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  • Movies Are Prayers

  • How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings
  • By: Josh Larsen
  • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
  • Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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By: Josh Larsen
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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"Movies are our way of telling God what we think about this world and our place in it...Movies can be many things: escapist experiences, historical artifacts, business ventures, and artistic expressions, to name a few. I'd like to suggest that they can also be prayers."

Movies do more than tell a good story. They are expressions of raw emotion, naked vulnerability, and unbridled rage. They often function in the same way as prayers, communicating our deepest longings and joys to a God who hears each and every one. In this captivating book, Filmspotting co-host Josh Larsen brings a critic's unique perspective to how movies function as expressions to God of lament, praise, joy, confession, and more. His clear expertise and passion for the art of film, along with his thoughtful reflections on the nature of prayer, will bring you a better understanding of both. God's omnipresence means that you can find him whether you're sitting on your sofa at home or in the seats at the theater. You can talk to him wherever movies are shown. And when words fail, the perfect film might be just what you need to jump-start your conversations with the Almighty.

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Pleasant Enough.

It's a semi-serious illustration of films as expressions towards our creator.
I liked how the chapters had a type of prayer as the focus and then talked about multiple films within that chapter, as opposed to dedicating each chapter to a single film.
Casual and fun. Not especially profound, but that's okay.
Favourite bit: describing the Muppets as "holy nonsense."

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