Before a
Mars Hill-meeting,
some friends and I were discussing a very-central line from
The Passion of the Christ: "See mother? I make all things new!"
My friends agreed that it was the most-powerful line in the movie. I see that's because it was a 'prophecy realized'-moment ... one in which you say something commonly in one context (like with the healing of small 'ouchies') which you apply to a climactic context as well (resurrection after torturous execution).
That reminded me of a change I would have made to a film-series to add a 'prophecy realized'-moment: this film-series ended-up featuring a little boy who is good with tools, who uses his handyness to rise above the ranks of a burgeoning empire, and who eventually dies in defeating the dominant evil of said empire.
The little boy--in the first film of the series--states what makes him special ... what he does. In his last scene alive, it would've been especially powerful if he had made that asserion again as he lay dying (because it was 'doing that' that killed him).
Of course, the ending was filmed way-before the statement was even known! But George Lucas re-edited the first three films of the series (the last three parts of it), so he could've added it! It might even have been more-effective to have the little boy's voiceover--as his elder self lay dying--come in with "
I Fix Things."
Originally posted on:
The Enlightened Xombee