Directed by: Frank Capra
Written by: Robert Riskin
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Starring: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore
Rated: Not Rated
About the film:
Alice Sycamore, daughter of an eccentric family must introduce them to her fiancé’s family who subscribe to a much more conservative philosophy. The potential in-laws arrive for dinner on the wrong night as various members of the Sycamore clan are arrested for anarchy, visited by the IRS for tax evasion, and discovered making fireworks in the basement.
Movie Quote:
“Maybe it’ll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money that you can ever use. You can’t take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it?”
Martin Vanderhoff (Lionel Barrymore) in You Can’t Take It With You (1938)
Bible Quote:
“For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.”
1 Timothy 6:7 (NIV)
Commentary:
There’s a bumper sticker that reads, “He who dies with the most toys, wins.” It may be amusing, but it’s a lie. He who dies with the most toys is still dead and won’t have the opportunity to play with them anymore. That doesn’t sound much like winning.
Man’s obsession with accumulating more wealth than one needs in this world is not a healthy one. Money is merely a tool, designed to be spent or used, not hoarded.
While there’s no sin in being wealthy, an undue emphasis on the importance of gathering material riches will keep one’s mind focused upon temporal or transitory things instead of upon the spiritual riches which will pay eternal dividends.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Matthew 6:19-20 (NIV)
Questions to consider while watching the film:
1. The Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil. What examples from the scriptures or from your own observations help to illustrate this truth?
2. The Sycamore family has more than its share of quirky members. Is it important that they change to fit into society? Why or why not? How do you define “normal behavior?”
Michael Elliott
www.screensermon.blogspot.com
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
BARBERSHOP (2002)
Directed by: Tim Story
Written by: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson
Rated: PG-13
About the film:
When the owner of a neighborhood barbershop located in a crime-ridden section of Chicago sells out to a disreputable developer, he realizes that his actions will have devastating consequences to the people that view the shop as more than a place that cuts hair. After having these second thoughts, he must figure out a way to undo the deal.
Movie Quote:
“Your daddy may not have had a whole lot of money. Oh, but he was rich, because he invested in people.”
Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) in Barbershop (2002)
Bible Quote:
“One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”
Proverb 13:7 (NIV)
Commentary:
Throughout the film, Eddie offers up opinionated, politically incorrect, and raucously funny statements. They are effective because we can recognize that, at their core, they contain elements of truth. In the line quoted here, as Eddie tries to help Calvin understand what the barbershop means to the community, we can see a biblical principle at work.
When all is said and done, it isn’t money that makes a man rich. Not in the way that really matters. All money can do is buy material things. It cannot buy character. It cannot buy respect. It cannot buy love.
These things are earned through the spending of one’s self. It is an investment of a kind. It is not merely investing in other people although that is part of it. It is investing in the truth. As we plant seeds of goodness, kindness, and righteousness, we will, in due season, reap a veritable garden filled with blessings that come from God our Father.
At the end of our lives, it won’t matter how much or how little we keep in our bank account. Such figures don’t even appear on God’s balance sheet. What makes us truly wealthy in His eyes is what we keep in our hearts.
Questions to consider while watching the film:
1. What are some of the riches that God promises to us?
2. Is being wealthy a sin? Why or why not? How are we to view the money and the possessions that we have?
Written by: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson
Rated: PG-13
About the film:
When the owner of a neighborhood barbershop located in a crime-ridden section of Chicago sells out to a disreputable developer, he realizes that his actions will have devastating consequences to the people that view the shop as more than a place that cuts hair. After having these second thoughts, he must figure out a way to undo the deal.
Movie Quote:
“Your daddy may not have had a whole lot of money. Oh, but he was rich, because he invested in people.”
Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) in Barbershop (2002)
Bible Quote:
“One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”
Proverb 13:7 (NIV)
Commentary:
Throughout the film, Eddie offers up opinionated, politically incorrect, and raucously funny statements. They are effective because we can recognize that, at their core, they contain elements of truth. In the line quoted here, as Eddie tries to help Calvin understand what the barbershop means to the community, we can see a biblical principle at work.
When all is said and done, it isn’t money that makes a man rich. Not in the way that really matters. All money can do is buy material things. It cannot buy character. It cannot buy respect. It cannot buy love.
These things are earned through the spending of one’s self. It is an investment of a kind. It is not merely investing in other people although that is part of it. It is investing in the truth. As we plant seeds of goodness, kindness, and righteousness, we will, in due season, reap a veritable garden filled with blessings that come from God our Father.
At the end of our lives, it won’t matter how much or how little we keep in our bank account. Such figures don’t even appear on God’s balance sheet. What makes us truly wealthy in His eyes is what we keep in our hearts.
Questions to consider while watching the film:
1. What are some of the riches that God promises to us?
2. Is being wealthy a sin? Why or why not? How are we to view the money and the possessions that we have?
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