tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post184407976691875168..comments2023-04-13T04:45:15.203-04:00Comments on Eyes of an Angel: Fireproof - Why I don't want to see it...Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10601086764216054255noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-42765488825046901392008-12-15T16:41:00.000-05:002008-12-15T16:41:00.000-05:00Sylvia,Ok...I've seen A Walk to Remember.I've also...Sylvia,<BR/><BR/>Ok...I've seen A Walk to Remember.<BR/><BR/>I've also read the book.<BR/><BR/>The book is one of the only Nicholas Sparks books that's based off a true story.<BR/><BR/>Christian salvation is not one of the central themes of that movie. Its obvious what she believes (and she doesn't share a willing kiss with him in the movie prior to his overall change), the point of that movie was having faith in someone's goodness.<BR/><BR/>The movie also wasn't put out by a Christian organization. So it IS in a different ball-park than Fireproof (and other Christian organization media products).<BR/><BR/>The book wasn't written by a blatant Christian, either (if he IS even a Christian). Having read some of this man's other novels, he writes clean, romantic novels. A Walk to Remember is the only one I read where faith was involved...and that wasn't the central motif of the book. It was just an aspect of one character's character.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601086764216054255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-86114733157698166272008-12-15T15:24:00.000-05:002008-12-15T15:24:00.000-05:00I didn't see "A Walk to Remember" partly for this ...I didn't see "A Walk to Remember" partly for this reason. I was irked that the guy on "Life in the Edge Live" said that the girl in the movie "never compromises" when it is clear from all reports that she shares a kiss with her non-believing male companion (who has not, at that point, made his airbrushed, movie-style profession of faith). It makes a cute movie, until you imagine your own 16 year-old daughter doing that.<BR/><BR/> I'd rather see a movie where bad people do bad things and we all know that its bad, than to see, or have children see, one of these movies that are declared to be perfect when the nature of "good" is portrayed so shoddily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-34480987905722978352008-11-23T16:19:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:19:00.000-05:00The inequitable presentation of depravity--minimiz...The inequitable presentation of depravity--minimizing the wife's while emphasizing the gravity of the husband's--is telling.<BR/><BR/>And that is not a petty matter, when you consider the Headship Theology backdrop that seems to dominate American evangelicalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-2198105415219662122008-11-20T16:53:00.000-05:002008-11-20T16:53:00.000-05:00Considering Ted sent me a couple emails asking why...Considering Ted sent me a couple emails asking why I had such a problem with Fireproof, I was actually thinking of sending this as my reply.<BR/><BR/>Thinking about it...Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601086764216054255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-48838939982411888242008-11-20T16:37:00.000-05:002008-11-20T16:37:00.000-05:00excellent, christina. you put into words what i co...excellent, christina. you put into words what i couldn't. i really think you should email this post to them, and see what they say.single/certainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01794757973481302047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-83333552612003823122008-11-20T10:29:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:29:00.000-05:00I sense home-field bias here. Evangelical outlets ...<I>I sense home-field bias here. Evangelical outlets would endorse a bucket of horse manure if it were produced by a church.</I><BR/><BR/>And THAT would be my beef.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601086764216054255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20044793.post-36991517404031212962008-11-19T20:40:00.000-05:002008-11-19T20:40:00.000-05:00"But does that mean its going to be perfect?"I wen...<I>"But does that mean its going to be perfect?"</I><BR/><BR/>I went and saw it. And it wasn't perfect. <BR/><BR/>For one thing, the Christian imagery is a bit heavy handed. Not that I mind per se, but I found myself cringing in a way that says "here's a movie that can relate to the unsaved, and they blow it". <BR/><BR/>And yes, the husband has a porn habit. Much ado is made in the movie about that. But not much mention is made about how wife scorns and disrepects husband regularly and hasn't had sex with him in God-knows-how-long. And the portrayal of the wife's (emotionally) adulterous affair seems almost to justify it. <BR/><BR/>I sense home-field bias here. Evangelical outlets would endorse a bucket of horse manure if it were produced by a church.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.com