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awful movie.... pathetic excuse for shoving religion down your throat disguised as a real movie... terrible acting
shareFunny, anyone that thinks for themselves says this movie is crap, but Christians think it's F-ing amazing.
shareIt tells them what they want to hear. If you made everything the same but changed the religion to say Hinduism then Christians would be saying what crap it is.
I am a Christian, and I DESPISED this movie.
sharewell then surely your not christian .
just because someone says there christian doesnt mean they are until they accept christ in there heart .
all your saying is that you didnt like this movie because of the acting and of how they sent this message .
if you were christian, you would understand this movie and understand how they sent the message, instead of criticizing it . the acting doesnt matter, but the message does . until you understand the message, you will understand what i mean and what life means.
"well then surely your not christian"
Spoken like a true christian. Seriously, you got all of that out of someone stating that they didn't enjoy this movie? Someone doesn't like a movie and they aren't a christian? My, aren't we presumptuous. How funny that you can sit right there and judge the worthiness of your fellow christian because they don't share your enjoyment of a bad film. Which of the many branches of christianity do you hail from again? Oh, never mind, you all think you are right and point fingers at all the other practicing believers who have obviously gotten it all wrong.
"all your saying is that you didnt like this movie because of the acting and of how they sent this message"
While you blindly pledge allegiance to it because it says what you want to hear. If the exact same film were made about another religion...same quality, same budget, same "family" style...you'd clearly see it for the poor product that it is.
You are a prime example of why I find it so hard to tolerate christians today. You are an elistist who feels that they have some special understanding that most everyone else misses out on, a special understanding that allows them to clearly point out how short of the mark other believers fall just because they don't share your view on a movie? In fact, I think these christians who don't see eye to eye with you most likely know the bible better than you, for at least they can see that their god is not about answering everyone's prayer at the end of the day, wrapping it all in a nice big bow.
Am I presuming too much about you based on your enjoyment of a movie?
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OK, so what's the speed of dark?
After reading these posts, I now know why religion, like politics, should not be discussed. For crying out loud, this forum is for what people think of the movie, actors, etc. and yes it does give the message of faith. All you people are missing that. The message is NOT argue like little kids about your religious beliefs untill blue in the face. Now everyone hush and go to your rooms for a time out. Oh I almost forgot, the movie was good considering what they had to work with (low budget, non-professional actors). By the way, the speed of dark is the same speed as light. It's all about physics.
shareBAM, great comment & i really couldn't agree more. As Atheist myself it's people like that who do your religion no favors & honest folk such as yourself who "represent"! i came to check out the reviews on this movie because it was mentioned by a YouTuber as a "Horrible experience at school" when he was forced to watch it. As an Atheist, would i like it? Is it better than the Child abusing, nightmare inducing "A Thief in the night"?
shareThis movie doesn't support any view that a Christian should identify with. This movie was about God transforming lives, but in the most materialistic, self-serving way possible. I am offended that people who associate themselves with a defining aspect of my life would totally bastardize the precepts of Christ in this way. Why I hate this movie, is not because Christ isn’t in my heart, but because Christians, such as GivenToWail , don't understand how ideas like this marginalizes Christianity. This self-servingness is totally the wrong message that Christians should be attempting to portray to both/either Christians and/or non-Christians. The movie portrays Christians and the primary reason to accept Christ as nothing more then a pact for an individual’s martial/worldly self betterment.
And any Christian who can't understand how this movie propagandizes Christianity like it was a commodity, regardless of how much they have accepted Christ in there heart, frankly understands little what it means to be Christian.
bverji, I couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for nailing it once again why this movie is not only bad, but showcases why so many turn away from Christianity to begin with, which, in my opinion, makes it more unfortunate and dishonorable than your average, everyday crappy movie.
shareI agree.
share"The movie portrays Christians and the primary reason to accept Christ as nothing more then a pact for an individual’s martial/worldly self betterment."
'If we win, we praise God...if we lose, we praise God." Doesn't look like the film was only encouraging people to praise God when they get exactly what they want.
