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I saw Snakes on a Plane this afternoon and this movie may be a candidate for a future Theology @ The Movies

(SPOILERS AHEAD)

What struck me most was the depth of theological and spiritual themes that were throughout the film. From one point where a character enacts Genesis and has the opportunity to crush a snakes skull under their heel to how the intiial attacks of the snakes went after those who were guilty of the seven deadly sins.

Eventually once the “sinners” were cleansed from the plane, the snakes then went after the more virtuous ones.

There was a Christ figure image as an older stewardess sacrificed herself to save a woman and her infant from certain death at the fangs of a rattlesnake. The stain on the back of her shirt even looked somewhat like a cross if one looked very closely.

And finally, one only has to harken back to Samuel L Jackson’s greatest role as Jules in Pulp Fiction to remember this quote:

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

It was the quote that he used whenever he was about to do his dirty work. However, note how that quote fits perfectly with his role in this spiritually powerful film. “beset on all sides”, “shepherds the weak through teh valley of darkness”, “strike down…with great vengeance and furious anger thsoe who would attempt to poison…” Stunning the parallels.

Truly a spiritually uplifting film.

Hahahaha. Maybe not. Just 2 hrs of plain stupid fun.