~ So apparently I'm not going to rant... ~

It's too much trouble. And I think nothing much good would come of it.

Anyways...



It's a good movie, considering my skepticism for religion and all things religious.

I mean throw out all the doo-hicky about religion and stuff, it's still quite a darn good movie. If you ask me, the stuff with the love dare and all god stuff seems like a expositionary tool to move the story forwards. I mean it's nice, and relative proof that believing in religion brings good things (Technical note, not actual proof, just "movie"-proof).

And I like the teachings, like not saying anything negative, doing something for your loved one, etc. etc.. But come on, that's just basic knowledge, which is the thing I've always thought about religion and its teachings. It's basic knowledge. "Thou shall not murder", "Thou shall be faithful", "Thou shall not lie", it's all basic knowledge. And they throw in extras like "Thou shall have only one god", "Thou shall donate to the church", etc. etc. (I made those up), which just seem like they are taking advantage of the people who believe.

That said, yes, the movie is nice. You do not need to be a (devout or otherwise) Christian to watch it. And it would be useful for people in relationships I suppose, although I'm not sure how receptive one would be to the religious stuff in it, which isn't a whole lot to be sure. Which was something I liked, it wasn't trying to bash us over the head with "Leviticus 1.14", "Mark 2.36", "John 1.12", "Austin 3.16" (BOO-YAH!).

The movie performed beautifully though. $500,000 to make, $33 million in earnings and $25 million in DVD sales. It's either the best performing movie ever or the movie makers have just conned every single religious person out there in buying a DVD.

Additionally, great song!



I always thought Christian songs were nice, they seemed like prefectly awesome love songs, till I found out that they are singing their love for the almighty which threw me off a bit, but then I listen to almost anything, so that doesn't matter anyway. ^^

How I came upon this movie is actually due to Zhou, who posted it on FB, and Phillip who blogged about it. And additionally by the fact that I needed a feel good movie (I Love You, Beth Cooper doesn't exactly fit the feel-good vibe I needed). And knowing the stuff I know about Christian movies, this seemed like the perfect fit. So I went and got it. The cover, reminds me a hell of a lot of Ladder 49, which, is quite a bad movie when compared to this one. XD