+++by His wounds we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5+++
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well then surely your not christian . just because someone says there christian doesnt mean they are until they accept christ in there heart . all your saying is that you didnt like this movie because of the acting and of how they sent this message .
if you were christian, you would understand this movie and understand how they sent the message, instead of criticizing
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And this is why I hate christians almost as much as I hate Politicians or CEOs.
So judgmental and intolerant. If I don't like a movie, I don't like it.
MY choice. MY decision. MY life.
That's what freedom means.
electrictroy; WHY THE *beep* DID YOU HAVE TO TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU LOVED THE CLIMB??? WHY THE *beep* DID YOU HAVE TO THAT??? DON'T EVER TELL ME THAT YOU LOVED THAT SONG AGAIN, OKAY????
shareAnd non Christians aren't intolerant?
Really?
Come on, now. You are just as intolerant. You are intolerant of Christians, and Christians SHOULD be intolerant of sins.
So your intolerance is better? Hardly. YOU are intolerant of a whole group of people you don't even know.
ITS A MOVIE MAN, I am a Christian who has been washed in the blood of Jesus, i want to follow God with my whole heart... BUT i will not lie and say that this movie is good just because it has a good message... God gives us a mind to discern things, not to just be like mindless robots, but INDIVIDUALS!!! There is few things uglier than saying to a fellow christian that they are not christian, only God can judge the thoughts and the hearts of a man... If he said that he is a christian who are you to say no to him? And do not talk about seeing the ''fruits'' of this man, because not liking a movie with clearly bad acting is NOT ''bad fruits'', its being honest and telling the truth... Bad fruits would be to say that this is a good movie despite one thinks its bad, that would be lying...
Not meant to offend dude, but i get very upset at judgemntalness and arrogance in this manner, we christians have not been given a Spirit of fear but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. SOUND MIND, a MIND WHICH IS HONEST is that.. He was clearly honest when he said that.. God calls people to be free, free from sin, free from fear, and free to have good thoughts and think as individuals... All thanks to Jesus
And by the way,THE ACTING DOES MATTER ITS A MOVIE AS I SAID!!!
Or maybe he thought it was poorly made.
"Suck my nuts" - the last words of Abraham Ford
I am a Christian, and I DESPISED this movie.
Ditto.
"Funny, anyone that thinks for themselves says this movie is crap, but Christians think it's F-ing amazing"
There's a reason the bible refers to it's followers as sheep.
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OK, so what's the speed of dark?
Ok, if you didn't like the movie, that's fine. If you're not a Christian or have no interest in becoming a Christian, why did you see it?
shareWhat makes you believe he actually saw the film? A lot of folks will slam a Christian based film for the simple reason of existing.
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Rev. Joel+
I decided to watch it after hearing about a controversy surrounding it on the local news. I was curious as to what the problem was. I don't even recall the specifics of why this was on the news, but the only controversial thing I could see about it was the fact that it was a very badly made film. I still wonder how some believers can overlook bad film making simply because it espouses their belief. If this film (same quality) reflected ANYTHING other than your own set of beliefs, you'd be on about it being bad too. These kinds of films are made in an attempt to indoctrinate, so that makes them eligible for anybody to critique. Of course, we do hear from believers too about how bad this film is.
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OK, so what's the speed of dark?
Since you are just repeating and/or agreeing what someone else said....doesn't that make you a sheep as well?
Gotcha.
"There's a reason the bible refers to it's followers as sheep."
Every human being is essentially a sheep, it's just a matter of who their shepherd is.
Personally, I prefer Jesus Christ as my shepherd over the likes of Charles Darwin or Richard Dawkins.
+++by His wounds we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5+++
I'm a Christian and I think, as a production, the movie was just not good.
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I taped it, and it reminded me of a commentary by a local pastor who said in an essay that when he was in college, he would sometimes watch TBN while high, and not high, and thought to himself, "I was raised in the church and I have never met people this weird."
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