Comments on: A movie on mending marriage

By: Teenage_Tinkerbell

Teenage_Tinkerbell — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:44:18 +0000

yeah
I saw a link on her website that said watch trailer but my computer didn’t hve some shockwave so I couldn’t

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By: opinionated teen

opinionated teen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:52:27 +0000

Tink
Omigosh, really?? That would be the best thing ever!

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By: Teenage_Tinkerbell

Teenage_Tinkerbell — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:05:56 +0000

I liked Time changer too. I love Christ centered movies and books. One book they should make a movie out of is the Dragonkeeper chronicles by Donita K. Paul. I heard a rumor that they might make a movie out of Dragonknight and if they did that would be so awesome.

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By: Make it Man

Make it Man — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:02:26 +0000

Hmmmmm….

Are the same folks who denigrate the quality of Christian “art” the same ones who say that there are no objective aesthetic standards?

Luke?

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By: Rio

Rio — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:19:47 +0000

Cuthalion (post 28), I don’t necessarily think that “it’s really hard to talk about Jesus in a movie without sounding corny, because it seems to me that if a movie were made from one of Ted Dekker’s books (which seems to more like weave the Christian points into the story rather than preach them in monologues), there could be a really good one.
I heard that Thr3e didn’t have very good acting, (and didn’t really live up to the book, and I’m definitely not going to watch House when it comes out in October as I don’t like horror (even “Christian horror”) And
Of course something you’d also want to have in the movie is talented actors. I’ve watched a few Rich Christiano films, and after seeing the older ones it seems to me that the quality had improved greatly by the time of Time Changer.
Those movies are the “explicitly Christian” type, but Time Changer is an absorbing
film as well as being a telling portrayal of how our society has devolved.

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By: kBells

kBells — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:49:30 +0000

Kyle A. Thanks for noticing. I fought those battles for 19 years and lost.

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By: Kyle A

Kyle A — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:28:27 +0000

Maybe we should judge things as they are. If you aren’t interested in seeing an amateur movie production, don’t watch it. If you do choose to see it, don’t even bother comparing it to a big-budget Hollywood movie.

KBells has made some excellent points, in case nobody else noticed.

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By: Cuthalion

Cuthalion — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:38:27 +0000

“Flywheel” was ok. I liked it, but the inexperience and/or low budget showed. So as far as quality goes, it was fair. As far as plot and such goes, it was pretty good.

“Facing the Giants” was an improvement. Better everything, except that some of the God-talk came off stilted and unnatural. The only time I hear people talk like that are at the tiny Bible college I went to and sometimes church. It’s really hard to talk about Jesus in a movie without sounding corny, I think. The other problem I had with it has been criticized many times already: the idea that if you put God in charge, literally EVERYTHING will turn out great (for you). But really, that’s been slammed more than is fair. That message wasn’t as strong in the movie as many people make it out to be.

I couldn’t see the trailer (youtube is blacklisted on this network), but I’m hoping that this one will show improvement over “Giants”, just as “Giants” did over “Flywheel”. Using a professional actor will probably help.

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By: outkast

outkast — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:41:55 +0000

I received an advance copy of Facing the Giants but was no too impressed. My wife and I, however, do see this as a very interesting film — at least based on the preview.

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By: Cheryl D.

Cheryl D. — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:58:06 +0000

My neighbors saw this in an advance screening last week. They didn’t like “Facing the Giants,” but they said this one was incredible and very moving.

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