On DVD: Be Courageous

When thinking about life and then movies, for most people there is a very specific movie that comes to mind:  Courageous.  It is an excellent movie, and it teaches such a strong message. Family, friends, and the Lord are the three most important things that people need and they will never go wrong with those things. Along with the audience, the four police officers learn this very important lesson, and one of them has to live with the ultimate consequence when his little girl is in a horrific car accident with family friends and dies. From the very beginning, these four police officers are only focused on their jobs and really did not care about their families at all. While being the best police officers they know how to be on duty, behind closed doors all of them are really lacking and do not quite grasp the concept of fatherhood.

The ultimate consequence leaves all four of the men questioning everything including their faith and their fatherly abilities. They even ask themselves “What kind of police officer am I, if I can’t be a good father and husband.” As a result, they all get together and form a religious group and make the Lord their leader and put everything in his hands. They make a pact to start being better Christians, living their lives for Jesus, and being the best family men they can be! They even have a big, beautiful formal ceremony, and swear to an oath! Guess what, all this really works and now they are the best family men and police officers they can be which shows through. If anybody plans on watching this movie they better be prepared with tissues, as it is a tear-jerker. Through faith, tears, death, love, very strong relationships with family and close friends everybody learns the same important lesson.