God, Superstar by Bruce McCulloch

934 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Analysis of Jesus films

Believing in God is a pretty big deal, just once it would be nice for someone to give full frontal proof that God existed. None of that “you just have to believe” talk, just hardcore evidence. Well the bible does just that. How much more proof would someone need than legit stories of the truth? Prime examples like Moses and the burning bush, God reveals himself to Moses in a remarkable way, that shows his full power and beyond humanity abilities. Just like this he makes it known again with Elijah when he proves his existence by bringing his flame to the offering to show the other citizens that the only God they should be worshiping is him.
Now in modern days supernatural experiences are usually rare but those situations allow people to falsely believe that God only works through extremities. Movies allow for these ideas to come to pass because they can determine what they want “God” to do. Such as “Superstar” directed by Bruce McCulloch. In contrast to this there are the usual personal plans that God makes for individuals that may not look extreme but still allow for his power to be shown, like in Tyler Perry’s “ I Can Do Bad All By myself”. In their own ways both movies express God like how the modern society would interpret God.
Superstar is not primarily a religious movie but all in all it does the job of portraying what some may think what Gods main purpose for us is. The main character Mary Katherine wants to be able to have her first magical kiss but feels that it will never happen because she is not a “superstar”. Mary Katherine prays earnestly to get this fabulous kiss she’s been hoping for. Sometimes it’s inappropriate and the audience notice that her prayers are answered by a personal God. Her laid-back Jesus who sudden...

... middle of paper ...

...movie everything worked out so well and in a quickly matter. In reality it would not be that way, God will grant people what they need when he feels they are ready, the path to Christ is very bumpy and it take much more than an hour to fully give in to the lord. The movie does a good representation of what is to come but fails to prove the hardships and battles Christian undergo due to having faith in the Lord.
Both movies show great ways the Lord can express himself. All in all what matters is no matter how he does that, the faith and the belief in him can never suffice. The Lord is always there any way and how, he will always be there if you’re there as well. Like Joel Olsten said, “It's our faith that activates the power of God.”

Works Cited
I Can do Bad all by Myself. Tyler Perry. Lionsgate, 2009.Film
Superstar. Bruce McCulloch. Paramount Pictures,1999.Film

Show More
Related

  • Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

    1253 Words  | 3 Pages

    the commander of the Rebel army, General Robert E Lee. General Lee is skeptical too of

    Read More

  • Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol

    787 Words  | 2 Pages

    Jonathan Kozol's book, Amazing Grace, analyzes the lives of the people living in the dilapidated district of South Bronx, New York. Kozol spends time touring the streets with children, talking to parents, and discussing the appalling living conditions and safety concerns that plague the residents in the inner cities of New York. In great detail, he describes the harsh lifestyles that the poverty stricken families are forced into; day in and day out. Disease, hunger, crime, and drugs are of the few everyday problems that the people in Kozol's book face; however, many of these people continue to maintain a very religious and positive outlook on life. Jonathan Kozol's investigation on the lifestyle of these people, shows the side to poverty that most of the privileged class in America does not get to see. Kozol wishes to persuade the readers to sympathize with his book and consider the condition in which these people live. The inequality issues mentioned are major factors in affecting the main concerns of Kozol: educational problems, healthcare obstacles, and the everyday struggles of a South Bronx child.

    Read More

  • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

    567 Words  | 2 Pages

    The main character of this book is Susan Caraway, but everyone knows her as Stargirl. Stargirl is about 16 years old. She is in 10th grade. Her hair is the color of sand and falls to her shoulders. A “sprinkle” of freckles crosses her nose. Mostly, she looked like a hundred other girls in school, except for two things. She didn’t wear makeup and her eyes were bigger than anyone else’s in the school. Also, she wore outrageous clothes. Normal for her was a long floor-brushing pioneer dress or skirt. Stargirl is definitely different. She’s a fun loving, free-spirited girl who no one had ever met before. She was the friendliest person in school. She loves all people, even people who don’t play for her school’s team. She doesn’t care what others think about her clothes or how she acts. The lesson that Stargirl learned was that you can’t change who you are. If you change for someone else, you will only make yourself miserable. She also learned that the people who really care about you will like you for who you are. The people who truly love you won’t ask you to change who you are.

