The Star - new Christmas cartoon

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Have you seen the trailer for The Star? What do you think?

 

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Generally, I prefer to stay away from media (storytelling by way of movies) that have religious (and specifically biblical) themes or contexts. Often they are entertaining but leave out important elements of the story or twist them in some way to fit preconceived notions or biases.
 

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I have now.

Generally, I prefer to stay away from media (storytelling by way of movies) that have religious (and specifically biblical) themes or contexts. Often they are entertaining but leave out important elements of the story or twist them in some way to fit preconceived notions or biases.

I agree with this. It's hard to know whose doctrine the movie is imposing on the viewer.
 

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Looks like something I would like to see
 

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After watching that trailer I shall stay away from that film.
 

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Oprah Winfrey is voicing...do you think her new age ideas infiltrated any of the film?
 

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Oprah Winfrey is voicing...do you think her new age ideas infiltrated any of the film?

Probably not. I think capitalising on the religious viewers potential ticket purchases is the main motivation. It is fine to have humour in cartoons. Even religious ones. But this one looks like somebody wants money for Christmas shopping on a grand scale. Maybe buy a new studio or take over another film maker?
 

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The plot can be read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_(2017_film)

I think, as usual, a lot of liberties were taken so this is what children will grow up remembering about Jesus. Now, is the focus on these cute animals or will the Savior actually be the star?
 
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