Paradise noticed

October 2, 2006 by Dr. Mc.

Variety announced this past week that “Paradise Lost” will be made into a movie, and it seems from both the scale of funding and the comments of those involved that it will be honoring to the “gravity” and reality of John Milton’s original (1667) intent. Are you noticing, as I am, more movies that portray a biblical compatibility, even endorsement? Perhaps Hollywood is realizing there is an untapped audience—one that has moral values and tends to believe life has meaning. To hold a value, one must think it more valuable than something else. That means the value can be measured (perhaps the only way it can be measured) by what one is willing to give up to keep it. Since it has taken years of family and Christian-compatible movies making more than R-rated movies for Hollywood to notice, we can assume that those in Hollywood do hold values, and they have been willing to forego profits to hold them. Perhaps there is a real shift, driven by people voting with their dollars.

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