    Read More

  • So Far from God by Ana Castillo

    1087 Words  | 3 Pages

    This novel is a story of a Chicano family. Sofi, her husband Domingo together with their four daughters – Esperanza, Fe, Caridad, and Loca live in the little town of Tome, New Mexico. The story focuses on the struggles of Sofi, the death of her daughters and the problems of their town. Sofi endures all the hardships and problems that come her way. Her marriage is deteriorating; her daughters are dying one by one. But, she endures it all and comes out stronger and more enlightened than ever. Sofi is a woman that never gives up no matter how poorly life treats her. The author- Ana Castillo mixes religion, super natural occurrences, sex, laughter and heartbreak in this novel. The novel is tragic, with no happy ending but at the same time funny and inspiring. It is full of the victory of the human spirit. The names of Sofi’s first three daughters denote the three major Christian ideals (Hope, Faith and Charity).

    Read More

  • “Shane” by Jack Schaefer

    500 Words  | 1 Pages

    In the novel “Shane”, by Jack Schaefer, Marian, the wife of Joe and the mother of Bob is initially played out to be a very simple character. She cooks and cleans and cares for her family. She starts to develop a more complex character as Shane arrives. You can tell from the beginning that Marian wants to impress her guest with her cooking and her curiosity of the latest fashions. But as the novel progresses you begin to see that Marian may want more from Shane than originally shown.

    Read More

  • All Souls by Michael MacDonald

    1876 Words  | 4 Pages

    Michael MacDonald’S All Souls is a heart wrenching insider account of growing up in Old Country housing projects located in the south of Boston, also known as Southie to the locals. The memoir takes the reader deep inside the world of Southie through the eyes of MacDonald. MacDonald was one of 11 children to grow up and deal with the many tribulations of Southie, Boston. Southie is characterized by high levels of crime, racism, and violence; all things that fall under the category of social problem. Social problems can be defined as “societal induced conditions that harms any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society” (Long). The social problems that are present in Southie are the very reasons why the living conditions are so bad as well as why Southie is considered one of the poorest towns in Boston. Macdonald’s along with his family have to overcome the presence of crime, racism, and violence in order to survive in the town they consider the best place in the world.

    Read More

  • Mockery Makes Maher Macho

    1404 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the end, it takes more than a macho attitude to refute the word of God, or to successfully take on the world of religion and destroy its existence. Bill Maher’s overly inflated ethos, lack of decorum, unconvincing use of logical fallacies, and bad inductive logic are some of the key reasons why this film presented a weak argument. Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end? Said Tom Stoppard. Only God knows when and where it will all end neither certainty nor doubt will change that.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Film Halloween

    1359 Words  | 3 Pages

    It is already known that character is not morally sound and being taken after saying “I’ll be right back” adds another level to the morality factor. The Bible has a lot of stories where people turned away from God and horror films have taken those stories. The horror film versions are really extreme versions of these stories, but the underlying theme is the same. With the characters there is a more personal sin being committed. The saying “I’ll be right back” adds an arrogance to the characters and there is a personal vendetta from the movie’s God. Sometimes in a horror film, morally questionable characters live, but the characters that say “I’ll be right back” never make it to the

    Read More

  • Lonesome Howl by Steven Herrick

    600 Words  | 2 Pages

    I read the book Lonesome Howl, which is a drama book and a love story. The book was about two main character whose names are Jake and Lucy. They lived with their family in two different farms, but in the same community besides a mountain covered in a big wicked forest where many rumors took place. The farmers around the place lost many sheep’s since a feral beast. It was a quite small community and a lot of tales was told about it to make it even more interesting. Lucy was 16 years old and lived with her strict father and a coward of mom who didn’t dare to stand up for her daughter when she were being mistreated and slapped around by her father. Lucy was a retired and quite teenager because of that. She had a younger brother whose name was Peter. Peter was being bullied in school and couldn’t read since the education of Peter was different compare too Lucy’s. She helped him in school and stood up for the mean bullies, although all she got in return was him talking bullshit about her with their cruel dad which resulted with her getting thrash.

