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The Ending? SPOILERS

posted 16 years ago by theblowerfamily
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SPOILERS

right just watched this and thought it was alright up to about 10 minutes from the end.

very controversial makes you think and question the plagues in exodus and whether they were seen as terrorism etc etc.

greater good these people being persecuted have rights some acts of violence need to be done, so on and so on.

and then the people are freed and then go on mass rampage and loads of killing ensues!

should point out i am christian and for the most part the story made me think until like i say last ten minutes.

My question is to all

EH!

What was the ending suggesting?

Violence begets violence? nobody's innocent?

If anyone has any insightful response and or knows the people who made this movie and what there point was any help would be most appreciated!

Cheers

Oh one last thing what about the whole going back to beginning thing too!

Ending left me thinking i was watching football factory or green street LOL

[–] kerrie_moore 16 years ago

I rather enjoyed the film, but also was left a tad bewildered by the ending. Also, what was with the little kid who was always high on solvents?

[–] sarah-fegredo 16 years ago

I enjoyed the film and thought that it raised some very interesting and challenging questions about how we view terrorism and what oppression is in the 21st century. As a christian and theology student I was also immensely challenged about the biblical account of Exodus and what sort of God kills the first born etc. - I thought the same questions that are asked of Moses in this film might also be asked of God in the Old Testament.

I was pleased that the director retained one of the central themes of the Exodus story which is about liberation of the oppressed. This story has frequently been used in this way by oppressed minorities (African American Slaves for example) and it was interesting to see the Rastafarian character, since the story forms part of their understanding of God (c.f. Bob Marley - Exodus).

HAving said all of that I was immensely dissappointed with the ending. The point of the Exodus narrative is that God is a god of justice who cares for the oppressed minorities and will liberate them - the Israelites escaping over the Red Sea shows this. To have lost this ending leaves us with a God who in the end doesn't/can't bring liberation, and therefore no hope. In this sense it was a very post-modern ending; it even went so far as to suggest that our belief in a god of hope is all the delusions of a substance abusing child. I realise that some will say that that is all religion/belief is anyway but I think the fact that a secular film-maker felt that a biblical narrative had something to say about the state we find ourselves in today is telling.