今回は本ブログでは初めてのことですが、映画の感想について書こうと思います。
先日ですが、話題の映画「ゼロ・ダーク・サーティー」を観てきました。
もともと、こういう社会派というか、史実に沿ったアクション映画が好きなので、公開前から絶対に見たいと思っていました。
イントロ等の映画の紹介は今回は省き、以下の感想をつらつらと書きます。
正直、2011年にアメリカ軍がビン・ラディン殺害に成功したというニュースを見たとき、特に感じることは何もなく、むしろ一人の人の死をこうも喜ぶアメリカ市民の民度は低いんじゃないかとさえ思ってました。
2年以上の時間が経ち、もうその事実の重要性など忘れ去った頃のときにやってきたこの映画。ネットで見てみると、アメリカではかなりの物議をかもしているとのこと。
(国会まで動いちゃったみたいだからね・・・・・)
無論、それをただの議員のアピールプレーとか、ステマだとも見ることもできた。しかし、これだけ動いているということは、それなりに事実を含んでしまっているものだとも見ることができる。(「しまっている」というのは、一応この作戦自体はまだ機密で後悔されているものはごく一部に限られているから。)
じゃあ、見てみようじゃないか!!と、久しぶりに映画館を仕事後に訪れた。
・・・・・・・・
では、鑑賞後の感想をプロコン方式で書いてみようと思います。
☆良かったと思った点。
・リアリティ
ハート・ロッカーそうだったのだが、ビグロー監督はまたもやすごいリアリティを作り出したと感じた。
今回は、ほとんどのロケを海外(インド、ヨルダン等々)で行い、特にビン・ラディン潜伏基地は3ヶ月をもかけ建築したとのこと。
また、情報収集にそれが欠かせなかったことは暗黙の了解なのだろうが、アブグレイブの事件もありアメリカはかなりアレルギー的な反応を示すとも考えられたのではないか。拷問のシーンは本来ならば観客感情を考えると入れるのはいやなところであろうが、敢えて入れた感じを感じた。この真摯さには好感を感じた。
さらに、「イスラマバード・マリオット・ホテル自爆テロ事件」「チャップマン基地自爆テロ事件」「アブグレイブ刑務所捕虜虐待事件」等々、私でも知っている様な事実が上手く散りばめられていたため、リアリティを感じ易くなっていたこともあるのかなと感じた。
・政治の複雑性
ホワイトハウスとのやりとりが映画の終盤で登場してくる。本作のようなヒロイックな作品は、アメリカの指導部を盛り上げる傾向にあると思う。しかし、実際の政治では意思決定プロセスが映画のようなダイナミクスをもって決まることはないのではないか。
ホワイトハウスへのブリーフィング、パネッタCIA長官へのブリーフィングなどの場面があるが、作戦実行の決定はそこではなされずに、突然来るところもリアルに感じた。
組織の下にいる人というのは、上へ上げるものは上げ後は、下ってくる決定を待つだけなのだと。普遍の真実ということではないが、それが組織のもどかしさと、逆に個人の暴走にブレーキをかけているとも思った。
・マヤの最後の涙
これはネタバレになるが、作戦成功後に飛行機の中で流した涙はとても印象的だった。
普通の戦争物であれば、最後は勝利の歓喜に酔いしれるみないな感じで終わるのだが、作戦が成功し、ハッピーエンドの筈なのに、最後は無言の涙で終わる。
これは一体何を訴えているのだろうと今でも考える。
ただ分かるのは、ビグロー監督と脚本を書いたマーク・ボールもこれを単なるヒーロー物に終わらせたくないという意図を込めたのだろうということ。
戦いの後に何があるのか、執着してきたことが成し遂げられたときの一瞬の悲哀感、それは誰もが感じるが拭い去ろうとするものなのだろう・・・・・
★「ちょっとな・・・」と思った点
・マヤの活躍ぶり
主人公が活躍するのはまあ、映画ならば仕方ないのだろうが、個人的にはこんなにも個人の果たしたロールが大きいとは思えなかった。CIAという巨大組織にいるのだから、さすがにもっと多くの人と働いただろうし、もっと他にも(特に情報分析という点において)マヤと同じくらいのキープレーヤーはいたんじゃないかと推測してしまった。
まあ、これが事実ならそれはそれでなのですが。
個人的にそう思っただけです。
・政治のダイナミクスの描写がない
良い点でも挙げた点ではあるが、個人的にもっとそこにも場面をもっていって欲しかったという思いが残った。前項にも関わるが、マヤの搭乗時間がかなり長く、もうちょっと彼女から離れたところでのストーリーがあって、彼女につながっていくみたいなはらはらな展開を観たかったな・・・・・・
と、以上は”個人的”な感想です。
本当はもう一度見たいけれど、DVDになるまで待ちます・・・・・
"not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer, distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. " Romans 12:11-13
