We saw The Nativity Story today. The movie was very good and gave you a very real feeling for the times when Jesus was born. The emotions of all the people in the story made the story come alive in ways I didn't expect. Some liberties were taken with the timeline -- for example the Magi were named which is not Biblical and they arrived the night that Jesus was born. There were incidents with Joseph and Mary such as the river which weren't written about the Bible. The extra storylines didn't change the story, but added an element of human experience to it. I loved the symbolism that appeared through the movie. If you are very familiar with story of Jesus and the Bible, you'll recognize it. One scene in particular struck me when Joseph as sleeping by the river and his feet were bloodied from walking. Mary, pregnant with Jesus, sat at his feet and gently washed them.
The most surprising aspect for me personally was the emotion that I felt throughout the movie. When Mary felt the Baby Jesus move for the first time in her womb, it sent chills up my spine was I thought about the real things that Mary experienced. Joseph and Mary wondered about raising Jesus. Joseph wondered how he could take the Son of God anything.
Alex's favorite part of the movie was when Jesus was born!
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