A friend of mine always delights in telling me I'm not exactly Mr current affairs, but even with stories of Nelson Mandela (not exactly current affairs) I know the jist but even I could tell that at the end of the story it made Nelson Mandela to be the perfect person every country needs and Francois Pienaar as the captain of dreams that can do no wrong and everyone else in the story are basically idiots that come together at the end because of the inspirational pair.
Even with these faults, it was good to see the casting people involved in trying to get decent look a likes-some where better than others I must add.
Great dialogue and very inspirational...which is what they were going for I imagine,made for a good film, though slow at parts to emphasis rules of rugby for the non educated and to bring across the hatred of the blacks and whites (excuse me for not being pc at this point)
From a Christian perspective it was interesting to see a lot of talk about reconcilation, unity and forgiveness, with one of the tag lines for the film being -'he was in a prison for 30 years and being realised was ready to forgive the people who put him there'
It reminded me alot fo God's grace and how even though we don't deserve it he sent his son, Jesus Christ, to reconcile all things to Himself and to bring forgiveness for everyone ignoring the God that created them and cares for them. What a God!
Romans 5:6-8 6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.'
Philippians 2:9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Even psalms like 96 talk about all peoples and all nations and how we will all one day realise who Jesus Christ really is whether we do now or not!
Then we really will be 'the world in union' under the one true and living God
Never mind Mandela being the hero-Jesus Christ is the real one who is the true source and shows true forgiveness and reconciliation
So go and watch this film and be inspired!
