Dir: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Starring: Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray
I saw this earlier in 2012 the weekend it was in limited release (I love living in New York!), the day after being the maid of honor in my best friend's wedding. You could describe my best friend as whimsy and stylized in the same vein of Wes Anderson--she's a huge fan, of course. So it felt like a honor that on the weekend of her wedding, we were able to catch this movie, and that it turned out to be perfectly adorable, fun, and great.
The story of two young teenagers living on a fictitious little island off the coast of New England in 1965, Sam and Suzy are outcasts who find an attraction to each other as kids not accepted by their peers, adults, or their parents. Anderson's directing takes another step towards ultimate quirky sophistication, and I think he's grown considerably since his earlier works with this foray. His shots look like old '60s photographs as he pans across his characters.
I popped this in the player on New Year's Day--it was my first movie of 2013! It was a great way to welcome the new year, as I sat next to my husband delighted and laughing the whole time.
The Best: The moment Bill Murray takes off his shoe and throws it at Ed Norton's character is one of my favorites, but I have to give it to the leads Hayward and Gilman--from when they awkwardly meet each other to their 'playing house' on the beach.
Fact: The screenplay was just nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay!
Rating: ********** (10 out of 10)
ARE 16 MILLION SOUTHERN BAPTISTS WRONG? BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteThe teaching of most in the Southern Baptist denomination is that water baptism is not essential to salvation because it is a work and works cannot save. They quote Ephesians 2:8-9 as their proof-text.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.(NKJV)
The gift men receive because of God's grace is salvation. We do not receive salvation because of any meritorious works, we are not saved because of our good deeds. We are not saved because we have lived a good and perfect life. The short answer is we are not saved because of "our works".
The question remains, is allowing someone to baptize you in water, a work, is it a good deed, is it a meritorious work? Of course not, it is simply obeying the command of Jesus to be baptized in order to be saved. (Mark 16:16...and is baptized shall be saved...NKJV)
If being baptized in water is a work, (the person being baptized does nothing but submit to baptism) then why is having faith not a work. Why is confessing Jesus as Lord and the Son of God not a work? Why is believing that God raised Jesus from the dead not a work.
OBEYING THE GOSPEL PLAN OF SALVATION IS NOT A WORK. Faith John 3:16, Repentance Acts 3:19, Confession Romans 10:9, Immersion in water Acts 2:38, 1 Peter 3:21, Acts 22:16, Mark 16:16.
What do you want to trust for your salvation, Southern Baptist doctrine or the Bible?
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