Hour 21: A Film and Interactive Media Blog

  Disney's Snow White 2025 “That's why we fight in your father's name, your parents were brave.” “Because a hand needs a hand” .”It might have everything to do with you “ “"I remember, do you?” “"Where The good things grow.” -Disney's Snow White 2025      I don't want to mince words here. Disney's live-action reimagining of their 1937 animated classic is extraordinary. Snow White has never been more enchanting as she is in this film. From its painterly use of CGI to its meaningful parental thematic core I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that this is the best movie I've seen so far this year. This film is a storybook come to life. In short it is the embodiment of the Disney ethos with no self-important pride or saccharine overindulgence. It is classic Disney magic through and through. Its visuals enchant and its songs embed themselves in your ears with joyful wonder and meaningful thematic residence. As you can probably tell Disn...

  House of David “Master, where are we going now?” “To find a king.” “Deep calls to deep. Show me who I am.” “He is the great author of the story. Let him write it.” -House of David We so often disregard where we have come from and where we're going in pursuit of our own ambitions. Forgetting with ease that this world has value only because it is given from above. The God who made it has endowed it with his love and dignity. Yet, we seek after the pleasures of this Earth, constantly forsaking that fact. In that process we distort who we truly are as God's children. What is true power? House of David is a call back to an earlier time. A time of biblical epics built on the backs of larger than Life performances and visual spectacle. Though the series’s passion for this approach can be somewhat overwrought at points It use the form to great effect. Analyzing The many nuances of power as it is reflected in The show's two protagonists David and Saul. Power and desire to...

  As We See It "Why does nobody want me?" "I never should've taken that away from you, I'm sorry. I'm 29 Violet, I don't have this shit down. I don't know what I'm doing, I make mistakes, you know. And you know you need me, but I need you. You're my family Violet, you're my only family." “What's the big deal about normal?” -As We See It What is normal? It seems to me that normal is not a state of being in the traditional sense of the word. It is an equilibrium with ourselves. An acceptance of who we are in relationship to The God who loves us. Yet, normal is usually not understood in that way. Instead, the world's sense of normal is often derived from a cultural understanding of socially accepted behaviors. Though this interpretation precludes so many from the conversation. If those many are even brought into the conversation at all. Society frequently looks upon those with disabilities as people whose lives can be set as...

  Daredevil: Born Again “I made a promise to myself that I let the system handle it. All of it. Besides, I'm not him anymore, and I won't let myself be.” “I wonder if you're darker half would agree.” “Well, tragedy can transform a man.” -Daredevil: Born Again What defines a hero? Though that may not be the right question for a situation like this . The world of comics often struggles to find a way out for their iconic dealers of justice. The phrase exit strategy, It seems, is not in the vocabulary of those destined to protect and serve in the comic sense of those words. This truth is exponentially more true for those caught in the cycle of hate, sorrow and pain.      Daredevil Born Again 's opening pair of episodes is an intriguing start to the continuation of Charlie Cox's portrayal of this comic book vigilante. Born Again entices as it effectively uses the re-emergence as a thematic engine. Asking us the question: who is the real arbiter of justice, Matt Murdoc...

  Conclave "This is a conclave Aldo, not a war." “It is a war, and you have to commit to a side." "I think again of your sermon, I know what it is to exist between two uncertainties". -Conclave If you are Catholic this presentation of the election to the chair of St. Peter should give you pause. It is an election filled with political maneuvering and back alley deals for control of the College of Cardinals. In short, Conclave represents the Catholic Church at its worst and most human. Though it is through this human mess that Conclave is able to show its true Catholic core. A Pope is not elected by any political maneuvering nor corrupt committee. A Pope is elected by God, He alone has the final say. If we take this truth into account we will begin to realize that Conclave understands its subject far better than you may think. This film is a political thriller built not on the choices of men, but on the decisions of God. From its opening moments to its ...