Feb 24, 2013
Feb 16, 2013
日本人男性のバイブルスタディ
こんにちは。
ブログでは始めてになりますが、数カ月前から日本人男性のバイブルスタディをやってます。
というのも、(人数的には仕方がないのですが、)女性の会は教会では多くあるのですが、日本人男性の集まりが少ない!!!って思ったのがきっかけです。
そうしたら、ある兄弟が「康智さん、なぜ日本人男性の交わり会のようなものはないんですか?」と言ってくださったんです!!
私がはじめるのは億劫だったので、これこそ時だと思いました。
今は、エペソ人への手紙を読み進めています。
メッセージがあるというよりも、皆で色々ディスカッションをしながら、学んでいくスタイルです。
受けるだけではなく、自発的に学べるのでとても刺激的な時間です。
今日は参加人数過去最多の6人!!
まだまだ、これから成長していくグループだと信じています。
Jan 14, 2013
End of last year...
It's been a while since last post..... well, now I really know I am not a frequent blogger. haha but I still want to post time to time and here it is.
いやはや、もはやブロガーとは言えない更新頻度で、すみません。でも、一応これからも更新はしていきますので宜しくお願い致します。今回はこちらです。
Late December was super crazy busy. (Not as crazy work busy as October...)
12月はめっちゃくちゃ忙しい月でした。(10月みたいな仕事がキツキツということではないですが)
I had to plan a year-end party for my department (about 60 people) and also had to do short performance there. ( one of my co-worker and I ended up doing this dance ). I am not really organized person, so I ended up doing almost most of the work by myself and got myself really stressed. But I think I've learned how to do things better now.
And Christmas, last day of work, making new-year's card....... etc followed.
特に、忘年会はきつかった。まず、新入社員ということでひとまず担当になり、場所の確保、会費の設定、景品・食事の準備等々、やることが多すぎ!!そして、物事を上手く回すという能力に欠けている私は、結局ほとんどを一人で背負いこみ、テンパるという負のサイクル。そして、余興は・・・・・まあ、練習のかいなく、さんざんでしたが。
そして、クリスマスや仕事納め、年賀状作成等々盛りだくさんな月でした。
But, good thing was I was able to take time offs.
First, I took halfday off from work and stayed at hotel some of whose room my company owns as owner's room. (That means super discount price.)
I was able to have really relaxing time, and in the word and prayer.
でもでも、息抜きもしてましたよ!!
まずは、一人で(笑わないで)、会社の保養施設に泊まりに行っちゃいました。
そこでは、リラックスもできたし、みことばと祈りの時間もとれました。
view from the room
outside view
And another day, my family stayed at a hotel and had fun family time.
It was pretty nice time. It was warm day and really nice day.
こんなに、忙しい中でも休みの日が与えられたことはホントに感謝なことです。
Dec 22, 2012
Praying for Lusko family
Please keep Pastor Levy and his family in prayer.
