Seventh Seal Ending

This week we finished watching the seventh seal, one of the most philosophical films we have seen so far. The ending was somewhat expected, as this film was obviously going to portray the theme that no one can escape death. However, I was surprised to find that Jof and his family escaped death in the end and observed their friends headed to their end from the side. Antonius Block and Jons are two of the main characters in this film representing the different beliefs in God. When in the end of the movie death comes for Block and his friends, Block starts praying and asking god to save him, to which Jons, the existentialist, responds that praying is not going to save his life. This film showed us the different beliefs of God and taught us that death is inevitable and the best you can do is delay your time, but in the end everyone dies.