Regarding the movie, I'm now firmly convinced that it is not only worth seeing, but absolutely should be seen. Thanks very much to those who have posted their first-hand impressions after watching it. I intend to see it at the earliest available opportunity.
I watched
The Sound of Freedom a few days ago, and I think the film cannot be praised highly enough. The careful treatment of such a profoundly dark topic, in a way that both challenges and ultimately comforts the audience, was simply inspired. From the very beginning, the film carefully, yet firmly, makes it clear to the viewers that uncomfortable topics are being explored, with attention to detail, and these are true aspects of a world that most people have a radically different experience of.
Technically, the acting, script, plot, music, cinematography, and production values were all extraordinarily well done for an independent movie. The performances were outstanding; every actor and actress in the movie, from the children to the adults, made their character resoundingly believable and all would be considered award candidates in a filmmaking world where such things were assessed on any sort of realistic basis.
The movie explores the horrific subject matter from many viewpoints: perpetrators, law enforcement, vigilantes, health and support services, parents, siblings, and survivors. There's a lot of psychological nuance, which speaks of the care shown by the makers to gather a vast amount of professional and clinical input with advance knowledge that there would be survivors among the audience. Perhaps this has been one of the reasons for the film's astronomical success.
From the pathological side, one really does get a sense of just how godless and lost the perpetrators of such vile perversion are; that their entire existence seems to gravitate around their sickness, to their own inevitable destruction and destruction of the lives of others. There are some shocking references to real life crimes that make plain the ruthless, organised and psychopathic tactics used by pedophile networks, and the potential links they have to even darker realms of evil. Such creatures are a scourge upon this planet.
Yet the film also highlights and celebrates those who work to protect and free the children, making significant efforts and sacrifices to do so. Those who genuinely dedicate their lives to careers in such a field must truly be watched over by the Divine Cosmic Mind, and regularly receive assistance that bolsters their strength. It would be difficult otherwise to imagine how they could go on.
I was quite surprised by the turnout at the cinema, considering the lack of a big studio's marketing budget and industry connections. Although far from completely packed, it certainly wasn't empty, either. After Jim Caviezel's message during the credits, there was a sort of stunned silence from the audience, a kind of feeling that everyone was, if momentarily, deeply reflecting.
Although it had been a long day at that point and I just wanted to go home, I felt like it would be appropriate to applaud before leaving, despite no one else making a move to do so. So, I just clapped very loudly and directly, and a large number of people in the crowd immediately responded in kind; the applause seemed to radiate out like a wave.
Nothing much as far as butterfly effects go, but I thought it was somewhat fitting with the spirit of Caviezel's and the movie's message; a small, microcosmic example that our words and actions can sometimes have a much greater effect than we might imagine, if we can overcome our societal discomforts and do what is right.
This, of course, is just my opinion, but I think that this film is a very good thing. It gets out into the open the hideous, despicable child sex trade and the sexual abuse of children into the open for everyone to see. I think it, also, shows just how desperate the left woke crowd are to do anything and everything to degrade the movie and those behind it. To do whatever they can to keep people from seeing it.
Well said, Nienna. After seeing this movie, I can understand how it could cause an existential panic in the woke left, perhaps even a primal "fear of God", if you will.
So, the question remains, why are some people so quickly accepting these 'news articles' to discredit the film? Is it an underlying/unidentified programming that produces this bias, or some weird 4D influence?
After seeing it, I don't think we can discount the idea of deliberate 4D STS influence attempting to patch up the damage to the "frequency fence" that this film may have caused.
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