09-16-2009, 08:51 PM
(09-16-2009, 07:03 PM)thr33tim3 Wrote: Besides being an over-the-top computer generated special FX workout, what sort of subconscious messages do you suppose a film like this sends to the public at large regarding 2012?I'll naively venture: hope, compassion and faith in the future? Although maybe they should have used more happy thoughts and fewer exploding cities.
As symbolism goes, a crack appearing between the hand of God and the hand of man is quite a symbol. The vatican crumbling is a certain message. John F. Kennedi getting thrown unto the shore was rather tasteless. Or was that supposed to be getting thrown into the whitehouse?
And the bible quote on the 2 of 2012. "And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue apocalypse." revelation 16:16... Though they changed the original biblical armageddon into apocalypse...
Interestingly enough apocalypse means destruction of earth from above. Armageddon means the battle at megiddo... Megiddo was a place of ancient battle, and dr Pentecost suggested it to be the site of the final battle between good and evil. Presumably Islam and the judeo christian alliance. We've probably all heard that there is a group who believes they can make the end of times come true by reenacting parts of the bible.
Well guess who is sending us that movie. Classy, flicking Kennedy in the process.
Now why would they change it from armageddon to apocalypse? I doubt it to be artistic license.