Hollywood Movies

Hollywood has a number of movies with pagan influences which tell stories of befriending mythical beings and entertain the idea that humans possess immortal souls. It's interesting to notice that in Lyra's world in The Golden Compass, every human has a furry daemon companion they can talk to and it's supposedly the human being's disembodied soul.

In Peter Pan, Wendy is told "Come away to Never land...come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again". It's as if these movies are telling kids to roam freely, keeping in touch with their natural instincts. Speaking of nature, the movie Avatar is said to be a "long apologia for pantheism".

Tyler Durden from the movie Fight Club says "First you have to know, not fear, know that someday you're going to die. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing." The movie Wanted tells people it's better to be like an aggressive wolf than a humble sheep. Movies like American pie take it a step further, encouraging people to let their sexual instincts run wild.

Notice this comment made by screenwriter Paul Schrader: “I’m not in the business of validating people’s preconceptions and stroking their mindset and giving them an hour and a half of diversion. I like to rock. I like to get in there and f*** with their heads.”

What a power Hollywood can wield, much like Harry Potter's holly wood wand.

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