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I've seen it, I enjoyed it too though it was a little corny in places and predictable. Interesting discussions between the lecturer and student and the (I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't yet seen it) accident was a bit of a surprise. Very good though and unusual to see a faith based film in the UK.
I haven't seen the film yet,
but the song of Newsboys is awesome tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OTz-lpDjw
but the song of Newsboys is awesome tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OTz-lpDjw
The movie does such a horrendous job portraying nonbelievers that I have to question... what's the point? Where's the appeal? And who in their bloody mind watches a man die after getting hit by a car and says, "What happened here tonight is a cause for celebration"?!
If the movie just so happened to use atheists as a plot device to concoct an interesting story that is not to be taken seriously, then I'd be okay with that. But the movie is trying to spread a message, and that message is built off of the misrepresentation of non-believers. Granted, I'm quite biased being a non-believer myself. But if anybody here felt the movie taught them anything about atheists or about how to show atheists God is real, you're in for a surprise.
I honestly expected the movie to be better than what it was. I expected them to take real debate topics, use real initial arguments often made by atheists, have the Christian student attempt to rebut those arguments, then portray the atheist responses in a way most atheists wouldn't actually respond. Sure, the movie did do this, but it wasn't the premise of the movie like I thought it would be. Instead, the movie revolved around making atheists look like shallow, uncaring, confused, hurt, jerkwads. I didn't expect them to portray atheists very accurately at all, but the mud slinging was far more blatant than I would have ever imagined.
I give this move one Professor Radisson out of 10. Like the character portrayed in the movie, "God's Not Dead" tried to present itself as an intelligent, thought provoking, work of cinema. But after sitting down and watching the movie, it felt like the writers had no idea what they were talking about... only for me to realize they likely knew they were lying the entire time, both to themselves and to their audience.
If you're a Christian, you might enjoy the theme of the movie. But if you believe the movie accurately portrays the lives of nonbelievers, then you need to get out more.
If the movie just so happened to use atheists as a plot device to concoct an interesting story that is not to be taken seriously, then I'd be okay with that. But the movie is trying to spread a message, and that message is built off of the misrepresentation of non-believers. Granted, I'm quite biased being a non-believer myself. But if anybody here felt the movie taught them anything about atheists or about how to show atheists God is real, you're in for a surprise.
I honestly expected the movie to be better than what it was. I expected them to take real debate topics, use real initial arguments often made by atheists, have the Christian student attempt to rebut those arguments, then portray the atheist responses in a way most atheists wouldn't actually respond. Sure, the movie did do this, but it wasn't the premise of the movie like I thought it would be. Instead, the movie revolved around making atheists look like shallow, uncaring, confused, hurt, jerkwads. I didn't expect them to portray atheists very accurately at all, but the mud slinging was far more blatant than I would have ever imagined.
I give this move one Professor Radisson out of 10. Like the character portrayed in the movie, "God's Not Dead" tried to present itself as an intelligent, thought provoking, work of cinema. But after sitting down and watching the movie, it felt like the writers had no idea what they were talking about... only for me to realize they likely knew they were lying the entire time, both to themselves and to their audience.
If you're a Christian, you might enjoy the theme of the movie. But if you believe the movie accurately portrays the lives of nonbelievers, then you need to get out more.
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