Re: John Fischer: The Dragon Whisperer

See the movie. It's surprisingly good, one of my favorites from this year.
(I saw it in 3D, which was actually pretty decent, but regular 2D would be
fine for this as well.) I appreciated the story of one geek in a village of
jocks (for all intents and purposes). Hiccup's relationship with his father,
the Viking chief (played by Gerard Butler) was actually pretty strong. I
liked this one a lot.

Johne Cook
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On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are some spoilers in this (which I did not realize before reading...I
> still have not seen How to Train Your Dragon)
> John Fischer: The Catch
> Here's an election week story to think about:
>
> It comes from the animated movie, "How to Train Your Dragon" that I saw for
> the first time this weekend. It's the story of an imaginary Viking village
> and its incessant war with the dragons that periodically strafe their homes
> and fields with their flame-throwing breath, and carry off their livestock.
> The animosity between man and dragon defines both of their existences. Until
> the chief's son discovers something different. He ends up secretly
> befriending one of the most feared dragons of all and in the process becomes
> a sort of dragon whisperer - able to understand and subdue them at will. He
> was led to this when he discovered that the dragons were as afraid of the
> people as the people were afraid of the dragons.
>
> One day while flying together with his secret dragon friend, the boy
> discovered the dragon's lair and the fact that the dragons were all in the
> employ of a huge monster dragon who forced them out of fear to work for her,
> like a queen bee sending out her workers to bring back food. They are far
> more afraid of this underworld monster than they are of people. The story
> ends with the dragons and people teaming up to fight and kill the monster,
> and in the final scene, man and beast are living together in harmony, using
> their ingenuity to help each other instead of fighting,
>
> The whole idea behind a two-party system of government was not so we could
> spend all our time fighting each other, but so that we could gain the
> benefit of two different perspectives working together to right the wrongs
> that are the real enemy of us all.
>
> As Christians, we should avoid the temptation to align ourselves with one
> party while demonizing the other. Christians need to be models of civility,
> cooperation and mutual respect. We are not enemies; we are fellow citizens.
> America shows its greatness when we rise above politics and work together
> for the common good. Christians may not be able to stop these wars, but at
> least we can model something different by not participating in them.
>
>
> Thom
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