"Silence" Christian Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2017
- Here is our review for the movie "Silence". Is it any good?
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Shusaku Endô, the novel's writer, was a Catholic. It's just that his take on Christianity was influenced by Japanese culture, and that's why his perspective is different.
by different, you mean a perspective that challenges one-dimensional dogmatic fantasy? a perspective which entertains the complexity of the trials & tribulations of what an evangelizer would ACTUALLY go through in a religiously hostile soil? yeah, I wonder why it doesn't go as well as how one-dimensional people with their blind faith expect it to go--as smoothly as preaching to stereotyped atheists in God's Not Dead, where they pretend they wouldn't get Hitch-slapped with a dose of reality 😂
yeah, I wonder why these spoilt, pampered sheeps of Christ that have never done actual proselytizing besides preaching to the choir behind the safety & comfort of their social media account and podium, would expect a movie like Silence to play out in a fashion that's anything else but their easy-preaching fantasyland...where the worst backlash they ever faced is being called intolerant by campus students, and that was enough to make these pompous preachers whine and cry about their persecution complex,...unaware of the actual backlash evangelizers back then were facing.
You kept calling it weird, and saying it didn’t accomplish what it should have. What does that mean??
I think it’s disappointing that you can’t watch this film as a Christian and be able to see it from multiple points of view. The film is challenging, heart breaking and convicting. The book the film was based on was written by a Japanese man who became Christian, and I found the film fascinating in how it explores a westernized view of Christianity being imposed on a culture without an understanding of that culture.
Ultimately, whether you agree with the main character’s arc or not, there is a lot of value in this film’s unique take on evangelism.
That's definitely an aspect of the film, I don't think the reviewer would deny that part. But when you watch the film, it feels like God is silent the entire time. It feels like when the cross burns with the man in the end, that isn't a moment of hope for his faith, but that the cross is burning with him. The movie feels insanely hopeless, almost like it was from the perspective of somebody who wasn't Christian. To be honest the book seems a lot more anti japan than the movie is. And I think Martins perspective definitely warps the story into being more hopeless.
This was a powerful film that ask if you will still serve God when He is silent and when you suffer persecution. Much better than any happy ending' war room' types.
War Room was an excellent movie. Please explain why you disliked it.
Bravo Steve - if you have to ask about Silence compared to War Room might be time for some self reflection.
Have you read the accounts of Christian persecution? It honestly more seems that this movie is created from the assumption that God is not actually present in Christian suffering. And something you don't see is that, in the book, Andrew Garfield's character actually spent the rest of his life undermining Christianity, which is by no means respectful, nor acceptable in the sight of God.
@@1776iscool i like to assume your statement is an oppinon. Just like mine which I will tell you. I never took the film as it telling you about God or not. But more about the appeals of faith and the human mind. It is a Christian movie, but it doesn’t put in the prospective that what God is doing is right or wrong. But more in the sense of what you, a Christian would do in the main characters shoes. Becsude even too me I’m still ripped apart between agreeing and disagreeing with the main character. Would you renounce your faith to stop the ending and deaths of innocent lives, or would you continue to praise God, and let these people die, hoping they accepted Christ wirh all their hearts and reach towards heaven. Maybe in secret they could still survive
I beleive the main character stepping on Christ is not saying you should do the same, but was the human, sin flesh response that the main character did and how his life turned up afterwards. For me it’s a movie about faith then God
And with the movie
I think it’s beauty is that it doesn’t answer that question. That question is for you to decide for yourself
if you think the movie is odd then your saying the book is odd, can you please respond
Mathew 10:33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Desreta Collins Exactly the verse I thought of through out the entire second half of the movie.
R.L. H. Amen. God Bless You Today and Keep Blessing You with the Gift of Discernment!!!
True, but you have to also consider that man cannot suffer as easily as Jesus did. Andrew Garfield is a man, not man and God. Suffering is not as simple for Him. But God is forgiving and understanding of our hearts. Does that change anything? I don't know-but that is something to think about.
@@zacharysiple783 Curious on your response. Because in the end days there will be Christians who will have to die for their faith or take the mark of the beast. Will you tell them that God will forgive them for this deed? Revelations 13:16
@@zacharysiple783 Christ was 100% man & 100% God. He wasn't using his divine nature to resist the devil during his trial in the desert, but Scripture. Everything the devil threw at him was rejected by the verses He cited. The reason His sacrifice on the cross was accepted by God the Father was because Christ was Emmanuel...Christ had intimate knowledge (as human) of the frailty of man, in spite of his divine nature.
This is actually my favorite movie, but I understand your points.
Pathetic
The end does not fit for the bible boys. The end is the most important part. The end is about the fact that grey area of our lives. Would you stop the pain in exchange for peace? You also need to be aware that japan was never colonized so the Church found itself in their own Vietnam and made a retreat.
