least. The bible does not condone taking judgment into our own hands by any means. “My friends, do not try to punish others when they wrong you, but wait for God to punish them with is anger. It is written: “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them,” says the Lord.” Romans 12:19

At the same time however, there is something that attracts me to this movie. Something that wants me to stand up and say “Hell yeah—kill em all” Christians are called to feed the poor, house the homeless, protect the widows and children and most people sit an do nothing! I don’t do anything, I am lazily walking around school with no active mission outside of going to classes and eating.

Something about this movie really stuck with me. I don’t condone violence as a means to help the oppressed, (that has lead to too much slaughter) but there is something to picking up yourself and giving, doing something about all the crap in this world. Actually going out and making a difference. These guys were willing to do something, which is more than I can say for myself.

posted by Kerry at 10:42 AM | 1 comment(s)

In Response to my thoughts on "V"

I agreed with your point partially about how "it was an example of what people can do with Christianity on a political level to justify things." This movie did address this in a way. However, this movie reminded me of what a totalitarian government can do, not necessarily with Christianity, but with any religion that can be accepted by the people. The Christianity was not the ultimate tool being used-It was merely an idea used to further reinforce the ideas of a select few. This movie showed the raping of the Christian idea and relegating it to a few select points while hopelessly twisting every other good and right idea of the religion. If observed from a slightly different angle, it also showed the dangers of an over-institutionalized Christianity. By this, I mean, what happens when people focus more on fixed ideas of Christianity, where the church is more important than the faith in God. The Government portrayed in "V" seemed to be one where the prime minister was turned into a god of the religion. This government reminded me of what Hitler did in Nazi Germany, convincing the people of seeming truths and controlling their actions through a type of state religion in which the people lived to serve the state. My point is essentially summed up where you write "People use Christianity to fight for or against women, homosexuality, violence, war".they can twist the bible to find any position they want." This is just a sad fact of the world we live in. People will use religion, whether it is Islam, Christianity, or any other religion, as an excuse to fight a war and further a cause that is unjust. This movie, though fiction in the way it was told, is not that much different from our twisted reality of modern religion. ~Sam

posted by Kerry at 7:40 PM | 0 comment(s)