The Little Mermaid and Love

I think the little mermaid gives a false sense of love, other than what God intends for us. The whole song “Kiss the Girl” in the movie is about how if Prince Eric just kissed Ariel, then they will fall in love. Scripture does not call for just physical relationship, but working together through good and BAD times. People are not compatible based just on the physical, but they need to spiritual and mental as well. We talked about love and marriage in class and discussed that it is more than a physical thing, it is also emotional, mental, and spiritual. It is compromise and hard work. Not this physical fairy tale thing this movie and many others make it out to be.

Wall-E and Tehnology

Wall-E is the perfect Disney movie to discuss in correlation with our discussion on technology and its harms. Wall-E is a piece of technology that got left behind on the earth because we destroyed it with our conveniences and technological advances.  The whole earth is a wasteland. Later in the movie Wall-E gets sent to space where all of the humans live now. Humans have relied and built a society in space to accommodate their new technological way of life. First off, all of the humans are obese and ride around in chairs instead of walking. They drink all of their food out of a straw and never talk to each other face to face, but instead use cell phones. This movie demonstrates the extreme of what our society is on the way of becoming.

I think that this movie brings up many moral issues. The Lord calls us to care for the earth and in this movie we have destroyed it. The Lord made active people and our bodies are temples for the Lord. The obesity due to sheer laziness is against the way the Lord calls us to use our bodies. Also, work is valued and replacing any kind of work with technology is not what God intended for us, he made us to work. Furthermore, in the movie they have not thought about how God would want us to use the technology we have discovered, instead they use it as they please.  This shows distrust in the Lord to provide and know what’s best for us. I think Wall-E advocates all of the moral issues that the Bible advocated in relation to environmental and technological issues. 

Peter Pan and Parent/Child Relationships

Peter Pan brings up a good discussion on the correct relation of the family. In Peter Pan, they go off to Never Never Land where there are no parents and kids run wild. Wendy and her brothers accompany Peter Pan on his adventure to Never Never Land, especially since their parents went out for the night and their father had just gotten angry at them. They think that no parents will be so fun. When Wendy arrives, she becomes a mother type figure for the boys, which they have all been needing. In the end, Wendy and her brothers miss home and their parents very much. This shows that indeed God did create a certain structure for the family and it is not good for family breaks. Children are supposed to obey their parents and their parents are supposed to lead them in a good, Christian way. Children in Never Never Land needed parents and families to show them the difference between right and wrong, and obviously a void was missing in their lives, running wild without any authority was not best for them.

Jasmine and the role of women

Jasmine in the movie Aladdin is a strong woman. She strives for independence, though she is suppressed. She does not take kindly to being told that she is property and the men pay attention to her and change their approach based on her. She constantly pushed the limits that society and her father places on her, even if their reasons are "for her sake". I think similarly women should push the limits that society and not the Lord have placed on them. No man should put a woman down if she is following the Lord and his will in her life. I think she is by far one of the strongest women in the Disney movies.

Fox and the Hound teaches acceptance

Fox and the Hound is about, who would have guessed, a fox and a hound. They are owned by neighbors who hate each other and the owners hate the others' pet. However, despite all of their obstacle they become friends, because they do not care that the other is different and not really accepted in each's society. It changes for them once they get a little older. The fox is released and the hound grows up to be a good hunter. However, at the end of the story they cross paths again and save each other's lives. They realize again that their differences aren't so great.

I think that this movie relates to our discussion on homosexuality. We should accept everyone, and even when there are societal pressures to not and even though people sometimes fall into those pressures, in the end we should realize that we are not that different and want similar things. Jesus accepted everyone, despite their differences. He did not accept sexual immorality or immorality of any other kind. However, he did see past the differences that society places on people and accepted everyone. It is about acceptance and a place for God's creations, especially when they are not doing anything against his law.