The Stone Of Destiny: An In-Depth Movie Review

When young Ian Hamilton leads four ambitious Scots (including himself) to bring back the stone of destiny, they find themselves in a comical, yet suspenceful adventure. Putting aside any future they may have been close to, their focus becomes their country-Scotland.

Now, if you've read the earlier post on my blog "the bucket list" you will find that I have an extreme fascination with the country Scotland. This film grew that fascination far greater than I thought possible. The first scene began shooting a train going over a beautiful bridge, sorrounded by lush fields of green. As soon as the first actor spoke in Scotish accent, I knew it would be worth my while.

Although I was fascinated by the accents, the brilliant chemistry between the cast, the filming taken in the most remarkable places you could ever imagine, and various things of the sort, this film contains far more than shallow entertainment. So let us dig down and see what analogies we can discover.

What I found very admirable was the passion these individuals had for their country. They risked everything, not thinking of themselves, but thinking of Scotland. While other Scots may have sat around, possibly shamed to be called Scotish, these individuals were not.
They considered it an honor to be arrested for the cause of their country. In fact, they could hardly wait! They willingly gave themselves up to government officials, and when the press swarmed them with questions as to what their identity might be, they did not wish to take credit for their personal resimays, but for the resimay of Scotland. As the press asked young Ian; "Sir, who was it that took the stone of destiny?" He laughed with inthusiasm and replied "you can tell them it was the children of Scotland!"
If we could only harness that passion, not neccisarily for our country, but for Christ, then what a success that would be. We need not be ashamed in any way, but seek to glorify our God. Ian Hamilton said "they may be ashamed to be Scotish, but I for one am not!" Our plea as Christians could be something simular to that, but might sound a bit more like this: "While others find themselves comfortable blending in with the world, being ashamed of the gospel, I for one will not!" We as Christians do not seek glory for our personal resimays, but for the resimay of Christ. We ought to care less about the reputation of ourselves, and focus intirely on the reputation of Christ. Those are just a few analogies I got out of the film.

I think it very important that you know, this film is based on true events.If

you don't know the history of the stone of dreams you might find it inturesting to research it a bit online. Though of course, if you watch the film, you will catch on very quickly.

I also think you should know this film is almost completely clean. They kept the romance aspect on a PG level, which I was very surprised at. It isn't very often that you come across a good film with hardly any language, no innapropriate scenes, clean humor, good suspence, and an all around good plot. I was very impressed with this film, and would definitely recomend it to friends. It may not be for a very young audience, but as for everyone else-enjoy!