Justina Solomon

Some people criticized how Jesus would feel heavy after healing people. Please watch the BibleProject series on who the Messiah is according to the Old Testament. Through a series of questions that Haggai (biblical book) asks the priests, God points out that uncleanness is transferable, but holiness is not. The Son of God borne our iniquities, during His life and death. The uncleanliness of the people was transferred to Him. He took it upon Himself (His essence ever-standing). And with His PAIN, we were healed. The pain Jesus was in also showed great piety. Great humility. AGAPE. Not sternness or pretense, the pompous pretense false prophets would assume after performing miracles. Jesus told us that whoever wants the Kingdom of God must be a child again. And with his physical pain, which matches with the Gospels' account of him sweating blood the night before His crucifixion and how he said that even foxes had a place to sleep yet He didn't, Jesus shows us, through this humble movie, that He follows what He preaches. He truly becomes a child. A child who died for us. The man who lived the lives we couldn't and died the death we didn't. And to those who keep accusing the story of Gnosticism for the mere fact Jesus was compassionate with Mary, does the fact John was laying on Jesus's breast indicate a deviant relationship between the two men? (Mary is also right beside Jesus in the notorious painting of the Last Supper). In fact, in most of my prayers and encounters with Jesus, He tenderly places his hand on my wounded cheek. The fact He does so doesn’t violate who He is because HE is the Son of God---IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, ETERNAL. Do NOT reduce Him to your human or cultural standards, because God defies all cultures and expectations. In fact, if he was a mere man who mixed with the prejudiced, ignorant and oppressive culture (in which women were kidnapped, segregated and raped then blamed for their consequential ignorance and violence was sympathized with. Read history if you don't believe me.), He wouldn't be the Son of God. A Person outside of the very visible realm--not just the culture. (read John 21 : 25 and 1 cor 13:9-10) Like the film perfectly depicted, Jesus was the perfect mix of serious (in many instances) and humble; JUST and LOVING; tender and self-controlled. I could easily imagine Him saying, "whoever of you has no sin, let him caste the first stone upon her!" No other movie could perfectly capture this mix without bordering on a specific side on the spectrum of love and justice, and even though the dialogue was more colloquial than formal or fundamentalist in nature, it truly captured the childlike humility of the Gospels and its message of "losing one's life for His sake to find it." Mary, out of 11 of the Apostles, never left Jesus--both in His death and resurrection. The fact He chose HER out of ALL the men to see His RESURRECTED glorious body first before all the men is of great significance and tells us a lot about who Jesus was, even though it's greatly undermined and neglected and deemed an unimportant "supplement", especially by the oppressive ancient societies that followed at the time. Female deacons were elected by St. Paul (Phoebe) and treated with humongous respect. Also in the four Ancient Patriarchates of the East, deaconesses were genuinely elected until men's natural love of power prevailed. All I understood was that Jesus was humble, unlike most men of that age. The pride of men and pharisees of this age cannot enable them to be helped by a loving woman. Jesus is above all men. He is the sole reason I exist and didn't die.

Maleficent was good. The epitome of good although it may not seem like it at face value. It taught me to never judge someone based on how petrifying, distorted, small, or ugly they look. The one we least expect may truly be the one that loves us. Maleficent spoke with her actions--rather than her words. How she condemned King Stephan was, at its core, regardless of Maleficent's wounds, an act of goodness. Of justice. At the end of the movie, they've demonstrated that JUSTICE can indeed go hand in hand with love. True love. True love is not solidified in mere words--but in kindness demonstrated through action. Maleficent may seem cold-hearted, but she's the most altruistic if you look closely. Reposting Jordan's review: "My rule of thumb when it comes to movies is this: If a critic says a movie is bad, it's good. If a critic says a movie is good, it's bad. Critics are not the general population, and I find most of their "reviews" (if you give them that much credit) false. This movie is one of my favorites, and I definitely recommend seeing it."

97% rotten tomatoes? This was one of the most obscene, depressive, sinisterly melancholic and morbid movies I have ever seen. The most socially reprehensible and animalistically-inclined protagonist I have ever seen. Explicit innuendos. Holds no meaning. Politically fueled point-blank. Almost bolshevik. The perfect definition of a "flash in the pan." The proud reincarnation of a skid row. I would never want to live in a world shaped by such ideologies: a world so laudatory of narcissism. They think they're progressing, but they're only IMPERCEPTIBLY morphing into animals -- uncivilized people so enslaved by their flesh. 'Lust wins' would be the banner--but they can't deign to be so honest. I'm backing my bags and going back in time or to the future (when people would finally realize how insane they've become). I still won't deny it though: I loved Dylan so, so much. Maybe that's why I decided to give it 1 star--for which I am unduly generous.