Faith & Film

I recently finally had the time to watch "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and I will say, I was very happy with it! The film did great expanding the world of Harry Potter with a new story and characters that we as viewers can connect with. I love the universe of Harry Potter; it is fun & imaginative with so many takeaways and things to learn, teaching us lessons in humility, honor, and putting others first. Before watching "Fantastic Beasts", I was really curious what they would do with something that has become so well known and established in our modern culture that would make it feel fresh and new. Now, having watched the movie, I am excited for the new franchise's future! Newt Scamander (played by Eddie Redmayne) really brought a lot to love about him as a character. He was completely new to the "world of Harry Potter" that we knew, yet he was quickly relatable. This was something very important to me because if I cannot rela...

"Daredevil", also known as Matt Murdock is a well-loved character from Marvel comics. By day he is a lawyer living in Hell's Kitchen in New York, and by night he is a hero/vigilante roving the city seeking justice for those the law itself cannot catch. As exciting as this sounds, so far the Daredevil sounds like many of the other vigilante superheroes we hear about in pop culture today. But there is something that makes him unique. As a child, Murdock lost his sight when a radioactive chemical fell from an oncoming vehicle in an accident. From that point on his life was forever changed. Murdock had to grow up learning to live without his sight. Through this, his other senses were greatly heightened, which gave him a substantial advantage when he was out fighting crime as his alter ego. I want to focus on this ability in particular, and what we as Christians can learn from it. Obviously, it's incredible watching Daredevil take on and conquer criminal after crimina...