I had mixed feelings upon watching “The Rapture,” — before, I was immediately turned off by the name of the film and the short plot-teaser I read online.  Like Albert, I found myself noticing how the main character called out the Four Horsemen incorrectly and wondering about the intentions of these lines. Ultimately, I was unsure whether or not to interpret The Rapture as an anti-religious film, a religious one, a badly written film, or a film written by Hollywood without full regard to the way certain allusions were used, or a mix of all three.

However, upon rereading the Book of Revelation, it was interesting how I found myself flashing back to scenes in the film. After seeing an imagining of events, I felt as though I was less likely to disregard the imagery in the film — more open, perhaps, because I’d seen visual suggestions. This isn’t to say that I found myself at all more inclined to believe in the events. However, the ending did throw me for a loop – I was unsure as to what I felt about it. It seemed to disregard the idea of ending up in a Hellish damnation for Mimi’s character to end up in purgatory. To me, it seems as though if one doesn’t accept one’s God then one would be condemned, but Sharon ends up in this purgatorial place. I found that interpretation – “If you don’t accept God, but you are able to get raptured BUT you won’t accept or forgive God still…” confusing. Unwillingness to forgive God seems like a sin, or something worth damnation by Revelation’s standards, yet it wasn’t…unless the purgatorial landscape was like Hell…