Please stop making "Christian Art." Please!
This is one of those issues that make me long for a unified Church Magisterial Authority that could simply declare, "no more cheesy 'Christian Art.'"
The two films below make my point. With as painful as the trailer to "C Me Dance" is (see below), I can't imagine the torture involved in watching the whole movie, I mean the whole "bad infomercial."
You might notice a little difference in artistic quality between these two trailers and between the acting ability of Christina DeMarco (C Me Dance) and Natalie Portman (Black Swan).
Oh man that first trailer is so brutal that i couldn't watch it all the way through. I had to pick something up for Kelli at Mardell's over Christmas and that was one of the most creepiest experiences ever. the best thing that I saw was the "believer/ christian" version of guitar hero. i took a picture of that and sent it to Kelli
Posted by: Ted Arrandale | January 16, 2011 at 09:08 AM
Oh, my. The first one is agonizing. But at least it has all the required cliches and obvious symbols and predictable story lines to make it "Christian" art. Whew, close call. It could have been creative and original. That wouldn't be allowed in the church.
Posted by: Jeff King | January 16, 2011 at 09:25 AM
I agree with everyone that the first trailer is terrible. What fascinates me is that when "Christian" movies come out the christian population eats it up. I remember all my friends telling me I had to see Fireproof or the Left Behind moveis.
It seems to me that it is almost the same thought process as electing Christians into political positions. If we can just saturate media with "Christian" versions of things we will be more Christian.
Posted by: Andy | January 16, 2011 at 09:38 AM
"What do you know of hell creature?!"
My favorite part...this film will go to movie hell after it dies.
Posted by: Grant Wood | January 16, 2011 at 03:01 PM
YES! This cinches an ongoing debate I have had about Fireproof. No doubting the message, but the delivery is almost impossible to sit through. Context is almost as important as content.
Posted by: Paul | January 16, 2011 at 03:22 PM
A white man in a black leather jacket is an accurate depiction of Satan, right?
Posted by: Derrick Riley | January 16, 2011 at 06:14 PM
Ugh. Can't Christians come up with original ideas? And embrace subtlety?
Posted by: Bethany Stolle | January 17, 2011 at 08:23 AM
Brutal. I couldn't even finish the first trailer...it hurt me to watch it.
Posted by: Dustin Turner | January 17, 2011 at 02:46 PM