警察2011

意在刻画作为父亲的角色的重要性，在电影的结尾更是强调了这一点，主人公的演讲和那份决议书还是挺振奋人心的，但是一点，这样一个信仰上帝的国度，强调的太多的上帝的重要和信任，也许上帝在他们心中就是个神啊....心是好的....thanks

   
《勇气》的故事俗套犹如沉闷无趣的教育片，3分（满分5）。它的确是一部高尚、正直、心怀信仰的电影，传递正能量，尤其提倡父爱的重要性。片中五位爸爸改掉“恶习”，关爱小孩，肩负家庭与工作重担，忠于上帝，携手构建美好、和谐、正义的社会。
   
说来，人孰能无过，关键在于“知错能改，善莫大焉” 。本来有点大男子主义的男主，因女儿不幸逝世给他莫大的打击，幡然醒悟，决定重新开始生活，信奉上帝，上帝给他光明的指示，让他不再“迷失”，亦改善了他和儿子僵硬的关系。因儿时被父亲抛弃而憎恨父亲的男主2号，自从信奉“god is my dad”，他放下心中怨恨，重新开始，好好做人，好好做一个有责任感、有素质、有爱心的父亲。少不更事的男主3号，抛弃了意外怀孕的拉拉队长，隐瞒自己作父亲的实事，信奉上帝后，改过自新，努力成为一个好爸爸、好丈夫、好警察。心中有邪念的男主4号，作为人民警官，私藏毒品，被好友告发后，悔不当初，没有端正态度信奉上帝，现已认真祈祷，在监狱里求上帝保佑全家平安。身怀信念的男主5号，起初的落魄，无时无刻不在求上帝帮助，善良、正直、可爱的他平步青云，高升工厂主管，这可是一家人的期盼啊。
  
此片传达“教育”“关爱”“信仰”的意义，若你心怀信仰，以身作则，呵护家庭，主持正义，好运才会降临，哪些心怀鬼胎、滥竽充数之辈总会遭到报应。 我也相信，这是一个好人的世界。可惜，我没有信仰，唯有读书看报评点是非，偶尔也侃侃产品技术，时而快乐时而忧虑，小市民一枚。
  
原勇气伴你前行。

（片尾男主的演讲，以此共勉，I will ~ ）
As a law-enforcement officer, I've seen firsthand the deep hurt and devastation that fatherlessness brings in a child's life. Our prisons are full of men and women who lived recklessly after being abandoned by their fathers, wounded by the men who should have loved them the most. Many now follow the same pattern of irresponsibility that their fathers did. While so many mothers have sacrificed to help their children survive, they were never intended to carry the weight alone. We thank God for them.

But research is proving that a child also desperately needs a daddy. There's no way around this fact.As you know, earlier this year, my family endured the tragic loss of our 9-year-old daughter, Emily. Her death forced me to realize that not only had I not taken advantage of the priceless time I had with her, but that I did not truly understand how crucial my role was as a father to her and our son, Dylan. Since her passing, I've asked God to show me, through his word how to be the father that I need to be. I now believe that God desires for every father to courageously step up and do whatever it takes to be involved in the lives of his children.

But more than just being there or providing for them, he's to walk with them through their lives and be a visual representation of the character of God, their father in heaven. A father should love his children and seek to win their hearts. He should protect them, discipline them and teach them about God.He should model how to walk with integrity and treat others with respect and should call out his children to become responsible men and women who live their lives for what matters in eternity.

Some men will hear this and mock it or ignore it.But I tell you that as a father, you are accountable to God for the position of influence he has given you. You can't fall asleep at the wheel only to wake up one day and realize that your job or your hobbies have no eternal value but the souls of your children do.

Some men will hear this and agree with it but have no resolve to live it out. lnstead, they will live for themselves and waste the opportunity to leave a godly legacy for the next generation.But there are some men who, regardless of the mistakes we've made in the past, regardless of what our fathers did not do for us, will give the strength of our arms and the rest of our days to loving God with all that we are and to teach our children to do the same, and, whenever possible, to love and mentor others who have no father in their lives but who desperately need help and direction.


We are inviting any man whose heart is willing and courageous to join us in this resolution. In my home, the decision has already been made.

You don't have to ask who will guide my family, because by God's grace, I will.

You don't have to ask who will teach my son to follow Christ, because l will.

Who will accept the responsibility of providing and protecting my family? I will.

Who will ask God to break the chain of destructive patterns in my family's history? I will.

