I usually don’t like Christian movies. Wait, hear me out! A lot of times Christian movies are cheesy. It’s probably because they don’t have the huge budgets and skilled actors that the big studios have, so I understand why they turn out the way they do.
About a month ago our pastor told us about the new movie produced by Sherwood Baptist Church, Fireproof . I went to the website to watch the trailer and saw that Kurt Cameron was the main actor. Cheesy with a capital “C”! After viewing the trailer, I had no intention of seeing the movie. Well, while we were on vacation a few weeks ago my dad bought us all tickets. I figured it would be fun to go with Anderson and my family, and I have to tell you that I was so wrong about this movie. I cried through about half of it, and I seriously HATE to cry in public! It was by far the most compelling, powerful movie I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t gone yet, I really encourage you to go with your spouse. It does take about 10 minutes to get used to the less-than-stellar acting. It’s kind of like when you go into a theater that smells like dirty feet. It bothers you for awhile, but then you get used to it!
My dad also gave us all a book called The Love Dare. If you saw the movie, you know all about it, but did you know it’s a real book?! You can buy it here . No matter how strong your marriage is, you can benefit from seeing this movie. Let’s face it, people don’t stay married anymore, and we need all the resources and help we can get!
If you’ve already seen it, I’m curious about what you thought.
I loved the movie and I am not even married! It was one of the best movie that I saw.
Clay and I went to see it a few weeks back. Like you, Clay was very leary and wasn’t looking forward to the bad acting. It only took a few minutes to get over it – and we both thought it was an awesome movie. I seriously cried through most of it! I thought, for the most part, it was so real life and we could all learn from it no matter how short or how long we’ve been married. Very much a wake-up call in some areas of my marriage!I didn’t realize “The Love Dare” was a real book – thanks for giving the link – I’ll have to check it out.
We loved the movie. It was powerful!
I’m so glad to hear that ya’ll liked it! Jobeth, the book is really cool-it’s just like the one he used in the movie!
i feel the same way about christian movies! i was surprised (and almost a little disappointed) when i read that fireproof was produced by the same people who made “facing the giants” because although i did like that movie, the acting was quite hard to swallow. but now that i read this blog, i am definitely going to see it! thanks!p.s. have you seen bella? it is a movie with GREAT acting and has a beautiful christian message. i highly recommend 🙂
I cried through the movie too…it was great ! There is also a bible study that goes along with it. FBCC library has it.
thanks for all the feedback and info! katrina, i’ll definitely check out bella. 🙂
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