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posted 17 years ago by Chillidogratesstuff
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Hey, watched the film last night and i thought it was brilliant but i have just one question why did Joshua cut the cord on the Sonar equiptment thing Father Pat had bought? seemed a bit harsh, i think the point he was trying to get accross was that he didn't need it to catch fish and that it was a waste of money, but isn't it more of a waste of money now its broken and can't be sold, it was the one thing in the movie that i thought was out of character, can someone clear this up with me? did i miss something??

thanks, Tim

[–] ismarticlever 17 years ago

im not sure about that part either but what i think is it was just a way to show that he didnt need to rely on that thing, because there was obviously something more important to trust in

[–] castanz 17 years ago

A priest shouldn't care about money, neither did Joshua.

[–] Roy_Batty_Nexus6 16 years ago

HA HA, yeah?! Try telling that to the Vatican.

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.... Time to die''.

[–] smurfy7777 17 years ago

I guess you could kind of tie it to how Jesus was flipping the tables in the tax-house place. Certainly out of character, but if you look at it in the right mindset it makes sense.

[–] Sweetvine5 13 years ago

I saw it as Joshua wasn't really happy that he would be killing loads of fish with it..and also the metaphor. Be a fisher of men. :)

[–] yurenchu 10 years ago

The sonar equipment thing was already useless, its value didn't decrease when Joshua cut the cord. Moreover, to whom would Father Pat have re-sold this worthless junk? Without being a con man, that is.

Yeah, it looked a bit harsh to cut the cord (it caught me too), but when looked at from this perspective it makes perfect sense.

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[–] rmontro 8 years ago

The sonar equipment thing was already useless, its value didn't decrease when Joshua cut the cord. Moreover, to whom would Father Pat have re-sold this worthless junk? Without being a con man, that is.

Agree with this. Joshua didn't like frauds. Had Father Pat sold it to someone else, he would have been perpetuating the fraud.

I was kind of surprised that he didn't start catching fish as soon as Joshua cut the cord. As a takeoff of the apostles catching nets full of fish with Jesus from the Gospel.