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Summary: A great movie for any age!
Review: I have read and recently saw "Left Behind - The Movie." Let me just say that this movie is very well done and should do very well when it hits the box offices in February of 2001.I enjoyed seeing what the authors, Tm LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, chose for the roles of the people featured in the books. A lot of the cast and crew in the movie looked like what I had expected. This movie does not pick up all key points that were in the book and viewers not reading the book wouldn't know a couple details that were left out of the movie. (They wouldn't have made a difference if you knew them or not.) Overall, I enjoyed this movie for its quality content and the suspensful scenes added in here and there. Though it is only a 90 minute flick, "Left Behind" is still in my top ten movies list and people I have talked to enjoyed it also. I guarentee this movie will be loved by all and anyone who buys it will be guaranteed a winner. I can tell that the makers of the film took time and effort in the making of this film and deserve a thumbs up in such a great performance. I can't wait to see future movies based on the books if the authors wish to do so. Thank you for reading my review and hopefully you will buy the movie and see for yourself that it is a well made movie. I guarantee you will love it!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: As usual, the movie did not follow the book. The daughter was in California not at home when the people disappeared. Her car was never hijacked since she flew in from California. The actors did not portray the characters as well as they should have. I really believe these books (have read all and will read the latest The Mark" this week), should be made in a mini-TV series. The one movie based on the first book "Left Behind" does no justice for the rest of the series of books. I have really enjoyed the books. Recommend you buy the books, not the video.
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Summary: Bulk of the book is "Left Behind" in Feature Adaption.
Review: After watching the movie and the additional passionate speeches by the actors and crew members, I hope their movie does well and it's message reaches a large and varied audience. That being said I don't know how well the film will stand up by itself for audiences not benefiting from reading the book. Obviously the task of condensing the novel down into a ninety five minute movie is daunting, but I read the book and was still confused. Storylines are thinned down to the point of anorexia, with Chloe living at home at the start of the film, and Hattie already having been hired to The U.N. People not familiar with these characters may be scratching their heads wondering how a gorgeous flight attendant could be hired to such a prestigious position. Maybe frequent flier miles? The positive though is that the screenwriters have managed for the most part to give the actors credible lines of dialogue which is more than I could say for the books. The actors physicality is all a question of opinion, but I found Brad Johnson as Rayford, and Kirk Cameron's wife, Chelsea Noble right on the money. He's a good actor that actually elevates the material, and she looks like she's in a soap opera, which for the character of Hattie isn't that far off. Kirk Cameron, of "Growing Pains" fame, is quite good. And speaking of "Growing Pains", Janaya Stephens who plays Chloe bears a creepy resemblance to his former thespian sibling Tracey Gold. The only actor I really had issues with physically was Gordon Currie as Nicolae. He has the charm and the good looks, but hardly the charisma and power necessary for the Antichrist. To me he looked more like pasty faced Michael York waiting for Liza Minnelli in the movie, "Cabaret". Maybe it was the accent. On the disc/video Kirk Cameron explains the "grass roots" approach to why the film was released first on video. It's so the readers of the books will get out and spread the word for the folks who haven't yet read them or just have no interest in reading them. Their hope is that it will bring an entirely new group of people to the story and it's message. I hope they succeed, and that too many of the faithful readers won't be disappointed with the result.
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Summary: Overall, disappointing.
