Movies and Theology--10,000 B.C.

Chris and I saw 10,000 B.C. this weekend. It had some interesting parallels, I thought, to Christianity, such as the use of prophesy and, of course, the idea of a Messiah saving his enslaved people.

From my thoughts on Intersection (some spoilers):

I found this movie entertaining. It had some interesting parallels with Christianity.
First, there's the whole Messiah figure saving his people from enslavement. In that, one thing I found interesting was how he had to become a slave--take on the work and the whip--in order to save the slaves. It had to be a revolution from the inside. You had the "believers" who quickly joined him (because of their personal background with him or because of the witness of someone they knew who came with him), and the cynics who didn't believe it would work until after the fight began.
You had his "last temptation" so to speak. He could walk away with his girl and his people and not have to sacrifice the girl, and he almost did, but his compassion for the rest stopped him. And, I think, his belief in the prophesy that he and the girl would be the salvation for the people. So he believed that she wouldn't die, which meant the threat, though scary and real, ultimately had no power.
Speaking of prophesies--their approach to the spiritual realm and to prophesies intrigued me. They lived their lives according to them. They didn't know exactly what the prophecies meant or how they'd play out, but they walked according to them. This reminded me of how we live according to prophesies in the bible. We don't know exactly what it'll look like--Jesus' second coming, the millenial kingdom, the future resurrection, all that jazz--but we walk according to them, with our hope in the resurrection, with having Jesus' full presence again on earth.
And the star--just a minor thing, but it was interesting how the constant star was the heart of a relationship and a prophesy.
And how her prophetic mark was a scar--how can it be a scar? the Almighty asked. But that resonated with me, too. On two levels. Jesus gave us salvation through scars. And I'm marked with scars--the scars of the believer. And how in that scar is the Star of David.
You could take the whole "Almighty" thing as a mockery of Christianity, I guess. As if they're trying to make a statement that Christianity enslaves. But I see it as the enslavement of false religion. Plus, in the days of Pharaohs (which, granted, would've been after 10,000 B.C., and we don't know if this is supposed to be Egypt directly in the film, but there's still influence)--the Pharaoh was regarded as divine, or semi-god. He would've been called names as almighty and sovereign.
So those are some uncollected impressions of the movie.

If you've seen it, join the discussion about it at Intersection. (I say "if you've seen it" because there are some spoilers.)