パスター・リーバイと彼の家族を祈りに覚えてください。
Their little girl Lenya went to be with the Lord on 20th of December.
まだ、幼い娘さんレニヤちゃんが去った20日に天に召されました。
I have so much respect for Pastor Levy.
I listen to his message quite often. and as a man, I respected his relevancy with the world and none compromised preaching of the word.
I gleaned a lot of insights from his blog and facebook posts.
God is using him and the church big time in Montana and I was excited to see God's work through the ministry.
パスター・リーバイに私は大きな敬意を持っています。
もちろん、直接お会いしたことはないのですが、彼のメッセージをよく聴きますし、彼の世の中とのつながり方、妥協しない宣教のスタイルをとても尊敬してきました。
彼のブログやFacebookからも、様々なことを学びました。
神が彼と教会を通して、本当に大きく働かれていて、これかもそれを楽しみにしていました。
This is heartbreaking news to even me who never met or don't know them personally. What's more to the family and the church body.......
彼とあったことがない私にでさえ、これはショックなニュースでした。彼の家族と教会へのそれは推量る必要もないでしょう。
The news is here from Pastor Levy's web page.
http://levilusko.com/archives/please-pray-for-the-lusko-family
英語ですが、上にあるのは、その知らせがあったリンクです。また、下にはFacebookでパスター・グレッグがこのことに関して書いたポストがあったので載せました。
もしも、和訳を読みたいというリクエストが有れが訳します。是非、御覧ください。
Pastor Greg Laurie who is good friend with Pastor Levy gave a good insight.
Below is cited it from his facebook post.
パスター・リーバイと彼の家族を祈りに覚えてください。
Their little girl Lenya went to be with the Lord on 20th of December.
まだ、幼い娘さんレニヤちゃんが去った20日に天に召されました。
I have so much respect for Pastor Levy.
I listen to his message quite often. and as a man, I respected his relevancy with the world and none compromised preaching of the word.
I gleaned a lot of insights from his blog and facebook posts.
God is using him and the church big time in Montana and I was excited to see God's work through the ministry.
パスター・リーバイに私は大きな敬意を持っています。
もちろん、直接お会いしたことはないのですが、彼のメッセージをよく聴きますし、彼の世の中とのつながり方、妥協しない宣教のスタイルをとても尊敬してきました。
彼のブログやFacebookからも、様々なことを学びました。
神が彼と教会を通して、本当に大きく働かれていて、これかもそれを楽しみにしていました。
This is heartbreaking news to even me who never met or don't know them personally. What's more to the family and the church body.......
彼とあったことがない私にでさえ、これはショックなニュースでした。彼の家族と教会へのそれは推量る必要もないでしょう。
The news is here from Pastor Levy's web page.
http://levilusko.com/archives/please-pray-for-the-lusko-family
英語ですが、上にあるのは、その知らせがあったリンクです。また、下にはFacebookでパスター・グレッグがこのことに関して書いたポストがあったので載せました。
もしも、和訳を読みたいというリクエストが有れが訳します。是非、御覧ください。
Pastor Greg Laurie who is good friend with Pastor Levy gave a good insight.
Below is cited it from his facebook post.
Last night,my friends Levi and Jennie Lusko said goodbye to their little girl Lenya for the last time on earth.This sweet little one had a servere asthma attack and died in her parents arms.It’s so very,very sad.
Please pray for the Lusko family as they face what I believe for a parent is a fate worse then death. .
The loss of a child.
This last Monday,I also saw my friend,Frank Pastore,host of the Frank Pastore show die after having spent a month in a coma after a motorcycle accident.
Please be in prayer for Frank’s wife,Gina and his two children as well.
I understand the pain of these families as I too had a son named Christopher die four years ago.
I will be at both their memorial services and will miss them both with all of my heart.
What makes this even harder,is this happened in the Christmas season.
It seems in many ways,as a nation we have been collectively mourning in the wake of the shootings of 20 children at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut.
