1) Near the beginning of the movie, as the toys wonder about their uncertain future, Woody tries to assure the group saying, “Andy must care about us or we wouldn’t be here.”
- What does he mean?
- Buzz says, “Whatever happens, at least we’ll all be together … for infinity and beyond.”
- What does this statement say about friendship?
- How does this idea play out in the story? …with Andy? … with the toys? …with Mom?
2) Trying to convince the others to stay with Andy, Woody says, “I have a kid; you have a kid - Andy. And if he wants us at college or in the attic, then our job is to be there for him.”
- What is he trying to get across to the others?
- Why does Woody feel the way he does about Andy?
- At the end of the movie, what has changed for Woody in this regard?
3) The teddy bear Lotso observes, “When the kids get old, new ones come in. When they get old, new ones replace them. You'll never be outgrown, or neglected. Never abandoned or forgotten. No owners means - no heartbreak!”
- What has shaped this philosophy in his experience?
- What is the weakness of this point of view? Where does it fail?
- And how does Big Baby feel about this perspective as the story goes along?
4) What do the toys do as they are sliding toward the incinerator in the dump?
- What does this action say to you about friendship?
5) SPOILER ALERT - IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE YOU MY NOT WANT TO READ THESE QUESTIONS!
- Why does Andy finally decide to give his toys to Bonnie?
- What is he feeling as he gives them to her?
- What makes Woody change his mind and put himself in the “give away” box instead of the college box?
- What does Andy feel when he sees Woody in the box and how does he decide to go
ahead and give him to Bonnie?
Scripture references for “Toy Story 3”
- How do each of the passages relate to the movie?
John 14:15-19
‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
‘I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
John 15:12-17
‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
1 Corinthians 13:1-8a, 13
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The King's Speech - Discussion Questions
1) There are two key transitions in the story - 1) death of father, 2) his coronation.
- How does Bertie respond to each? How does he grow in each?
- What changes for him in each transitional moment?
- What is Bertie’s “role” or “identity” in each of the three “chapters” marked by these transition points?
2) Just after Bertie takes the throne his daughters see him in hall, courtesy and call him “Your Majesty.”
- What causes them to change their behavior toward their father?
- What do you think goes through Bertie’s mind at that moment?
- How does Bertie react to assuming the role of king?
3) Lionel Logue tells Bertie, “You don’t need to carry [your father] around in your pocket. Or your brother. You don’t need to be afraid of the things you were afraid of when you were five. You’re very much your own man, Bertie.”
- In your own words, what is Logue trying to say?
- How is Bertie’s identity shaped by his relationships with his father and brother?
4) The climactic moment of the story is Logue’s question, “Why should I listen to you?’ followed by Bertie’s declaration, “Because I have a voice!”
- What does Bertie realize in this moment?
- What does Lionel realize in this moment?
- How does Bertie respond to each? How does he grow in each?
- What changes for him in each transitional moment?
- What is Bertie’s “role” or “identity” in each of the three “chapters” marked by these transition points?
2) Just after Bertie takes the throne his daughters see him in hall, courtesy and call him “Your Majesty.”
- What causes them to change their behavior toward their father?
- What do you think goes through Bertie’s mind at that moment?
- How does Bertie react to assuming the role of king?
3) Lionel Logue tells Bertie, “You don’t need to carry [your father] around in your pocket. Or your brother. You don’t need to be afraid of the things you were afraid of when you were five. You’re very much your own man, Bertie.”
- In your own words, what is Logue trying to say?
- How is Bertie’s identity shaped by his relationships with his father and brother?
4) The climactic moment of the story is Logue’s question, “Why should I listen to you?’ followed by Bertie’s declaration, “Because I have a voice!”
- What does Bertie realize in this moment?
- What does Lionel realize in this moment?
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Star Wars - Discussion Questions
1) How does Luke experience his “calling” to become a Jedi?
- What choices does he consider for his future?
- Why does he end up finally choosing the Jedi way?
- How is Luke’s calling to be a Jedi similar to our calling to discipleship?
- How is it different?
2) How does Ben Kenobi describe “the force” to Luke?
- What is the force? What does it do?
- How does Luke use the force in his quest to defeat Vader?
