I think Science Fiction has become my favorite genre of film recently. The thing is, I'm not even a huge science guy either, but Sci-Fi does a great job of taking something unfamiliar to us and using it as a way to talk about the human condition. Annihilation, starring Natalie Portman, is no different. It is an incredibly rich and interesting film that I honestly still don't fully understand, but deeply appreciate, so much so that I ended up watching it twice this weekend to hopefully catch a better grasp of it before writing this blog. What I want to talk about is the idea of self destruction which is a central idea to the film. The film presents the idea that, as humans, we almost seem like we are designed to self destruct our own lives, whether that be through addiction or leaving a perfectly good job or ruining a perfectly good relationship. It's almost as if we seek out ways to mess our lives up. The film often compares this to cancer. The fact that our cells just continue to split and split with out any rhyme or reason, it's as if our own body wants to destroy us. I look at my own relationship with God and see this play out. When I feel a true connection with God, even when life is tough, I feel an unexplainable peace. When I'm with God, my life feels complete and like it has a purpose. I look at His love for me and feel joy and self worth and honestly that's when my life is at its absolute best. Then, like a cancer, I destroy myself from the inside. I self destruct myself. I go off and do things my own way, when things are rough I look to escape through other mediums like film or music and drown it all out instead of going to the source of life. And just like a cancer, I don't notice it until it has already spread. Luckily, I can run back to The Healer. He can restore my life that I regularly mess up on my own, and I know He'll do so with love in His arms. Just like the prodigal son left his father and ran head first into self destruction, so do we. But also, just like the father welcomed him back after the son rejected him, so does our Heavenly Father welcome us back after we self destruct ourselves. Are you destroying yourself right now? Has your life become like a cancer? Let's turn back, let's be restored, let's get back to the way things are meant to be. This film has a lot of great themes and ideas in it, while also just being a crazy and challenging Sci-Fi film. If you're a fan of Sci-Fi I would highly recommend this film. Day 2 of 30 in the books!
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