Who will pray for and bless my children to boldly pursue whatever God calls them to do? I am their father. l will.

I accept this responsibility, and it is my privilege to embrace it.I want the favor of God and his blessing on my home. Any good man does.

So where are you, men of courage?

Where are you, fathers who fear the Lord?

It's time to rise up and answer the call that God has given to you and to say, "I will. I will. I will."

一开始就被Nathan拼命保护孩子的父爱打动。如果肉身的父亲尚且愿意为孩子舍命，那天父的爱岂不更大吗？
本片剧情其实很简单，然而对几个主角的心理和生活都刻画得很真实。Adam痛失爱女之后与儿子从原先的冷漠一步步到互相珍惜振作起来的片段很真实很有感染力；Havier开始虽然卑微但是依旧充满信心，而他的信心也影响家里的人，尤其是最后他以为要被辞退了，妻子对即将再次回到困苦的生活而痛苦万分，但是依然鼓励Havier靠着主可以渡过。这才是幸福！
本片对于不信主的观众来说有些煽情，但是父亲的责任是每个人都应该做到的~

    一部朋友推荐了很久的电影，存在硬盘一年了，一直没有来得及看。这个周日早上偶然听到来自CASTING CROWNS在2011年写下的COURAGEOUS（勇气）这首歌，很受感动，后来才发现是为这部电影写的主题曲。于是晚上找出了这部搁置已久的电影安静地看完。

    电影勇气，从父亲这个角色出发，以四个主人公不同的家庭，各自在面临人生中的不同选择时，如何拿出勇气去承担，去宽容，去坚守，去改变。影片没有选择多么宏大的主题，惊心动魄的故事，而穿插其中的都是每天可能会发生在任何一个普通人生活中的情境或遭遇。经历失去爱女的ADAM如何承担起扶持家人并修复与之疏远的儿子的父子关系；因年少轻狂而逃避责任的DAVID如何面对自己抛下的女友和四岁的女儿；曾被父亲遗弃的NATHAN如何与过去和解，并为带领保护自己的家人而努力；承受经济压力的JAVIER在面对上司以作假换升职的考验时如何做出正确选择。

    影片正是通过这些一个个在现今世俗标准里似乎不需要再去思考就能理所应当做出选择的事情，再次让人们重新去发现一个父亲的角色，定义与所应具备的品质。 影片之所以取名为勇气，也是在不断挑战着人们当面临现实和信仰发生冲突时，需要多大的勇气来迈出那一步。

    父亲这个角色是上帝极其看重的，因为它同时也是上帝和我们自身关系的一个象征。父亲在家庭中被赋予更多权柄的同时，也必定要承担起更多的责任，他理应是一个家庭的领路人，保护者，如同天父对他的子女所做的一样。影片也通过很多细节触及人心。失去女儿后，亚当再次来到那棵大树下，怀抱想象中的女儿，第一次在生命中起舞，跳完了那支当时没有答应女儿陪她跳的舞；内森在餐厅里慎重地给女儿戴上守贞戒指，并让她知道保守自己的圣洁是如此重要，并请求女儿允许父亲一直守护她，直到那个上帝应许的人出现，他会毫不犹豫地将她交托；哈维尔，这个大多人眼中的失败者，当他第一次穿着西装站在镜子前不知所措时，妻子深情地对他说：“你有爱你的上帝，有珍惜你的朋友，有崇拜你的妻子，你是富有的人。” 这些细节，之所以打动人，是因为在这喧嚣浮华，各种价值观交集的世界，很多最基本的纯真和爱在被渐渐遗忘和忽视。它们被认为是不合适宜，难以在这世上生存和立足的。

     当清楚地意识到作为一名父亲所要担当的而不只是形式化地成为那个人之后，影片中的四个主人公在ADAM的发起下，向上帝做出了那个庄严而神对的承诺。这里让RESOLUTION(决心）这个词变得不再只是 短期目标，也不是新年制订的计划，很快伴随着热情的减退而淡忘。而是一个一生之久的承诺，要不断鼓起勇气，克服挑战来践行。这是每一位在作好做父亲的准备前理应做出的承诺。

