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God damn it!

posted 9 years ago by kennyamac
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I just spent 2 hours watching this crap cos it sounded like a decent sci-if movie in the imdb movie summary... Eg everyone disappears and only a small group of people are left alive in the world...

If people are going to make crappy Christian movies they should have to put in the title, that it's a frikken Christian movie, so all of us intelligent folks can avoid them.

I mean, really, what a turd of a movie. And if having an affair with a cabin attendant means that a guy won't get into your stupid fictitious place you call "heaven" then you can keep it. I'd rather have a few years with the perky titted cabin attendant...

[–] taticat 9 years ago

Totally agree! The stuff that is clearly biased religiously, politically, whatever, should be labelled as such. That way, people won't walk into *beep* like this blind.

[–] Kunta_Kinte_III 9 years ago

Excuse me, the fact that Left Behind is a "Christian Movie" is the least of its problems. The Ten Commandments was a "Christian Movie", Ben Hur was a "Christian Movie", but you know what? They were actually GOOD movies, they had spectacular production values, and were accessible to a pan-religious audience on account of being exciting swashbuckling "sword and sorcery" romps through ancient times with memorable characters and set pieces even to the non religious.

"Christian" Movie or not, Left Behind is a BAD movie first and foremost, but then again that's been more or less the standard for the franchise all along.

I, LIKE YOU once picked up some of the older Left Behind series at a VHS rental place at some point in my life thinking "oh cool, some kind of modern setting fantasy armageddon film!"

Boy was I wrong. Although, I would probably say that those were "better" than this latest attempt (although to be fair, I'm not sure if that assessment would stand with a side by side comparison, or if it's just youthful nostalgia from seeing it through less jaded eyes back then.

[–] TracesOfLove 9 years ago

Check out the series The Leftovers. Great writing and acting!

It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind.

[–] kennyamac 9 years ago

difference between the likes of ben bur and 10 commandments, is that most people know they are based on bible stories.... they arent stealth christianity like this preaching nonsense movie is... this movie basically says you must believe in the bible and follow its rules or you are going to a imo mythical place some crazies call hell.... in any case i dont mean to be peachy about other peoples beliefs, i just dont want them stuffed in my face by nicholas cage et al... :)

[–] darkavenger77 9 years ago

...in any case i dont mean to be peachy about other peoples beliefs, i just dont want them stuffed in my face by nicholas cage et al

An illogical comment. Who used force and made you watch it? I recently made the mistake of recording Fury thinking it was a WW2 tank battle film and found it was instead apparently an attempt to see how much profanity could be used in the first 10 minutes of a film. No one "stuffed" anything. I simply didn't watch the rest of it and unlike you did not go to its message board to trash it based upon a misconception as to what type of film it was.

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[–] kennyamac 9 years ago

Yeah, profanity... Dumbass go back to church...

[–] darkavenger77 9 years ago

Yeah, profanity... Dumbass go back to church...

Profanity / name calling (and ducking the question of WHO USED FORCE TO MAKE YOU WATCH THIS) are all indicators of a lack of education & immaturity. You can't answer the question because NO ONE used ANY force to make you watch it. It was not "stuffed" in any way shape or form. Your immature reply suggests you are a stylish modern type that hates Christianity and Christians. Nothing I can type will change that. I can tell you from personal experience it sucks to carry around that much hatred. I'd suggest more school vs more church.

Reply if you wish, but thanks to your ignorant reply you're one more for my ignore list.

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[–] kennyamac 9 years ago

fair enough, well written reply. so we'll agree to disagree. shame though, if it wasnt for all this religious nonsense we'd probably get along just fine.

[–] ejonconrad 9 years ago

It's interesting that the original Kirk Cameron version of this (2000) is described as:

The Biblical prophecy of Armegeddon begins when the Rapture instantly takes all believers in Christ from the Earth. A reporter left behind learns that the Anti-Christ will soon take power.

while the description of this version reads:

A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.

Clearly, they were trying to soft peddle the religious aspect and sell it as an action movie, and as a result, it failed badly on both fronts.

Both versions were awful, but at least Cameron was honest about what he was giving you.

[–] Thee_Justin_Sane 9 years ago

Sooo... You don't like fiction?