I think this review sums up this movie pretty accurately whether you're a Christian or not.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/thevisitation.html
Non-christian checking in here:
Exactly
"All of the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects."
After reading the review on Christianity Today, I thought the reviewer was joking. As the reviewer concludes,
"Ever wonder why so many people just roll their eyes at the mention of religious art? Presenting Exhibit A."
and gives The Visitation zero stars, my reaction was, this guy has got to be kidding, right?
Excuse me, but we are talking about a film and a low budget thriller one at that. To be judging it on the basis of whether it is good religious art seems to be completely missing the point of the exercise. Much of the criticism seem to be influenced by the way the reviewer thinks The Visitation "present(s) the church in a not-so-flattering light" and is not "art".
I liked the film and think the review on Christianity Today is hash and unfair.
Very nice review. Who knew Christians could be snarky?
My favorite quotes from the article:
In other words, this isn't the stuff of great drama. For drama to work, there have to be actual characters—here, people are distinguished not by personality traits but by their physical and spiritual condition. Hey, it's Guy in a Wheelchair! Oh look—there's Pentecostal Woman Who Gets Slain in the Spirit! Say, is that The Former Minister Who Lost His Faith?
By the time the end credits roll, we feel like we've just been preached at for the last hour and a half. That's what happens when you spend so much time with a bunch of cardboard cutouts, masquerading as characters and serving a piece of work that cares not for telling a meaningful story, but simply for teaching a simplistic lesson—a lesson that's conveyed so sloppily in the film's final act that I'm not even entirely sure I know what it was supposed to mean.
No two persons ever watch the same movie.share
I totally agree. Christianity Today is great because, unlike other christian movie reveiwers, won't give a crappy movie a recomendation just because its Chritian.
shareWow. Just reading the snippets of that review tells me they butchered FP's book. FP is one of the greatest writers ever at making his characters fully fleshed out PEOPLE. It's astonishing to me how he is able to make them human beings we care about. If the characters in the movie are cardboard cutouts, it doesn't sound like he had much input in the making of the movie.
shareWhoa... Go Christianity Today. Way to tell a movie it sucks and be funny about it=D I would try pluggedinonline.com too because the reviewer is pretty funny as well. Told you Christians can be funny -lol-
I love FP and his books. i watched hangman's curse and didn't like it too well but if they make "Peircing the Darkness" I may watch it. As for the quote "whatever Frank writes, frank directs" YOU GO FRANK!!!!! That would be a wise Idea.
God bless your day
Brittany
If life gives you lemons, it doesn't make lemonade. It just makes it more sour >:D