Three Christian Movies: "Another Perfect Stranger", "Where Is My Home?" and God's Compass

(2016-17)

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Written and Directed by 

Stephan Schultze

Karen Abercrombie ... Suzanne Waters

T.C. Stallings ... David Isaac Waters

Jazelle Foster ... Jessica Waters

Joey Ibañez ... Eli

Henry W. Laster ... Lecture Attendee

Thomas Lee Baker ...  Judge

Alecea Vibar  ...  Naomi

Gary Ray Moore  ...  Counselor Johnson

Don Brooks ... Pastor Stevens

Rodney Johnson ...  Isaac

Robert Amaya ...  Pastor Jones

Jamie Ridgeway ... Officer Acosta

et al

(2017)

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Directed by 

Jiayun Huang

Jun Zhang

Suwen Zhang

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Xiaoli Ma ... (screenplay)

Xin Zhong ... (screenplay)

Jiaxin Xu ... Zhang Wenya (child)

Yuting Su ... Zhang Wenjing (child)

Lijin Liu ... Zhang Wenya

Sining Wen ... Zhang Wenjing

Yan Li ... Tao Huizhen

Weiguo Zhang ... Zhang Jianguo

Shi Chen ... Stepfather

Xincheng Lin ... Stepmother

Pinyao Lai ... Stepmother's Son

Yang Xiang ... Da Peng

Qicheng Jiang ... Uncle

Meifang Lin ... Uncle's wife

Suwen Zhang ... Aunt

Yazhen Zhuang ... Li Jie

Jie Qin ... Zheng Xinming

among others

(2007)

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Written by David Gregory (Book)

Screenplay by Jefferson Moore

Directed by Jefferson Moore and Shane Sooter

Starring

Jefferson Moore ... Yesh

Ruby Lewis ... Sarah Cominsky (as Ruby Marie Lewis)

plus people inside the airport, the plane and other places

Pamela Brumley ... Nikki, Sarah's mom (Archive footage)

Christina Marie Karis (a.k.a. Christina Browder) ...  Stephanie Inmon, Sarah's best friend

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Please allow me to share my thoughts about three movies I have watched recently, not necessarily on the same day.  All three movies are beautiful, but I arranged the posters from the one I loved best, which is "God's Compass".  The second movie, "Where is My Home?", story wise, is the most heart-wrenching.  The third movie, "Another Perfect Stranger",  is presented as a light movie about Jesus and Sarah, but if you listen to their conversation closely, you would hear why Sarah chose not to believe in God.  I have yet to see the movie this has stemmed from or read David Gregory's books, but I think this is a stand alone film. 

All three stories are about wounded souls, but all three of them prove that the battle has been won more than two thousand years ago.  Thankfully, God is not bound by space and time.  This is so unfathomable...unimaginable.  Well, maybe we could imagine it, but we would probably blow up by overanalysing and visualising things. 

Anyways, I would try to share to you my thoughts about each of them.  I think I'll start with ANOTHER PERFECT STRANGER-

Courtney and Yesh

This movie is complex and simple all at the same time.  This is the second of the David Gregory "Yesh" series.

When I was young I watched the "Oh God" series and started with the second story too.  The first one starred John Denver with George Burns as God.  The next one, the one I've seen first, had Lou Anne as Tracy and George Burns as God.  The 3rd one is a tricky one.  Oh God! You Devil, starring George Burns as God and Ted Wass as the Rockstar wannabe.  It was hard not to think of George Burns playing another role, but thankfully, I saw him play roles that were more, for lack of a better term, human.

What about Jefferson Moore?  Would I identify him as God since... Instead of finishing that sentence, I think I would have to say no.  I can't picture him as Jesus, but maybe, just maybe, I could say I could picture him as God being one of us...one with us.

The conversations were, for me at the very least, very natural.

It does lambaste religious beliefs, but little do they know that the true teaching of the Church that was distorted through time was really to have a personal relationship with God.  We are the Church.  We are His people.  We are the Body of Christ.  

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Next, I'm going to talk about the movie that made me shed buckets of tears: WHERE IS MY HOME?-

I am amazed that Wenya still grew up to be a good person who is very loving, talented, caring, intelligent and all those other good descriptions about her.  Ever since she was two she seldom smiled.  She was dribbled from one home to another.  She felt unwelcome...unloved.  

I watched two versions.  The Chinese version with subtitles and the one that was dubbed in English.  For some reason I felt the one with subtitles more maybe because it sounded more natural, but the one dubbed in English was heartfelt too.

The drawings are good, but they are supposed to be old(towards the end of the movie).  I have drawn and painted on sketchpads too and the paper turns to a different colour. In fairness, it sort of became pinkish, but... Anyways, that's such a minor thing and it's a non-issue.  This story is about God finding us in the midst of our suffering, to take us out of the dark and wrap us in His arms of love.

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"God did not choose us because we're confident in our preparation to go do what He has called us to do.  He chooses us because He knows what we are capable of." -Pastor Stevens (Don Brooks)

Last, but not the least is the movie that reminds us that everything happens for a reason: GOD'S COMPASS-

The recent Hallmark movies I watched were dominantly white so I wondered when I could watch something where African-Americans were the central characters and not the best pals or something.  CHANGE OF PLANS was multicultural, but...

Thankfully I came across this recently and when I watched it, it touched my soul.  Family is not just blood.  God sends people to us to become our family by heart through the most uncanny situations. 

The GREAT AUTHOR OF THE PLAY of life bring people in our lives in mysterious ways.  We may not notice it immediately because of the many struggles, but the people that stay in our lives are a perfect fit.

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There you have it.  The three Christian movies that touched my heart of late.  Thank you so much for your time.

May God bless us all!