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So, is this movie any good?


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I'm skeptical of the extremely positive reviews online from audience and mixed reviews from critics. It seems the high reviews from audience are probably from Christian fanatics.

--Michael D. Clarke

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I wouldn't trust movies like that. They are often deeply religious, which is fine, but they make it look like a zombie cult. And they often talk down and shame the audience.

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Like the "God's Not Dead" movies which made out athiests to be "evil". Laughable.

--Michael D. Clarke

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I've seen a few movies by Alex Kendrick. They are so hilarious and cringey.

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I enjoy those movies where the arrogant & creepy college professor is scoffing at religion, then is confronted by a quiet, confident, godly young fellow (usually a fellow) who calmly 'destroys' all the eggheads 'arguments', leaving the professor humbled, but wiser.

Or something like that. I never sit all the way through them, so how it all works out is somewhat a mystery. There's a series of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2KDj7qxnds

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Yep. So cheesy and cringeworthy that it's laughable.

"Secular" = evil and bad
"Religious" = pure and noble

--Michael D. Clarke

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