I totally disagree with you. This movie based on the book is very relevant to our time. How do we do while facing persecution physically or emotionally because your faith and religion?
I think it’s interesting you really liked the first bit when it’s the cliche kind of religious persecution film we have seen/heard before. But had problems with the later half of it when it’s more of the “real world” so to speak, and shades of gray.
I think at the end when Andrew Garfield “renounced” his faith in order to save people’s lives, and then he hears god for the first time. It’s saying the most Christ like act was NOT for Andrew Garfield to hold onto his pride and become a martyr for Jesus like he had been wanting almost hoping to. But to relinquish his pride, sacrificing that which he holds most dear for others, and in a way is willing to become kenichiro the man he was so disgusted by in the beginning of the film.
I think it great commentary also on whether a lot of the missionaries true intentions and whether they have done enough introspection to even know what those are!! Truly a servant of god and the people, or servants of their own ego. For example how Andrew Garfield constantly sees Christ’s face super imposed over his own when liking in reflections. You also notice this when a guy talks to Andrew Garfield about how the missionaries made no attempts to learn of the Japanese language, culture, people, etc (something that would do way more for their ability to spread the word of god to the Japanese people). Also when Liam Neeson says “their gospel isn’t even the same as ours!” “They aren’t dying for our god they are dying for you” and “go ahead, pray, but keep your eyes open when doing so”
Again I think the movie is saying the most Christ like act is when Andrew Garfield in that moment is not giving up his faith, but giving up his pride.
I hate to break it to you, but the source material is the novel written by a Japanese Catholic. It's a deeply Christian novel. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese, a man of faith who was telling this story as part of his own spiritual journey. So, the film and novel are exploring-- deeply and profoundly-- the tensions and complexities that existed during the 17th century persecution of Christians in Japan. The actions of the main characters reflect their own choices, choices made after prayer and discernment. Some faced persecution and accepted their fate; others chose to renounce their faith; others ostensibly renounced their faith for the sake of others, while continuing to persist in their faith. It sounds as though you didn't grasp that this story was not telling a feel good, fake spirituality story that we see so much of. This was an authentic and genuine story of faith, one that was painful to watch but profoundly true to reality. I encourage everyone to go see this movie!
Question. From reading Revelations 13:16. Do you believe that when that happens that you should renounce your faith for the mark of the beast?
Keep telling yourself Lies
I could not agree more! I went to see this movie with some friends who are also leaders at our church thinking it would be hacksaw ridge in japan essentially. We all walked out in anger and frustration with it. Im honestly mad I saw it at all. Love your channel btw!
+Caleb Thanks man! It was definitely a strange misrepresentation of a movie, very odd. I'm glad you like the channel, that means a lot!
I loved the movie. God understands our suffering.
No
@@kaikhokomuni2417 He doesn't? Why doesn't He?
Will He understand when we choose to take the mark of the beast in the end days? Revelations 13:16
It's a post-modernist novel making apology for relativists. The true damage this movie does, it's to make people think they can be suitable for the anti-christian dominant elite where hidding your (public) faith from them it's ok as long as you are a true (in private) follower of Christ within yourself.
Your public announce of your faith it's always been the christian way. That's why martyrs are the greatest example of christians in the Catholic Church.
Martyrs die for what? For fame that you can see? Or for the heaven that you cannot see?
@@clementnade972 you're arguing a false dichotomy. Martyrs did not die for fame, they chose death before renounce to Christ. You may not see heaven, but you do can see apostasy. If martyrs would have thought like you, faith would not have spread.
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That's very disappointing. I was really hoping that this one would be good.
+Mason Cook Yeah me too. Unfortunately just lacking a grounding in the source material.
Maybe you should watch it for yourself.
This is why Baptism is so important. The public announcement to follow Christ. This movie is about relativism & deconstructionism at it's worst. Joshua Harris the movie.
you have not suffered yet mr. christian movie reviewer
@@SB-cy8tr i think that’s the beauty of the movie. Because we aren’t really given an answer. In the end after He rejects, he feels guilty about it, but still dies with a cross in his hand. I’m split between this movie because on one part maybe I would step on it, but on my other half, stepping on it is an exact betrayal
Purely blasphemous
This was christian mixed catholic. Mostly catholic. You never confess to a priest or call anyone father except God.
Acts of the Apostles 7:2 - Stephen calls Abraham "father."
Romans 9:10 - Paul says "our father Isaac."
Philem 10 - Paul calls himself a "father" to a nonbiological Onesimus.
There are many OT instances of calling others father.
As for confessing to a priest, OT Israelites would offer their sins before the priest so he could make a sacrifice before the Lord on their behalf. The Bible also says to confess ones sins to one another. Where does it say to not confess to a priest?