Review: I have read the Left Behind series, and enjoyed them for what they were, although the authors take a great deal of license in biblical interpretation. However, they serve the purpose the authors intended them to in that they alert readers, saved and unsaved to what is surely not so long away. I looked forward to watching the movie, though I was slightly apprehensive of how this feat of turning book into movie would result. I have rarely, if ever, been pleased with how the script writers change what the authors have originally written, and it was so with this movie. It seemed that I kept waiting, throughout the viewing of this movie, for something to click, and the clarity of the message to emerge from the muddle of confusing plot. This moment never came. The movie ended, and I was unsatisfied. It hardly does the books justice, and I found many of the characters and changes in plot to be unbelievable. Kirk Cameron, as Buck, played his part well, but I never could and still cannot make the mental transferrance from Buck to Kirk. And also, I kept thinking "Growing Pains" throughout the entire movie. Some of the better casting was in Rayford and Carpathia. Rayford was exactly like he was described and how I pictured him, he also was on the better end of the acting spectrum in this movie. Carpathia was good, and could have been more convincing if he perhaps were more physically imposing and did not have a somewhat boyish face. His scene at the end is one of the few truly good ones of this movie. Overall, this movie does not meet the hollywood standard, and will likely not meet the reader's expectations. What the people behind this movie are trying to do is honorable, but facing the entire hollywoodized world with such a weak weapon will hardly do.
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Summary: Great music !
Review: The soundtrack is the best Christian music that I ever heard and I really like the message this movie is trying to convey. The actors and actresses did a great job!
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Summary: So-So
Review: I watched this movie because several people told me that it was a GREAT movie. Not so. Anyone who did not read the book will not really know what is happening, nor will they know the issues the main characters grappled with in deciding to turn to God. This movie is not a bad movie, but it would have been much better if the people involved would have taken their time to develop the story and turn it into a television mini-series instead.
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Summary: Just an honest suggestion to readers and movie people alike
Review: I can not rate this movie, due to the fact I have not seen it. I had to place a rating in here to be able to post this comment. To be fair I've placed it in the middle. I was checking on the comment of the viewers. I just wanted to say a few words on the comments that were made and make a suggestion to those reading the reviews. Of course everyone is entitled to his or her own option. What I'm suggesting to those who are reading the customer reviews (good or bad). I suggest that before you take the opinion of a particular customer and believe him or her on their comment. You need to check out other reviews that they have written. This of course may take some time. I've taken the time to check some of these viewer's comments and the file that refers to other books or movies their have reviewed. I've found myself expelling or rejecting the comments that was made by some of them, because of the other books, movies or music that they seem to like to read, watch or listen to. A person will approve or disapprove of certain types of books, movies or music based upon what they enjoy, and compare it with another. My suggestion is, do some research before coming to a conclusion weather or not your going to see a movie, read a book, or listen to some music based on some one's intelligent information on weather or not he or she liked it. As for me I have read all seven of the left behind series and I will go and see this movie and most likely enjoy myself.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This movie is very understandable. Very well produced. The actors do a very good job. A BLOCKBUSTER! Left Behind is a movie worth watching over and over again.
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Summary: Cloud Ten is the perfect name for the makers of this movie!
Review: This movie was great. I loved the acting, it made it real. Kirk Cameron fit the role of Buck to a "T". Although there were changes in the movie from the books, that happens in all "book to movie" movies. I think a lot of the changes made it better. I actually bought two copies :) Well worth the money, and make sure you get the soundtrack!
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Summary: dissapointing but good
Review: I have read all of the left behind books so far and will get the new one as soon as it comes out. It is my favorite book series ever and i give 5 stars to every one of the books. As soon as I heard about the movie i knew i had to get it. I got it the day it came out. It was a great movie as far as the way it was made and the actors were great (especially Kirk Cameron and whoever the guy is that plays Nicolae). The thing i did not like about the movie is how much they left out. For 1 thing they do not even mention the 2 witnesses in Jerusalem which was one of the main things that was focused on in the book. It would have been so easy to have just made a movie with the same plot as the book. It is like they took something that should have been 2 and a half hours and made it an hour and a half. The book is also much more suspenseful and action packed. The movie is very slow. In the book you just cant stop reading and it is almost like you cant wait till the movie is over. I still think you should get the movie or borrow it from afriend to see for yourself. It is a good movie but if you have read the book series it will probably be very dissapointing. If you have not read any of the books you will probably enjoy it.
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