Tron Reloaded
Having just watched Tron, I hopped over to rottentomatoes.com to see what the consensus was on the film. Critics hit it with a 48%, while viewers held a solid 81% opinion. Typical for movies of its kind. I didn’t think the plot to be anything amazing, yet I was there for the nostalgia of the original unashamed 80′s film. It did the old Tron justice. Not intending to write anything into Tron that wasn’t there, my mind did wander on a line that spoke of how the creators of the digital world were seeking perfection, missing something that was right in front of them all along. While the film likely did not intend this to be a religious commentary as my mind saw it, I think they hit home with how the world often interacts with God. Many people think God to be unloving or unkind because their lives are not perfect here, as if the presence of food or a warm body to hold determines the quality or existence of God. We seek to make our lives the best they can be, when in all reality this world is a guarantee of imperfection as we learn what it means to be part of real love. I’m not talking about love as media shows it, a take-it-how-you-can-get-it mentality. I’m talking about love that exists as a free choice to place another before one’s self. We can seek out a perfect existence on earth our whole lives, yet miss the perfection that is the moment when one of us discovers God and chooses to be His. God IS love.
Sappy? I don’t care. Writing too much into Tron? Yes. Defending real love in a world that makes it cheaper every day? Most definitely. Trying not to make it cheaper myself? Yeah, that too.
Great thoughts, babe. I love you.