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Movie Reviews of Fireproof
Movie Review: FIREPROOF = Marriage repair 101 (Acting = Very Good)
Summary: 5 Stars
REAL LIFE MARRIAGE REPAIR 101:
Fireproof is by far perhaps one of the most important movies anyone who is either married, or thinking about marriage can watch. The story line is incredibly well written and follows the life of a struggling married couple as they plunge toward divorce. The course of events in the movie are typical of millions of married people who believe that their marriage isn't working and want out. Watching this marriage heal is absolutely amazing and the principles portrayed are are great guideline on how "ice cold" hearts of the self absorbed can be thawed and real life marriages can be repaired.
Fireproof will take you on a bit of an emotional ride as it is interspersed with a very small but just the right amount of humorous scenes to break things up and keep you locked in. When people say that the acting was bad in this movie, I believe it is because people are so used to having at least a small dose of profanity in every movie that when watching Fireproof, something seems to be missing but they cannot quite put their finger on it. The few corny scenes take up about 5 minutes of this fantastic movie, and they may even seem a little out of place, but they help to break things up. The acting in this movie was well done. If you don't like the movie, look elsewhere, perhaps at your attitude toward relationships or your views about spirituality.
Whether you are currently on the brink of divorce after decades of living in a "bad marriage" or newlyweds who are still riding the high new love, watch this movie. If you are in a bad marriage, you might want to watch this movie alone at first. You can always watch it with your spouse later. Either way, you will never regret watching this movie.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Movie Review: Saving a Marriage--With a Spiritual (Not Only Christian) Application
Summary: 5 Stars
Divorce is pictured as a plastic salt shaker and pepper shaker once glued together with Superglue, but now torn asunder. Pieces of one still stick to the other. This movie has been misrepresented as presenting a "Stay together and be miserable" message. Actually, it presents a "Stay together to work things out and avoid misery" message.
Complaints about this movie having primitive visual effects also miss the point. This movie is not primarily about the technicalities of fire and firefighting, but about the nature of marriage.
Caleb is all wrapped up in himself. He wants to buy an expensive boat, and sticks all the household chores on his wife, who also works full time. He takes her for granted, and treats her as a servant. To him, online pornography is "just an outlet." Not surprisingly, he thinks that his wife is the one who has the problem. For her part, she spurns his sincere efforts to turn over a new leaf, in part because she buys into her friends' suggestion that he has suddenly turned nice on her because he just wants to butter her up for a divorce settlement more favorable to himself. To make things worse, she gets involved in an affair with a married doctor at her workplace.
Caleb's father presents him with a 42-day plan to rescue and revive the marriage. It is one that the father himself was familiar with when his marriage almost collapsed years ago. But it doesn't seem to work at all. There is also an ironic ending to the story of Caleb's parents which I won't reveal here.
This movie reminds us of the fact that marriage is not just a social institution nor just a commitment to the other person. It is a solemn vow before God. Not so long ago even otherwise-nonreligious people understood this. But in our day and age, it is a "new" concept.
Movie Review: "Fireproof" Is A Great Inspirational Film For Rebuilding Broken Relationships
Summary: 5 Stars
On Valentine's Day, I went to a banquet at my church where we were shown the highly successful "Fireproof." When it was over, there was nary a dry eye in the fellowship hall. An extremely emotional, poignant film, "Fireproof" deals with one fireman's struggle to mend broken relationships in his life, primarily the one between him and his wife.
"Fireproof" is a great teaching tool for anyone, married or single, who needs help rebuilding a broken relationship. It can be a relationship between a spouse, parent, sibling or friend. It teaches how to forgive according to how the Lord forgave us. He loves us no matter how many times we reject Him and his love. We can not truly love another person until we learn to love Him according to His will.
At first, I detested fireman Caleb Holt (Kirk Cameron of the "Left Behind" series) for not being sensitive to his wife's feelings. However, after his encounter with the Lord, he began to transform into a caring, loving person who I grew to respect. I had to admire him for never giving up on fixing his broken marriage despite his wife's stubbornness.
Thanks to the film "Fireproof," I will soon be attending the marriage enrichment series "Fireproof Your Marriage." I am single, however, I feel that this Christian series will help me improve my relationships with family, friends, coworkers and even strangers. After all, we are commanded to love one another just as Jesus loved us.
I highly recommend that all Christians watch "Fireproof." It is also recommended that churches show it to their congregations as a teaching tool for strengthening and rebuilding relationships. If your church is having problems unifying its members, "Fireproof" may help.
Movie Review: Entertaining marital advice
Summary: 5 Stars
Caleb (Kirk Cameron) is an experienced and highly successful fire-fighter, who save people on an almost daily basis, proud of what he does for a living, and apart from the fire-fighting his main focus is to save money for his dream boat. He spends very little time with his wife Catherine (Erin Bethea), and when they are together, they quickly get into a quarrel and they both realise that they are heading for divorce.
Caleb visits his parents to tell them, that he is finally giving up on his marriage. They are not pleased with this news and his father is asking him for one last favour, before signing the divorce papers that Catherine has already served him. Caleb doesn't give it many chances, but out of respect for his father he agrees to follow a plan for 40 days, each day having to do a small task for his partner, like not saying anything negative for a day, doing some chore for his partner etc. Some tasks are very easy, some quite difficult, and the fun part is to see Catherine ignoring the coffee he made for her, and Caleb trying to cut corners on the tasks, like buying the cheapest possible bouquet of flowers. The religious element is there, but it is not dominating the film, so non-religious people can definitely enjoy it too. The message is very clear; fight for your marriage, it will be worth it.
If your relationship is in trouble, buy it to learn how Caleb and Catherine got past their trouble, and if single; buy it for the entertainment and the learning process.
I watched it with my wife, we both found it very worthwhile, only a bit one-sided as Caleb is the one doing all the work in saving their marriage, without any movement or encouragement from Catherine's side.
Movie Review: Badly done five-star movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I have just finished watching the movie and the closing credits are rolling even as I write. Let me start off by saying that I give it five stars. But first, I must dive into the artistic quality of the movie. It was less than second rate. The main characters existed only to be married to each other - they had no other personality or depth. The script - I don't even know where to begin to say how cheezy each dialogue was. The so-called comedic reliefs, that were inserted throughout the movie, was bearable, but really had no place in the movie. In a good movie, even the most irrelevant piece of scene is made to fit in - but Fireproof could not pull this off. A few times during the movie, I was quite bored and had to find something to do while watching the movie...(like check my email). But here come the reasons why I give the movie five stars. It had a solid message - which moved me, even in my boredom. The most pronounced message in the movie was how to love - as one who has been loved unconditionally and has been forgiven in the darkest moments. The greatest teacher of love is Christ and when we understand that, we can love others so much better than we could ourselves. What a powerful message. There are also other beautiful messages that I take away from the movie - about being a Christian in the workplace and the other kinds of love between family and friends. I don't think I'll watch this movie again, but I do want to recommend it those who seek a great sermon of a movie. I feel like I've had a great devotional time with God. (yes, even with the email checking...) I also recommend watching the behind the scenes - it shows how much prayer and blessing went into the movie.