Stephanie Lamp
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January 25th 2010
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace was directed by Michael Apted and written by Steven Knight. It was released February 23rd 2007. This movie was a feel good movie; it’s hard to see all the drama and stupid reasons around the abolition movement they gave Wilberforce but he never gave up. Even though he had few people behind him it never really seemed to bother him. Even with him being as sick as he was at times he still pushed forward and kept researching ways to get around their rules. This is more of an adult film, I don’t think kids would really be able to relate to the dialogue of the film. It’s heart warming how he as a white man cares so much to help get these slaves out of slavery. The slaves were treated terribly on the ships being transported to their destinations. They were put in box size spaces and expected to live through week long journeys. We should never stop doing something we believe in just if most people may not agree with you. Stand up for what you believe in and be an individual. Just like William never gave up on the slaves Jesus never gave up on his people. Giving up would have definitely been much easier for Jesus. He could have just told his dad; “God these people aren’t taking me seriously, it’s their own fault I’m coming home.” We would have never gotten as far in life without Jesus’ salvation on us. William showed to be a awesome Christ like Christian man that many people honored. I think we would all like to be remembered for something like that.
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Nick Villegas
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Amazing Grace
21 January 2010
Amazing Grace
The movie Amazing Grace is about british abolitionist William Wiberforce’s fight for social justice during the early 1800’s and his determination to nullify the slave trade in Britain. Amazing Grace was written by Steven Knight and directed by Michael Apted (Enough). It was released on February 23, 2007 by IDP, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and was also named best spiritual film of 2008.
Amazing Grace relies on its name to attract our attention. It rides on the song “Amazing Grace” written by John Newton to sort of make it seem that the whole story is going to be about the creation of the song (and it somewhat is, just not entirely). The movie is set in the early 1800’s, so anyone with a particular love for that setting will enjoy this movie, along with anyone with an interest in history and religion. A child watching this movie will fall asleep within the first fifteen minutes, and if not that then move on to another activity as this movie will surely not be able to keep their attention. A teenager will either become restless and not pay attention or if they are sincere in watching this movie they will understand the movie’s message as it is pretty easy to grasp. An adult viewing this film will certainly be able to determine this movie’s message fairly easy since it is out in the open.
One value I believe this film has is in honoring the men who stood by what they held true in their hearts and were determined to fight for. We weren’t meant to dislike any of them, but respect them for who they were and what they did. A sort of underlying theme I took out of this film is that of endurance. William Wilberforce went to Parliament numerous times trying to pass a bill to abolish slavery, and nearly every time he was turned down. The rejection he encountered did not hinder his determination in seeing justice played out. It might have taken him many rejections to finally get his bill passed, but I’m sure that one yes was worth all the no’s he received and many more. Jesus is ready and willing to forgive our sins, all we need to do is ask. Sometimes we may feel like we can’t go back to Him for fear of rejection for what we’ve done, but unlike William Wilberforce we need not have a nervous curiosity for what answer we will receive because He already payed the price and will forgive us, no questions asked.