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A Man Called Ove – A Grump with a Heart That’s Too Big
If you look up ?curmudgeon? in a Swedish dictionary, you may well find a picture of Ove (Rolf Lassg?rd) from the book and now movie A Man Called Ove.
If you look up ?curmudgeon? in a Swedish dictionary, you may well find a picture of Ove (Rolf Lassg?rd) from the book and now movie A Man Called Ove.
Since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, we are told in Seed: The Untold Story, 96% of the seed varieties have disappeared. Most of this is the result of changes in agriculture that has promoted high yields and corporate profits over biodiversity.
The film seeks to be a satirical look at the gun control debate. Some of the film gives some of the arguments in support of fewer guns, but no real effort to reflect the thinking of Second Amendment advocates.
The underlying issue of the film is really about belief and disbelief. Why is it that some people are so willing to not believe something? And the antithesis is also important: why are some people willing to believe something?
The cost of higher education continues to soar. In the past, public universities were often much cheaper, allowing more people to attend because states provided most to the money for the schools. No more. In 1980, such funding peaked in the area of 70%, in 2012 it was only 12%.
The presence of the church throughout the story points us to the consideration of righteousness in the midst of a story about revenge. In this story about a battle against evil, we may not be sure there is a place for righteousness at all.
Theoretical mathematics may not seem a fertile ground for a movie, yet there have been some very popular and acclaimed films grounded in that discipline (A Beautiful Mind and The Imitation Game come to mind). It may seem even less likely to use that field to speak of the nature of faith.
When Justice Isn?t Just tries to show a few of the issues around the question of race. However, its forty-two minutes is not nearly enough to truly be effective.
When birth and death are so near in a film, we should expect that we are being asked to reflect not just on mortality, but on the meaning of all that lies between those two bookends of life.
The film, by juxtaposing the relationship and rehab, shows that moving on in life from a painful situation?either physical or emotional?often involves forcing oneself through even more pain to find a better place at the end of the process.