Perhaps you are personally mourning the loss of a loved one right now.
When a loved one leaves this world for the next, we are torn apart inside. So we cry and mourn.
A deep sense of loss and sorrow is an indication of deep love.
The apostle Paul spoke of deep sorrow over the possible loss of a friend:
“Meanwhile, I thought I should send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a true brother, afaithful worker, and a courageous soldier. . . and he was very distressed that you heardhe was ill. And he surely was ill; in fact, he almost died. But God had mercy on him—and also on me, so that I would not have such unbearable sorrow.” Philippians 2:25
Paul is saying, “If Epaphroditus had died, I would not have been able to bear it!” That’s how you feel
when someone you love dies: you can’t bear it.
So don’t impatiently say to the mourner, “Don’t cry” or “You’ll get over it!” There is a place for this process of mourning, and it must happen. The Bible says, “There is a time to mourn.”
If you don’t mourn properly, you will not heal properly. I did not fully understand this principle until it happened to me.
But for the mourners out there, I would say, let’s keep a proper perspective, like the psalmist in Psalm42:3–6:
“Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me,
saying, ‘Where is this God of yours?’ My heart is breaking as I remember how it used tobe: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house
of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him
again—my Savior and my God!”
The psalmist is honest here. He speaks of how he has had “only tears for food.” I know exactly what he is talking about. But then he asks himself a question and gives himself an answer:
“Why am I discouraged? Why so sad?
I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again—my Savior and my God!”
Grief is like wiping out on a wave. When you are out surfing, and get caught in a set, and go over the
falls, you lose perspective. The thing you must avoid is panic.
You have to roll with it and remember that it won’t last all that long. But sometimes, when you’re in the whitewater, you lose your perspective. You literally do not know which way is up, or how to get to the
surface. This is where your leash comes in.
Your leash is attached to your board, which always goes to the surface due to its buoyancy. So, you grab
your leash and follow it to the surface. The Scripture is like that leash; it gets us “above the surface,”
where we can get a heavenly perspective.
Sometimes, I get my head above water and everything is clear. Everything, in a way, almost makes sense
for a few moments. I will think, “The Lord is leading me in His perfect plan. I have a son on earth and
another son in heaven. I will see him again.” But then the waves of pain and grief and sadness come and I go under again.
I will surface and sink again many times in one day—again, again, and again. That is mourning.
But we still have hope.
Paul wrote about this to the believers to the Christian living in the city of Thessalonica.
"And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have died
so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died
and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with Him the
believers who have died . . . Then we will be with the Lord forever” (1 Thessalonians 4:13–17).
So,yes we as Christians mourn.
We mourn deeply.
But we have hope of seeing our loved ones who have preceded us to Heaven again.
It will be a wonderful Heavenly reunion.
Both little Lenya and big Frank are spending their first Christmas in Heaven!
May God extend his comfort to their families all of you who are feeling deep sadness this Christmas season.
People ask me,”Is there a book that could help me at a time like this?”.
Listen. ..You don’t need a manual.,you need Immanuel!
God is with you.
That is the message of Christmas!
Please be in prayer for Frank’s wife,Gina and his two children as well.I understand the pain of these families as I too had a son named Christopher die four years ago.
I will be at both their memorial services and will miss them both with all of my heart.
What makes this even harder,is this happened in the Christmas season.
It seems in many ways,as a nation we have been collectively mourning in the wake of the shootings of 20 children at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut.
Perhaps you are personally mourning the loss of a loved one right now.
When a loved one leaves this world for the next, we are torn apart inside. So we cry and mourn.
A deep sense of loss and sorrow is an indication of deep love.The apostle Paul spoke of deep sorrow over the possible loss of a friend:“Meanwhile, I thought I should send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a true brother, afaithful worker, and a courageous soldier. . . and he was very distressed that you heardhe was ill. And he surely was ill; in fact, he almost died. But God had mercy on him—and also on me, so that I would not have such unbearable sorrow.” Philippians 2:25
Paul is saying, “If Epaphroditus had died, I would not have been able to bear it!” That’s how you feelwhen someone you love dies: you can’t bear it.
