So it has been about a month now since I saw the new X-men movie. I enjoyed the movie very much, even though I missed my movie buddy Seth going with me, but I have been trying over the last month to come up with some good theological points the movie tries to make. To be honest there is not much theology taught by the movie and quiet simply it is just a simple action adventure comic book movie.
Movie Review
So the movie was very action filled but also very predictable with the story line being mapped out right away and not much suspense or uncertain moments. Michael Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Charles Xavier are excellent and I am excited to see them both again in the next X-Men movie in 2016. The cast was bloated with many characters both young and old so the acting is not a main point of focus but everyone plays their respect roles very well. The movie did not add any extra stuff or bad language just for the "fun" of it so it is a cleaner movie in Hollywood standards and the movie holds up very well to the Philippians 4:8 test. Overall I find this to be the second best X-Men movie behind last years Wolverine. There is good hope for the future since the last 2 in the X-Men franchise have been their best. But now on to a theological review.
Theological review
Like I said earlier there is not much theology preached or shown in the movie and it simply jumps from action scene to action scene. There is a little question asked during the movie when the young Charles has to decide between his powers or his legs but not having any mutant powers I am not sure there is much theology preaching in his decisions. But I would like to think and discuss for a few minutes the idea of time travel and the fact that this movie and many others with time travel present. The idea of time travel in this movie is the fact if we could just go back in time we could fix our mistakes or maybe never even make a mistake. Mistakes, or as I will call them sin from here on out, is part of our human nature after the fall. If Adam would have never let Eve be alone with the Serpent and sin never entered the picture we would not have to worry about sin or getting back in the past to fix it. But as the book of Romans points out sin is a part of us now and we could travel when and where ever we wanted and we would still sin. We could stop a sin but we would sin in a different way because sin is something we do a lot of every day. The good news in this whole equation is that we do not need time travel to fix our mistakes, it is called Jesus Christ death and an act of repentance in our own lives. When we make the mistake, which we will and sin, which time travel would never stop or change, we have Jesus who died for that sin and has forgiven us when we turn to Him after the sin. Then after the sin, instead of time travel, simple repent and turn to Jesus and turn the other direction and do not sin that way any longer. We do not need time travel to stop sin, we already have that power in Jesus and our act of repentance. Praise the Lord I do not have to rely on sending Wolverine back in time to fix my sin, I have Jesus.
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