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Batman Begins and the Savior of Gotham

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  What is the basic plot of Batman Begins? The main plot of Batman Begins takes place in Gotham City, a massive city like New York City that has been extremely prosperous but also has quickly become extremely corrupt, dangerous, full of crime, and decadent The city’s corruption is rampant throughout the culture and among its leaders and politicians   The main antagonist Ra’s al Ghul, is a mentor to Bruce Wayne in the beginning of the film and trains him in the fighting techniques that become critical to his success as a Superhero   Bruce Wayne, uses Ra’s training and his company’s cutting-edge technology to invent the Batman character to strike fear into and to fight the criminals plaguing Gotham   The level of wickedness and corruption in Gotham becomes so great that Ra’s al Ghul must take action to destroy Gotham. Him and his secret clan vow to execute justice against the evil city as they have done to previous cities and empires like Rome ...
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The Giver and the True Giver of Abundant Life

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 “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” -CS Lewis The Giver and the True Giver of Abundant Life What is the basic plot of The Giver? The main plot of the Giver takes place in a small town in the distant future that is designed to eliminate danger of any kind   Life in the town is extremely safe, efficient, and predictable. The technology of the town is extremely advanced The cost for safety and predictability is a severe lack of personal freedom through a system of rules that maintain sameness and control Another major cost is that human emotions have been removed including love and joy because human emotions are unpredictable and can lead to painful ...
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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  What is the basic plot of Willy Wonka? The eccentric owner and founder of the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, one of the largest makers of confectionaries in the world, sends out five golden tickets hidden inside his world-famous Willy Wonka chocolate bars. The lucky five children who find the tickets will be given the once in a lifetime opportunity to take a tour of the chocolate factory, with Willy Wonka personally. The tour is full of wonder as candy and chocolate have been re-engineered into everything from rivers to bridges to grass and walls, a land of “pure imagination” as Wonka describes    However, along the tour each of the five children give into their unique temptations, which causes them problems and forces them to leave the tour   Except for Charlie, a poor, humble, local kid who always follows Willy Wonka’s instruction, respects his authority, and has a pure love for everything he sees at the factory   At the end of the tour, Charlie is the o...
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Key Convictions for Fingerprints in Film

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  Fingerprints in Film   Key Convictions: ·         The Divine nature of God has been revealed in all that made, including in film and television, even if the creators of those films are not believers, because even the non-believer cannot escape the reality of His glory and presence and they cannot deny the desire in their own heart for God ·         By helping people to see the glory of God in film, which people consume a high quantity of today, we can help more people desire and come to Christ ·         By revealing the glory of God in film, we can help people see the greater glory of God in all things, and help remove the veil of blindness that the enemy has put over the non-believers Key Verses and Tenets: The centrality, omnipotence, and omnipresence of God in all things Colossians 1:16-17 “For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visib...
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