This evening I just watched the movie for at the third time. In 2013 my response was overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of the "second story" told to the insurance men. In 2020 I knew that was coming and could apply the correlations as the movie progressed. This year, being comfortable with the storyline, I coud focus on the remarkable imagery and computer graphics employed in the movie. Also I could listen for the answer to that question of how his castaway adventure gave him a new understanding of God in this already multireligious background. His reply was that our lives have a beginning and end and we strive for the best arc of story in between, and sometimes the choice to believe in God provides more happiness (sometimes not). The actual existence of God, then, becomes moot because the result is the same whether God exists or not... One chooses the storyline that is most pleasing.
I loved the book. It's hard to imagine a movie that really does it justice. But then I usually feel that way about books to movies.
ReplyDeleteWas expecting a mathematical documentary. Suspect most readers were, too.
ReplyDeleteThis evening I just watched the movie for at the third time. In 2013 my response was overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of the "second story" told to the insurance men. In 2020 I knew that was coming and could apply the correlations as the movie progressed. This year, being comfortable with the storyline, I coud focus on the remarkable imagery and computer graphics employed in the movie. Also I could listen for the answer to that question of how his castaway adventure gave him a new understanding of God in this already multireligious background. His reply was that our lives have a beginning and end and we strive for the best arc of story in between, and sometimes the choice to believe in God provides more happiness (sometimes not). The actual existence of God, then, becomes moot because the result is the same whether God exists or not... One chooses the storyline that is most pleasing.
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