Biyernes, Disyembre 28, 2012

Bless the Child


Mankind's last hope just turned six


Title: Bless the Child

Released: August 11, 2000

Directed by: Chuck Russell

Genre: Horror-Thriller-Spiritual



The little girl 
Messiah.. . . . . . . . . .


Bless the Child is a film I had watched years ago when I'm just a little girl, even though it's been years since I watch this movie and never had a chance to watch it again it's still stuck in my mind and part of my permanent memory. 

The movie is about a young girl Cody who was abandoned by her mother due to being weird or autistic. She was took in by her mother's sister and was treated like a real daughter. As far as I can remember, Cody isn't really your typical little girl. She's somewhat weird but I think not in an autistic way, I think the doctors taught that she was autistic because of acting different. She doesn't really socialize with anyone at school and there's one time when she revived a dead bird and it flew away, witnessed by her classmates and a nun. It was later revealed in the movie that Cody is a special girl and she wasn't just any little girl, she's something else--not in an insane way--and that the creatures of darkness were aftering her.

Cody versus Damien

Its pretty obvious that this film is the anti-thesis of The Omen. In the film Omen, the child there is evil and a being from Hell. Damien is the chosen one to destroy or bring suffering to the Human race, in Bless the Child, Cody is like the little girl version of the Messiah and the Evil wanted her because  they're aware that she'll be the one to cause their defeat. Both lead characters are children and looked innocent but contained something else from within. They're like a small representation of Good versus Evil, Angels versus Demons and anything related to that.




Subjective:

While searching for stuff about this film, I read many negative response in this film and from a website that I have read, the one who typed it said that the film was 'silly' and like irrational or not good at all. It was also included at one of the worst films ever and it is also mentioned that the actress who took the role of the woman who adopted Cody is a terrible actress.
Despite of those negative critics and whatsoever, I still find this film beautiful and heck worth of the shot, I know we're all entitled to our own opinion and I can't really do anything about those negative claims. But for me, in my eyes, the film is nice and I understood it pretty well. And I like its plot and the theme. I don't find it occult-ish or evil, I think unconciously, the film wants to tell the viewers to have more faith in God and there's nothing really impossible to him, Miracles are real, we shouldn't be blind sided and
ignorant of shits around us.


References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_the_Child

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-blesschild.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163983/




Give it a try,people :)

It's a cool movie, just like what the uploader said. :)

Ciao!




~YL




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