About this episode
This episode reviews the film Hoppers, exploring its themes of incarnation and anthropomorphism from a Christian perspective.
A Christian review of Hoppers exploring incarnation echoes, anthropomorphism, human nature, and what the film gets right and wrong. Are You Just Watching? Episode 171: Hoppers For the full show notes please visit areyoujustwatching.com/171 Share your feedback! We would like to know, even if just your reactions to the trailer or the topics we shared in this episode. Or what general critical-thinking and entertainment thoughts or questions do you have? Would you like to suggest a movie or TV show for us to give a Christian movie review with critical thinking? Comment on the show notes Call (513) 818-2959 to leave a voicemail Email feedback@AreYouJustWatching.com (audio files welcome) Join our Facebook discussion group. Join our Discord server. What do you do with a movie that asks whether someone should become one of them to save them, then wraps that question in the bright, furry chaos of Hoppers ? Scored by Mark Mothersbaugh , the film offers more than its cute surface suggests. In this episode, we examine the movie’s incarnation echo and how its hopping premise approaches questions of knowing and saving. We also confront the thornier issue of anthropomorphism, which only grew…
People in this episode
Host: Eve Franklin
Topics covered
- Christian review
- incarnation
- anthropomorphism
- human nature
- film analysis
Keywords
- Hoppers
- Christian review
- incarnation
- anthropomorphism
- film analysis
- Eve Franklin
- Mark Mothersbaugh
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Books & works: Hoppers
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