I know its a little late considering we just finished Signs but I thought this was worth mentioning. When the knight distracts death so Mary and Joseph can escape with the baby reminds me of shortly after Jesus's birth in the bible. King Herod fears that he will lose his kingship to a baby so orders all the newborn baby boy to be killed. That night joseph (Jesus's father) has a dream that they are to leave bethlhem and flea to Egypt imeidiatly. Similiarly Joseph in our movie is the only one able to see death of his family and is able to get his family away from the situation.
This can all signify a bunch of different things such as the knight saving religion or religion surving death. To be honest I know this has to mean something but I'm not exactly sure what.
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Very interesting. The link to Mary and Joseph is pretty clear, so your connection makes a lot of sense. The translation is not quite so obvious, though, because "Mia" is closer to Maria and Jof is not exactly Joseph either. But, no matter. The link to Christ is quite clear
ReplyDeleteQuite interesting Billy. It makes alot of sense, and because of the other Biblical allusions, this could easily serve as another one. But yes the thought about King Herod and Joseph sounds good to me. Nice thought.
ReplyDeleteI guess that keen eye for detail you show ins't just reserved for college now. That's a pretty profound thing to catch. In a movie this complex, it doesn't surprise me, but thanks for enlightening me just a little bit more.
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