A Walk to Forget

To anyone who actually reads my blog, yes this posting is about the movie "A Walk to Remember" And actually I like the movie well enough, I just figured that titling this a walk to forget would get peoples attention, that and the movie does have a pretty major flaw. At least it does if you look at the movie from a Christian stand point, which well I do. And I like finding my food for thought in some odd places.

Now this flaw might not be that noticeable at first glance. After all this is a story about a guy who falls in love with a girl, turns from his heathen bad boy ways, and even converts for her. Firstly I have no idea what is up with girls wanting "bad boys" as a nice guy its incredibly frustrating to see girls say they want a nice guy then go to the bad boy type guys anyway, but i degrees. So really what problem do I have with a guy falling for a girl, straitening his act up, and coming to God. Well the order of the events happening. Dude falls for a girl then comes to Christ.

One comes to God for themselves and not to improve a relationship with others, if you are looking for an honest relationship. Yes a relationship with God will effect your other relationships, but this has to be the core not some little side piece of the puzzle tacked on later. Ok so the movie ends on a bittersweet note, because she dies and sticking with someone even through all that and till death parts you is yes incredibly romantic. But the movie ends sweet, because she dies, and well because the movie is fiction.

This is how the movie would look if she had lived. lets pick up where they are happily married: They are both so incredibly happy and blinded by their love for each other. They both go to church and they look so cute together, eventually they decide to have kids. So now they go to church with a few little ones running around at their heals, their kids are all in Sunday school. Suddenly He starts to question his faith, why did he convert anyway? wasn't his life just fine before? He did this out of love, for her, but now well hes put in his time. Regardless of what it was that triggered it, now he is incontinent with his faith, church, and well God in general. He stops coming to church. Everyone asks where her husband is, and at first she makes excuses, oh work was ruff this week, he just couldn't make it, he had important plans etc. Finally we have a marriage thats on the ropes, and the kids want to know why daddy doesn't come to church anymore. This could kill the marriage, the kids might start wondering why they have to come if daddy won't etc..

Yes everything I just said sounds incredibly harsh, I will not deny that. But honestly if you have trouble swallowing what I just said go to church, any church with a few dozen people or more, and you will see that couple. Usually its they guy that changes for the girl, but sometimes it happens the other way around (girls seem to e more honest about their change) Personally Ive ran into way to many families like that.

Comments are as always welcome, and I'm prepared to further defend my stance if needed.