Left Behind - The Movie
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Movie Reviews of Left Behind - The Movie
Movie Review: Good movie in itself
Summary: 4 Stars
I read the book first and found out there was a movie and watched it that day. The movie is a good movie in itself. It does not follow the book exactly so I had to watch it twice to get over the parts where I was saying "that is not what happened in the book". As far as "preaching" in the movie there was little to none, which the books have quite a bit of. People in my family who watched it without reading the book first had to ask a few questions, but found it interesting and are now going to read the book. Kirk Cameron is the perfect "Buck"!!!Movie Review: Good movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Granted, its not the best movie I've ever seen, and I liked Fireproof a lot better, but this is actually a very good movie. The beginning kind of drags, but once the people actually disappear it picks up nicely. Great acting by Kirk Cameron, as usual, and the supporting cast is fantastic. Can't wait to see the next installation in the trilogy!Movie Review: The End Of The World ~ Part I
Summary: 3 Stars
Growing up in an evangelical Protestant home, I can remember many nights during my childhood when I would awaken from sleep after dreaming about the rapture and cry out, "Take me to Heaven too!" Such was the fear instilled in my young mind concerning the Christian belief in their impending mass exodus from this world. It has haunted me all my life.
Having said that, I'm really surprised at the number of - 1 Star - ratings this movie has received. Yes, this is a Christian movie that has a specific agenda designed to convert the viewer and admitedly that desire to convert is overdone in a number of scenes that may make the casual viewer want to turn off the film and look elsewhere.
Taking the evangelical nature of the film as a given and looking beyond the Protestant basis you might be surprised to discover that this is not as bad as you might expect.
Yes there is alot of predictability in this film because Christians don't like to substitute their truth to make something more palitable for mass comsumatiion. However, if you give it a chance and go with the flow I think you will discover a rather interesting movie that may not change your mind, but will at least make you think.
Movie Review: To be fair I'd give it a 3...
Summary: 3 Stars
I own the movie and would like to see the second one but if it was exactly like the book I'd give it a 5.
If you've only seen the movie then I highly suggest reading the actual series. It can be a life changing thing to read all 13 or 14 books in the set. It's a fantastic motivation to renew my beliefs that's for sure.
I bought the movie because I loved the book and own the entire set. If I had to do it again I'm sure I'd still buy the movie. It strays just a little too much for me so I'll give it a 3 but it's a good attempt.
Movie Review: Eschatology for Dummies...literally
Summary: 2 Stars
Knowing the basic premise of the "Left Behind" series of books and knowing the type of people who find them to be a gripping dramatization of Biblical truth, my expectations for this movie were somewhat low, to say the least. I was bracing myself to see a shakily-filmed movie with a bunch of wooden actors spouting off dispensationalist dogma but it really wasn't like that at all. To be sure, the obsequiousness towards the Israelis was distasteful, its theology inane, and I can't claim that this movie is good enough to ever watch again, but it wasn't as bad as I feared. I was actually surprised by the production value and the actors wouldn't have been out of place in a mainstream movie. Mercifully, the religious agitprop, although central to the plot, played second fiddle to the mystery and suspense. Of course, this film, and the book it was based on, originates with the 19th century made-up doctrine of the Rapture, which makes anything related to "Left Behind" a good candidate for the trash can. This kind of religious science fiction would be just as diverting as any other kind of fantasy if so many millions didn't accept its un-Biblical doctrines as Gospel truth and voted accordingly. The "Left Behind" franchise is a spawn of Satan which has perverted the Gospel and influenced American politics for the worse by pushing us towards war with Israel's enemies. These evil books and movies should be opposed by every patriotic American and Christian with his head screwed on properly.