The Nativity Story

The Nativity Story October 2, 2006

If you’ve ever read Gone With the Wind you might tire of folks saying, “No … but I’ve seen the movie!” The book reads like literature, the movie reeks like Hollywood. Sure, you could do worse with your Blockbuster dollar, but there’s really no comparison between the two. In similar fashion, for the younger crowd, think of Harry Potter the books and HP the movies. Hands down, case closed. If you don’t like these examples, think of your own (till you get the picture).

Now comes The Nativity Story.

I’ve mentioned the forthcoming movie before (and here). As with The Da Vinci Code movie, I’ve been invited to participate in this movie’s “Christian” promotion. Here the PR plug:

The Nativity Story is based on the greatest story ever told. But as familiar as audiences may be with the story, they have never seen it on the big screen. This is the first time in over 50 years that a biblical story has been released by a major motion picture studio. The filmmakers … are Christian and New Line Cinema sincerely wants to make a film that is historically and biblically accurate. To that end, numerous Catholic and Protestant experts and scholars have read the script and are acting as consultants on this film.

For one, I’d hope the Catholic experts would object and say that Joseph looks, oh, about a generation younger than he should! Since they’re making him young and handsome, I shudder to think of what else might lie ahead.

From the Protestant Balcony: “But, Fr Joseph, where do you get off on claiming that Joseph was an old man?”

Fr Joseph: “The same place I get Sunday as the day of worship and knowledge of Peter being crucified upside down!”

But, I digress …

Was Tradition even considered? I doubt it. After all, it’s just a movie. When it’s ended, tomorrow’s just another day.


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