Zeke365 wrote:this may sound crazy and I m listening to the comments but the fact is were the ones putting down christian movies have you ever heard the phrase dont judge a book by it cover same should be applied to christian movies
If the movies (God not dead, Left behind) above does not convince you in Christians nothing will.
That harsh I know but this could be the very reality why dont have good christian films.
Like an old saying if you dont like it make something out of it.
Thanks all for answers still trying to get a grip why christian movies have had a bad rap.
Zeke365 wrote:this may sound crazy and I m listening to the comments but the fact is were the ones putting down christian movies have you ever heard the phrase dont judge a book by it cover same should be applied to christian movies. If the movies (God not dead, Left behind) above does not convince you in Christians nothing will. That harsh I know but this could be the very reality why dont have good christian films. Like an old saying if you dont like it make something out of it. Thanks all for answers still trying to get a grip why christian movies have had a bad rap.
mechana2015 wrote:The reality of why we don't have good christian films on a regular basis is because christian films expect to be judged based on their cover. That's the problem. They expect to be loved and successful based on their status as a Christian thing, rather than their status as a piece of artwork. The problem is that the community surrounding Christian art is lazy, expecting films to check boxes off to meet criteria to qualify fr success in their target audience. Artists who want to do good work don't want toor need to check those boxes and therefore aren't considered to be making Christian art by the American christian evangelical community.
Christian culture is addicted to mediocrity. They're addicted to 'good enough' instead of great. You can spot Christian art from miles away often because it's five to ten (or twenty) years behind what's being made currently and often a lazy imitation of something in addition to that.
That is another core problem. Excessive criticism is not an issue.
The problem is ignoring the critics because what's been made is 'ok' or 'covers the bases', or worse, attacking them because 'they just don't get it' or 'I made it for God so you can't complain'.a
goldenspines wrote:Its only stealing if you don't get caught.
Zeke365 wrote:you make good point and based on the argument I m getting and on the comments I m reading correct me if I wrong you would rather Hollywood make a Christan film then someone you did not know about because of the industry has a bad rap. I will give a perfect example I could make christian movie best budget, best storyline, best everything but because it was not produced using Hollywood effects and all that you would immediately dismiss it saying it the worst movie every made, but if Hollywood would do the same movie I did you would rave that Hollywood would do something like it.
Zeke365 wrote:you make good point and based on the argument I m getting and on the comments I m reading correct me if I wrong you would rather Hollywood make a Christan film then someone you did not know about because of the industry has a bad rap. I will give a perfect example I could make christian movie best budget, best storyline, best everything but because it was not produced using Hollywood effects and all that you would immediately dismiss it saying it the worst movie every made, but if Hollywood would do the same movie I did you would rave that Hollywood would do something like it.
mechana2015 wrote:1. House looks like it has potential, but I'd lean towards the book first, since the film is Netflix DVD only from what I can see, and I don't have the DVD service.
1.House - House 4.7 IMDB score, 27% Audience Score on Rotton Tomatoes. 0% Critic score on RT.
goldenspines wrote:Its only stealing if you don't get caught.
Nate wrote:As I said before, a movie can have good things in it and still be bad. One of my favorite internet reviewers, MikeJ, makes a point in his Shameful Sequels series to point out when terrible movies have genuinely funny jokes or touching moments. The movies are still bad, but they have good jokes or good character moments at a couple of points...but the movies are still bad.
Nothing wrong with low budget movies either. Clerks is a great movie and was shot for less than 30k. Or, if you want a more Christian-friendly movie, Napoleon Dynamite was shot for only $400,000 and was received very well. You can make good movies with low budget, and I don't think anybody here would say a movie is bad solely because it's low budget. Usually when somebody uses "low budget" as a criticism, they usually mean that the special effects, actors, or cinematography are poor quality. It is still possible though to have an excellent quality movie that is low budget, as long as the people making it know what they're doing.
Zeke365 wrote:you make good point and based on the argument I m getting and on the comments I m reading correct me if I wrong you would rather Hollywood make a Christan film then someone you did not know about because of the industry has a bad rap. I will give a perfect example I could make christian movie best budget, best storyline, best everything but because it was not produced using Hollywood effects and all that you would immediately dismiss it saying it the worst movie every made, but if Hollywood would do the same movie I did you would rave that Hollywood would do something like it.
the fact is you really do not want Christan movies. I could give a list of good Christan movies right now but you would already condemn them at the start (that sounds judgement and I sorry about it) so what what the point. If you want Hollywood to make the perfect christian that impossible and unrealistic in all standards it not going to happen in my opinion and based on the comments this exactly what you want to happen.
goldenspines wrote:Its only stealing if you don't get caught.
Peanut wrote:Romero is good, The Mission is better. In fact, MSP, why haven't you watched The Mission yet?
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