- What do the “dark side” and the “light side” of the force represent?
- How is the force similar to the Holy Spirit?
- How is it different?
3) The Jedi are the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. The Sith oppose the Jedi.
- What motivates each group? What does each group rely upon?
- What is the goal for each?
- How do the methods of the Jedi differ from the methods of the Sith?
- Do you see any contemporary parallels with the Jedi/Sith dichotomy?
- What choices does he consider for his future?
- Why does he end up finally choosing the Jedi way?
- How is Luke’s calling to be a Jedi similar to our calling to discipleship?
- How is it different?
2) How does Ben Kenobi describe “the force” to Luke?
- What is the force? What does it do?
- How does Luke use the force in his quest to defeat Vader?
- What do the “dark side” and the “light side” of the force represent?
- How is the force similar to the Holy Spirit?
- How is it different?
3) The Jedi are the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. The Sith oppose the Jedi.
- What motivates each group? What does each group rely upon?
- What is the goal for each?
- How do the methods of the Jedi differ from the methods of the Sith?
- Do you see any contemporary parallels with the Jedi/Sith dichotomy?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
"Invictus" Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions for “Invictus”
1) What is it about the Springboks that Mandela values most?
2) How would you describe the relationships among Mandela’s security guards as the story progresses?
3) Mandela says: If we remove the rugby team, “we prove that we are who they feared we would be.” What does he mean, what is he describing?
4) What was the point of the team’s trip to Robben Island to see the prison where Mandela was held?
5) How does sport shape community, impact relationships, create connections?
6) How do people determine who is an “enemy” and who is a “friend”? How does Christ ask his followers to think about enemies and friends?
1) What is it about the Springboks that Mandela values most?
2) How would you describe the relationships among Mandela’s security guards as the story progresses?
3) Mandela says: If we remove the rugby team, “we prove that we are who they feared we would be.” What does he mean, what is he describing?
4) What was the point of the team’s trip to Robben Island to see the prison where Mandela was held?
5) How does sport shape community, impact relationships, create connections?
6) How do people determine who is an “enemy” and who is a “friend”? How does Christ ask his followers to think about enemies and friends?
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Stranger Than Fiction - Discussion Questions
Discussions Questions for “Stranger Than Fiction”
1) Is Harold Crick free? Does he control his own life? What forces push and pull on him?
Harold: I’m somehow involved in some sort of story; like I’m a character in my own life.
2) What does Karen Eiffel have to choose between, what choice does she make, and what factors does she consider as she is making her decision?
Karen: Because it's a book about a man who doesn't know he's about to die. And then dies. But if a man does know he's about to die and dies anyway. Dies- dies willingly, knowing that he could stop it, then- I mean, isn't that the type of man who you want to keep alive?
3) How does Professor Hilbert help Harold with his dilemma?
Harold: I mean, who in their right mind in a choice between pancakes and living chooses pancakes?
Prof. Hilbert: Harold, if you pause to think, you'd realize that that answer is inextricably contingent upon the type of life being led... and, of course, the quality of the pancakes.
4) What role does Ana Pascal play in Harold’s life? What role does he play in hers?
Ana Pascal: Did you like the cookies?
Harold Crick: Yes. Thank you for forcing me to eat them.
1) Is Harold Crick free? Does he control his own life? What forces push and pull on him?
Harold: I’m somehow involved in some sort of story; like I’m a character in my own life.
2) What does Karen Eiffel have to choose between, what choice does she make, and what factors does she consider as she is making her decision?
Karen: Because it's a book about a man who doesn't know he's about to die. And then dies. But if a man does know he's about to die and dies anyway. Dies- dies willingly, knowing that he could stop it, then- I mean, isn't that the type of man who you want to keep alive?
3) How does Professor Hilbert help Harold with his dilemma?
Harold: I mean, who in their right mind in a choice between pancakes and living chooses pancakes?
Prof. Hilbert: Harold, if you pause to think, you'd realize that that answer is inextricably contingent upon the type of life being led... and, of course, the quality of the pancakes.
4) What role does Ana Pascal play in Harold’s life? What role does he play in hers?
Ana Pascal: Did you like the cookies?
Harold Crick: Yes. Thank you for forcing me to eat them.
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