Movie Reflections
While watching movies with a definite message you can't help but discuss situations with your friends, or relate some of actors' experiences to your own. Below are some questions to ponder for several movies.
Rudy
React to the following lines from Rudy:
"The secret to happiness in this life is to be grateful for the gifts the good Lord has bestowed upon us."
"Having dreams is what makes life tolerable."
"Chasing your stupid dreams causes nothing but you and everyone around you heartache."
"I don't care what kind of job I did. If it doesn't produce results it doesn't mean anything."
Big Fish
Discuss and reflect on the following quotes from Big Fish in relation to your life and/or your college experience:
"Knowing how you die could make you crazy, but through anything else, you know you could survive."
"The more difficult something became, the more rewarding it came in the end."
"You were a big fish in a small pond. Now you are in the ocean."
"We were like strangers who knew each other very well."
Good Will Hunting
Reflect on these questions from Good Will Hunting:
What is your definition of potential?
Did Will ever live up to his pontential?
How can you tell if someone is successful? How did Will define success?
What the issues that came up in the film have you personally had to deal with as a college student? How did you feel about the on-sceen portrayal?
Here are a few Scriptures to reflect on:
Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Luke 12:22-34
Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
