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Why do Christian movies suck?


There's been a list of Christian/ religiously acclaimed movies produced in the past few years. Why do so many of them fail not only financially but resting wise?

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A lot of them just seem more interested in preaching than filmmaking quality. A lot of the most recent films don't even hire real actors; they hire members of a church. I know this was the case for Fireproof and Saving Christmas.

I'm not sure what you mean by "resting wise" but a lot of them are actually really successful at the box-office. I think this is mainly because church groups buy a bunch of tickets for their groups.

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I'd perhaps watch if they make one about how they imagine heaven will be like.

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DO they suck? I wasn't aware. Some of them are quite good. But, being Christian, they're naturally a bit more narrow, dogmatic and preachy in a Hallmark Channel soap-opera sort of way, lacking the sex, violence and foul language that infiltrates other, more mainstream sorts of movies, so maybe that's what you meant.

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Honestly, I've never known of a Christian movie in recent years to be any good. The only ones I can think of throughout history are things like Ben-Hur or The Last Temptation of Christ, but those are made to appeal to everybody. In terms of films specifically targeted towards Christians, I can't think of a single example of anything worth watching beyond ironic entertainment value. I still haven't been able to make it through Saving Christmas.

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The phenomenon follows logically from the fundamental lack of curiosity and imagination it takes to consider that Christianity reflects reality whatsoever in the first place, natch.

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