    Read More

  • Christianity in Lars and The Real Girl

    2361 Words  | 5 Pages

    When I saw Lars and the Real Girl on the choices of movies for this project, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. I really enjoyed this movie and its uniqueness. This movie has the most unique plot I have ever witnessed in a film. At the end of the movie, Margo says to Lars, “There will never be one like her” in reference to Bianca. In reality, there will never be a movie like this one. What I enjoyed most about this film was it was a Christian film but wasn’t a Christian film. What I mean by that is that it didn’t just throw Christianity in your face while watching it. Nothing about this film seemed fake. It never seemed as if the writer was trying to tell you one specific message of the film. The writer was simply telling a story, and leaving it up to the audience to figure out what the message of the story was for that particular person. The writer left it up for the audience’s interpretation. Everything in this film seemed genuine and real. It was something that I really could see happening at my church community. I will be honest when I first read the initial plot before I watched the movie; I was skeptical of how this movie would involve Christianity, but after watching the whole movie I saw that there were elements of Christianity all throughout the movie. From the perception of the church to the common beliefs of the characters, the Christian faith was shown in all aspects of the movie. Lars and the Real is not only a movie, but it is a lesson that through faith and the strength of a community a troubled soul can be healed. There are four specific items I am going to address in this paper: the message of the film regarding the Christian metanarrative, the way Christianity was...

    Read More

  • Everything Now By Steve Mckevitt

    820 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the essay “Everything Now” Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers, author Steve McKevitt blames our unhappiness on having everything we need and want, given to us now. While his writing is compelling, he changes his main point as his conclusion doesn’t match his introduction. He uses “want versus need” (145) as a main point, but doesn’t agree what needs or wants are, and uses a psychological theory that is criticized for being simplistic and incomplete. McKevitt’s use of humor later in the essay doesn’t fit with the subject of the article and comes across almost satirical. Ultimately, this essay is ineffective because the author’s main point is inconsistent and poorly conveyed.

    Read More

  • Internal Conflict In The Last Temptation Of Christ

    713 Words  | 2 Pages

    Whenever a movie is based off of a book, game, comic or anything that portrays characters the characters’ portrayal can be skewed. It is all up to the director or author on how their mind portrays those characters and how they feel about it. These types of media tend to tell us more about the author or director than about the actuality of said person, in this case it is Jesus. With that if a story has many movies based on it each can differ on the mise-en-scene, and the portrayal of characters. “The Last Temptation of Christ” is one of those examples where the new testament is taken by film makers and made in to a movie on how they feel Jesus is portrayed. “The Last Temptation of Christ” is not quite about Jesus, rather about how the author

    Read More

  • The Passion Of The Christ Film Analysis

    1094 Words  | 3 Pages

    It’s visually powerful, and depicts the single greatest sacrifice in human history. Still, and to a degree, it only makes sense for filmmakers to attempt to add the same illumination on the other defining moments in the life of Jesus Christ.

    Read More

  • Is Religion Just a Joke?

    1001 Words  | 3 Pages

    ...ck Jesus, a thirteenth apostle played by Chris Rock who was written out of the bible because he was black (having a black savior is okay, but not a black apostle), Mary not being a virgin, after all, “Do you think Joseph would stay around if he wasn’t getting any?,” and God being a woman.Ý Anyone who would take these humorous and outrageous suggestions literally is more of a joke than this movie.Ý

    Read More

  • Nazareth Movie Reflection

    1476 Words  | 3 Pages

    There were so many scenes I favored, but some I enjoyed more than others. For instance, when He stepped toward the man, and said in a loud, strong powerful manner, “Leave Him!” It was then that chills went down my spine. He cast out demons from a possessed man. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. He said Lazarus, come forth! I recalled the scene when He told the soldier, “Go home, your son is well.” I loved the scene when Jesus was in the pool and healed the blind man with the clay. I felt Anne Bancroft, who portrayed; Mary Magdalene played a vital part in this film when she washed Jesus’ feet with her hair. In some of the other scenes, we saw His wrath. He became angry at the "den of thieves," and His tears of suffering in the garden. In many words, He was in control of His feelings and emotions, and he wanted us to be in control of our emotions as well. During the scene, where Jesus suffered on the cross, Laurence Olivier, who portrayed Nicodemus recited these scriptures according to Isaiah

    Read More

More about God, Superstar by Bruce McCulloch

Open Document