Can Movies Save the World? I say yes.

​www.relevantmagazine.com/god/mission/features/27179-can-films-save-the-world

Can movies save the world?

I say yes.

While the above article from Relevant Magazine focuses on documentaries I have to believe it also applies to “fiction” films.

Stories move us.

Stories teach us.

They make us laugh and the make us cry.

And sometimes a movie – the story – changes us.

And when we are changed our story is changed. And it’s our stories that make up the world.

In a small way Less than Zero changed me when I was a teenager. While I am sure the memories of my rebellion is somewhat romanticized, I knew then that I did not want to be like Robert Downey Jr’s character.

I knew from watching The Jungle Book that Baloo loved Mowgli because he was willing to sacrifice for him.

That lesson was reinforced while watching E.T..

I have been able to teach that lesson to my kids through Lord of the Rings and Spider-man 2.

Over the next few weeks we will look at a handful of movies that try to change the world.

Until then, what movie changed you?