Movie Review: Blades of Glory

One of the most highly anticipated films of the year...from director Steven Spielberg and...just kidding. Will Ferrell and Napolean Dynamite, does he have a real name? Oh that's right, Jon Heder*. Ferrell: (in regards to some of his personal issues says) "Night is a very dark time for me." Heder: "It's dark for everyone, idiot!" Ferrell: "Not for people who live in Alask. Or people with night-vision goggles." What I think the author was trying to communicate there was the existential struggle of the postmodern mind trapped in a metanarrative with no absolutes. Absolutely...brilliant! Seriously though folks, one of the harder parts of my job is when I have to take time on student's spring break away from my desk and hang out with them on 'their turf.' I'm trying to contextualize the gospel and practice incarnational ministry and that usually involves sacrifices such as going to arcades, playing xbox, visiting ColdStone and sometimes even going to a movie. Trent, Kyle and I enjoyed a spring break day a bit ago and caught the movie Blades of Glory. I laughed out loud, many times, and all as I wrote this post recalling some of the more poignant moments. All the funny parts are not in the previews and I think that because God is more passionate about his glory that this film in some way could be a spiritual discipline for the postmodern disciple, give it a try! *Jon Heder, (Napolean Dynamite) actually went to high school in Salem, Oregon, the city in which I make such sacrifices as the one mentioned here.

This entry was posted by Josh Mann, on Thursday, April 12, 2007. WEIGH IN.