House - the movie

In theaters this week marks the big screen release of the movie House--based on the book written by Christian authors Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. It has received an R rating due to the disturbing images in the film.

If you are a fan of these authors, I would suggest getting out to see this while you can. I don't expect it to have the screen life of Fireproof by any means.

I think I am going to hit a matinee today.

www.housethemovie.net

That was one scary book. I can imagine the movie will probably be too disturbing for my delicate psyche.

Yep just watched the preview, gonna have to skip this one, I don't like wetting my pants.

I got the idea this movie is to scary for me too.
So I watched some minutes and the music told me it's scary.

Maybe it is because I have read the book, but I didn't see anything remotely scary about this. Compared to most horror movies, this was relatively mild. With almost no blood, no vulgar language, and no nudity, I cannot understand why this got an R rating. The Harry Potter movies are darker than this!

So what is the Christian message in it?

It is very subtile. The house is the manifestation of your sins. The killers are nothing more than Satan and his demons wanting to destroy you because of your guilt. There is a little girl in the movie who guides the people through the house who represents Christ. She tells them that the only way to destroy the darkness is with the Light.

So, with all of that, if you were not aware that this was written by a couple of Christian authors, you would never know that it was a biblical message. The movie is much more allegorical than preachy.

alldatndensum wrote:

allegorical

Now be a good little "baby blue" and say THANK YOU to Miss Poston

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Now be a good little "baby blue" and say THANK YOU to Miss Poston

Thanks for bringing her into my thoughts and ruining my day.

I'm glad you have told us about this movie.
I have an other view of this movie now.

C.S. Lewis has written about Aslan that is the view of Jesus and the whitch, for me the view of satan.
Are there more Christian authors who has written at an allergorical way?

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy

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Are there more Christian authors who has written at an allergorical way?

Donita K. Paul's 5 book Dragonspell series.

Technically, The Lord Of The Rings wasn't an allegory. Tolkien himself stated that it was just a piece of fantasy, not intended to convey any hidden meaning. A lot of people, knowing he was a Christian, have bent some of the story to fit his religious beliefs.

I wish I could remember where it was that I read about him trying to set the record straight. My memory isn't what it used to be.

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My memory isn't what it used to be.

My memory never was! I've often said that my memory is so bad that if I ever get Alzheimer's I would never know!

I hear your memory is the first thing to go.

I don't remember what the second thing is.......

Ask Sabidoo-he'd know. He's OLD!

The issue with Tolkein comes up all of the time. There is a great book called "Finding God in the Lord of the Rings" and it explains that most of the "Christian" nature of the Lord of the Rings is not in direct allegory or parallel, but in the worldview of the works. Bad is bad, good is good. Honesty is lauded, deception causes destruction. There are no representative of angels, demons, Satan or Jesus in the Lord of the Rings,

One interesting thing of note was that because of his Christian walk, Tolkein had a problem with creating Gandalf as a "wizard". According to Tolkein, Gandalf was not a "wizard" but a Maia, which was a being created with a higher level of metaphysical power than typical humans. That bit of information did not come out in the books, but it did in his work "The Silmarrilion" I believe. Basically, Gandalf was able to do the things he did because he was created with that ability, not because he delved into witchcraft or sorcery. A subtle difference that allows for distinction between evil, who do delve into sorcery, and good, people using the gifts that they were created with.

In the movie, "House" the Tin man says, "This house is a manifestation of your own hearts." I saw it and enjoyed it quite a bit. Like the girl said, "Light defeats darkness." The tralier made it look extremely scary, but, in my opinion, the movie itself wasn't.

I believe Jesus was allegorically in LOTR. Gandalf fought the Balrog, the demon of the deep, and "came back to life" glorified.

Both Tolkien and Lewis were not fans of direct allegory. (ie, This character equals that thing.... think Pilgrim's Progress here). The only true allegory that Lewis ever wrote was The Pilgrim's Regress.

But as they wrote, Christian symbolism arose in their works naturally. They wrote not to teach, but to entertain, yet the message came out organically because they wrote from the heart. It's there if you want to see it, but you can enjoy the story apart from any symbolism.

I've not read House, but I imagine it's much the same. The Oath was certainly more subtle that most Christian fiction.