Forever?

[davem]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I actually hold a different view. I feel as if nobody is born "evil."

I think this brings in the question of what 'evil' actually is - or at least where it originates. Are we born with the potential for evil? If we are its not something that we have chosen, its something innate, a part of our essential nature. But what is the nature of the 'potential'? If we come into being with the potential for evil within us then evil will (almost) inevitably manifest in the world, because some will give in to it.

But true freedom requires the existence of that potential for evil. Of course, circumstances will affect the individual & have a determining effect on their likelihood to choose evil, but the potential to choose it must be there.

Originally Posted by SpM

But I am not sure that the public at large is quite ready for it to be explored in a film populated by Elves, Dwarves and Magic Rings.

Well, they probably weren't ready for it in a book, but that's what they got, & when they got it, they accepted it more than willingly. Why should it be less acceptable in a movie populated with 'Elves, Dwarves & Magic Rings' than in a world 'populated' with cops, gangsters & computer hackers?

My feeling is that we should be demanding that movies (& books) with Elves, Dwarves & Magic Rings deal with such issues, because for too long fantasy has been dismissed as juvenile fiction which only provides its readers with an 'escape' from the serious issues of 'real' life.