The Resolution for Men
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　　I Do solemnly resolve before God to take full responsibility for myself, my wife, and my children.
　　我郑重在上帝面前宣誓，对我自己，我的妻子和我的儿女承担责任。
　　
　　I WILL love them, protect them, serve them, and teach them the Word of God as the spiritual leader of my home.
　　我承诺要爱他们，保护他们，服侍他们，教导他们上帝的话语，并成为我家中的属灵领袖。
　　
　　I WILL be faithful to my wife, to love and honor her, and be willing to lay down my life for her as Jesus Christ did for me.
　　我承诺要忠诚于我的妻子， 爱她并尊重她，甘心为她舍己，如同基督为我舍命。
　　
　　I WILL bless my children and teach them to love God with all of their hearts, all of their minds, and all of their strength.
　　我承诺要祝福我的子女并教导他们尽心、尽意、尽力爱上帝。
　　
　　I WILL train them to honor authority and live responsibly.
　　我承诺要培养他们尊重权威并学会负责任。
　　
　　I WILL confront evil, pursue justice, and love mercy.
　　我承诺要对抗邪恶，追求公义，喜爱仁慈。
　　
　　I WILL pray for others and treat them with kindness, respect, and compassion.
　　我承诺要为他人祷告，以善良、尊重和怜悯来对待他们。
　　
　　I WILL work diligently to provide for the needs of my family.
　　我承诺要殷勤工作来供应我家庭的需要。
　　
　　I WILL forgive those who have wronged me and reconcile with those I have wronged.
　　我承诺要饶恕那些得罪我的人并且主动寻求与那些我所得罪的人和解。
　　
　　I WILL learn from my mistakes, repent of my sins, and walk with integrity as a man answerable to God.
　　我承诺要从自己的过错中学习教训，从自己的罪中悔改，以正直来行事并向上帝交账。
　　
　　I WILL seek to honor God, be faithful to His church, obey His Word, and do His will.
　　我承诺要追求荣耀上帝，对祂的教会忠心，顺服祂的话语，遵行祂的旨意。
　　
　　I WILL courageously work with the strength God provides to fulfill this resolution for the rest of my life and for His glory.
　　我承诺要勇敢地靠着上帝加给我的力量，以我的毕生，为着祂的荣耀，来实践这些承诺。
　　

这是一部宗教色彩很浓的片子，却丝毫不让你感受到宗教程序的死板，教条和乏味。

几个有宗教信仰的人，在生活中践行着上帝的话语和引领，也收获了生活的奇妙，克服了生活中，心理上一个个常人很难以克服的障碍和难题，生活更加和谐。几个生活中同事也逐渐被带领着认识了上帝，尤其是遭遇了丧女之痛的年纪较长的警察，在认识上帝的过程中，逐渐从伤痛走了出来，并意识到一直被忽略的大儿子的感受，重新收获了与孩子那份浓浓的亲密之情。年轻的菜鸟警察不再菜鸟，在逮捕罪犯的过程中积极并有勇气，也坦然的面对了自己的私生女和前女友，开始负责任的承担起了做父亲责任；不羁有家庭压力的另一个警察屈服于经济压力的困扰和在警局内偷取证据之容易的诱惑，犯下了罪行，多年相处的朋友还是做了正确的事，将他送进了监狱，并在适时的时候去看他，狱中两人相对，不同的价值观，曾经的朋友，铁网另一边高墙内的朋友低下了忏悔的头。单纯的西班牙人哈维，在历经失业之后，阴差阳错的得到了另一个和他同名同姓的人的工作，那个人因为身体原因不能承担这份工作，奇妙的同名同姓和时间差，哈维得到了一份一天150美元的房屋建设工作。单纯的哈维只知道单纯的仰望上帝，信靠上帝，无论顺境，逆境，试探还是考验，上帝也给了他奇妙的带领，给了他光明大道。哈维在房屋雇主也就是片中最年长的警察的推荐下到了一家纺织厂工作，并在一次关于严酷的人性考验中诚实的尊从了自己的内心，从而获得了仓库经理的职位。

上帝是什么？这个片子没有教条的说教，没有晦涩难懂的经文，只有温和智慧的牧师和信仰上帝或者开始接受上帝，认识上帝的人，讲了他们如何在生活中遵循自己的信仰，以及如何被带领的过程。上帝给了每一个人勇气，克服困难，遇见试探，面对试探的勇气。

片子选取了警察及外来移民为主要讲述对象，这两个群体可以说是面临考验最多，最需要勇气的一些群体吧。还有那个演员有些像奥巴马的黑人警察，除了工作中随时面对生死，生活中还要走出从小被父亲抛弃的那个阴影。

以基督教为渗透，片子还有一个关于父亲在家庭中对于孩子重要性的探讨的线索。

是个很受启发，也很温馨的片子，值得一看。