So don’t impatiently say to the mourner, “Don’t cry” or “You’ll get over it!” There is a place for this process of mourning, and it must happen. The Bible says, “There is a time to mourn.”
If you don’t mourn properly, you will not heal properly. I did not fully understand this principle until it happened to me.
But for the mourners out there, I would say, let’s keep a proper perspective, like the psalmist in Psalm42:3–6:“Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me,saying, ‘Where is this God of yours?’ My heart is breaking as I remember how it used tobe: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the houseof God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Himagain—my Savior and my God!”
The psalmist is honest here. He speaks of how he has had “only tears for food.” I know exactly what he is talking about. But then he asks himself a question and gives himself an answer:
“Why am I discouraged? Why so sad?
I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again—my Savior and my God!”
Grief is like wiping out on a wave. When you are out surfing, and get caught in a set, and go over thefalls, you lose perspective. The thing you must avoid is panic.
You have to roll with it and remember that it won’t last all that long. But sometimes, when you’re in the whitewater, you lose your perspective. You literally do not know which way is up, or how to get to thesurface. This is where your leash comes in.Your leash is attached to your board, which always goes to the surface due to its buoyancy. So, you grabyour leash and follow it to the surface. The Scripture is like that leash; it gets us “above the surface,”where we can get a heavenly perspective.
Sometimes, I get my head above water and everything is clear. Everything, in a way, almost makes sense
for a few moments. I will think, “The Lord is leading me in His perfect plan. I have a son on earth and
another son in heaven. I will see him again.” But then the waves of pain and grief and sadness come and I go under again.I will surface and sink again many times in one day—again, again, and again. That is mourning.
But we still have hope.
Paul wrote about this to the believers to the Christian living in the city of Thessalonica."And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have diedso you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus diedand was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with Him thebelievers who have died . . . Then we will be with the Lord forever” (1 Thessalonians 4:13–17).
So,yes we as Christians mourn.We mourn deeply.But we have hope of seeing our loved ones who have preceded us to Heaven again.
It will be a wonderful Heavenly reunion.
Both little Lenya and big Frank are spending their first Christmas in Heaven!
May God extend his comfort to their families all of you who are feeling deep sadness this Christmas season.
People ask me,”Is there a book that could help me at a time like this?”.Listen. ..You don’t need a manual.,you need Immanuel!God is with you.That is the message of Christmas!
Dec 15, 2012
Dec 3, 2012
where I was, and I am....
Last week was interesting week.
It was so slow at beginning, then on Wednesday, out of nowhere, my work started getting really busy. And I did not like it.
When the things started rolling out of my control, I started thinking my college days. ( I plan to make a quick trip to Tokyo, visiting my friends from university. and this, to some degree, made me think that.)
I was like "man, it was so easy to have my life in control. I was able to get myself busy and relaxing!! Now, things are out of control. I really can't do what I want to do......"
And started sinking into nostalgia. Looking back the past and yearning for it.....
Then God knocked the door of my heart.
"Hey, Look how much you are blessed compared with most people around you."
"You have a job, which gives decent salary and let you have weekend off, and you can take a vacation/paid holiday mostly when you want to. That gives you a lot of chances ministering and enjoying your private time."
I felt so stupid. It was so true.
When I lived in Tokyo, I've seen workers there work usually until midnight and often time have to go to work on weekends.
So Christians there who have fulltime job can only come on Sundays and do not have time for ministry even though they have great heart fot it.
The Lord has opened so many doors for me to do ministries on this island since I moved back.
I love ministries and serving God.
And I found as much as I love ministry I need to appreciate my job and the ministry there.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
I just had to realize that not only what I wanted to do for God, but also what God wants me to do where I am, I need to know more.
" Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
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