Pretty much seen everything on the big screen I've wanted to see, so I took in this movie called "End of the Spear" that I'd never heard of. Turned out to be a "true story."
Summary: Some missionaries search the Equador rainforest for little known tribe that is on the verge of extinction because of their centuries old war with a neighboring tribe. The movie begins with an ambush, where many children are killed (more on this later). Of course the missionaries want to teach them the "turn the other cheek" philosophy of Christ so that they don't wipe each other out. Too bad the missionaries get "speared" to death when communications go awry. (No "big bucks" mocha, but well dramatized). The wives of the slaughtered missionaries go live with the tribe who killed their husbands and carry out the work of getting the lord's word out to the tribe. Sum-up, they see the light, noble savages that they turn out to be.
Okay, good movie. So what's my gripe? Well, this is obviously a "born-again Christian" movie. No problem. I don't watch mocha everyday of the week. I like the "Left Behind" series, the Omega Code movies were charming, and don't let me forget "The Rapture." Trouble with "...Spear" was that during the end credits the main character from the tribe is shown in footage shot, I believe, in New York City. I'm talking about the real character that the movie is based on and his first trip to the city. The film-makers make this poor tribesman look like a dork in the big city, a naive backwoodsman who thinks a market houses free food; after we just finished watching him as noble warrior for the past hour and a half, the film-makers thought it would be cute to show the goofy side of this man. Plus, in the movie, he is like 6 foot ten inches tall, and in real life, he is about 5 foot 4. I think the film-makers could have skipped this end footage.
Best thing about the movie: thanks to the missionaries, for the first time in their history, many tribesmen became grandfathers. The tribes had been killing each other for so many years that no parent ever lived to see their children have children. Wow!
I recommend this movie...after you've seen all the movies you've been wanting to see, of course. But see it on the big screen--there's some nice Amazon River footage.
AC
P.S. This movie plays out like a Disney flick but is very graphic at times. Jungle life can be a drag. Older kids only.
Summary: Some missionaries search the Equador rainforest for little known tribe that is on the verge of extinction because of their centuries old war with a neighboring tribe. The movie begins with an ambush, where many children are killed (more on this later). Of course the missionaries want to teach them the "turn the other cheek" philosophy of Christ so that they don't wipe each other out. Too bad the missionaries get "speared" to death when communications go awry. (No "big bucks" mocha, but well dramatized). The wives of the slaughtered missionaries go live with the tribe who killed their husbands and carry out the work of getting the lord's word out to the tribe. Sum-up, they see the light, noble savages that they turn out to be.
Okay, good movie. So what's my gripe? Well, this is obviously a "born-again Christian" movie. No problem. I don't watch mocha everyday of the week. I like the "Left Behind" series, the Omega Code movies were charming, and don't let me forget "The Rapture." Trouble with "...Spear" was that during the end credits the main character from the tribe is shown in footage shot, I believe, in New York City. I'm talking about the real character that the movie is based on and his first trip to the city. The film-makers make this poor tribesman look like a dork in the big city, a naive backwoodsman who thinks a market houses free food; after we just finished watching him as noble warrior for the past hour and a half, the film-makers thought it would be cute to show the goofy side of this man. Plus, in the movie, he is like 6 foot ten inches tall, and in real life, he is about 5 foot 4. I think the film-makers could have skipped this end footage.
Best thing about the movie: thanks to the missionaries, for the first time in their history, many tribesmen became grandfathers. The tribes had been killing each other for so many years that no parent ever lived to see their children have children. Wow!
I recommend this movie...after you've seen all the movies you've been wanting to see, of course. But see it on the big screen--there's some nice Amazon River footage.
AC
P.S. This movie plays out like a Disney flick but is very graphic at times. Jungle life can be a drag. Older kids only.