Yeah, It Was Necessary...Or Was It?

I think a lot of good points have been made already about the films "Fridge" and "World of Glory", so I won't say much about them, but I will say the following:  Bottom line is they, especially the latter one, were disturbing.  And yet, I want to believe that they were necessary.  And I think they are...it's important to realize the state of the human condition and the sin and the evil that consumes it.  Without an awareness of this, one would fail to see his need of a Savior.  But as far as these films go, there is no hope.  It is just tragedy.  I can't think of anything positive to take away from the films themselves, but as a Christian, it's necessary to see the evil in order to see the good.  It's easy to fall into the "Jesus loves you" trap, and what I mean by that is that one can get caught up into thinking that one is perfect and that his life is good now because of Jesus' love.  Yes, the saved person can choose to follow God, but that old nature is still there.  Yes, God is love, but there's more to it.  In order to fully understand the extent of his love, you must see the hopeless, literally hopeless, condition that you were in, and it is only by God's grace, that he pulled you out of that pit.  Nothing you did caused him to show affection towards you.  

OK, well I want to now shift gears and comment on the other movie we saw: "Small Hands".  This short film, although still tragic, is a little easier for me to stomach because I don't think it fits the category of "disturbing".  Rather, it has a haunting beauty about it that honestly, (you can hate me for this) I enjoyed.  Yes, it was sad, but sad can be good.  The other films were just downright terrifying, and I remain confused about their purpose other than to highlight reality (which may be all it was).  But this film, I believe, gets across the meaning of tragedy without having to go into all the disturbing stuff.  And that's quite a feat to pull off.  I mean, this one's animated! And here I find I can relate to this one about animal puppets the most.  The music  and the scenery working together are beautiful.  I liked, yes liked, the ending when the tone is very gloomy and depressing and the reality of the situation sets in.  You think at first that an animated short about puppets is going to be light and cheery...and guess what? So to sum up, I liked this one the most (it's very hard for me to say I "liked" the other ones), and I think it does a great job of showing us the tragic reality of life.  Do "Fridge" and "World of Glory" have the same effect? Yeah, you bet they do -- in fact, they profoundly illustrate tragedy more than "Small Hands" does.  But my question is: How much tragedy do we really need to see in order to get the point? I don't know...I'm confused.  

Yes, sin is a real thing and our Lord HATES it.  And so should we.  We must grasp this reality.  I suppose it's necessary to watch "World of Glory" to understand this.  But as I said, I'm not entirely sure.  

Well that's it.  Thanks for reading this overly long post.  My original intention was to talk only about "Small Hands", but I guess all three films have a strong connection with one another and it's hard to avoid not commenting on them as well.