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Summary: Pretty good Christian Movie
Review: I thought the movie did a pretty good job of making it's point. The first time I watched it, it made me think of those in my family who might be left behind and I cried about it. I thought the movie did a great job of telling what people could expect after the rapture. I didn't read the books until after I saw the movie so maybe I didn't watch the movie expecting more. The movie did make me want to read the books though and afterwards I saw there were some differences, but I think the differences were needed to make the movie more exciting. I rated the movie 4 stars instead of 5 because the acting wasn't as good as it could have been. At times, I felt the actors were reading the script instead of feeling the emotions. Overall I think it was a pretty good movie. I don't recommend Left Behind 2 movie. It repeats a lot of the first movie.
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Summary: Cloud Ten strikes again....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Review: Now seems like an intresting time to look back at this movie and the others along the same line put out by Cloud Ten Productions (Omega Code, Judgement, etc...).We dont need to actually watch them again, as that would be cruel and inhuman,but they help us in discussing the Hollywood mantra," religious movies dont sell." This has been Hollywood's excuse ever since "The Last Temptation of Christ".I believe the reason most Hollywood producers wanted nothing to do with the"Christian" genre is simple ,...they wanted nothing to do with the Christian genre.
Cloud Ten Productions certainly never helped the situation, incapable directors, and screenplays a child could have written. Not to mention lackluster performances from some fairly talented actors, kept these movies on the low end of the B-movie totem pole. Then along comes "Left Behind" and according to Kirk Cameron this is the low budget christian film that we can really use to change Hollywoods minds. Really!!He wanted us to make posters and stuff and to tell our friends...I tried to tell my friends at MST3K but it had gone off the air.
Like most of the "Cloud Ten" movies this one is lacking, greatly, unlike the others it had a ready made story in Tim LaHaynes great books, didnt matter, they still turned out a boring, laughable "SciFi channelish" production. And low budget aint got any thing to do with it as we see great and inexspensive low budget films all the time.( Robert Rodriquez made his famous El Mariachi for a mere 7000.00.)
It has to do with vision,talent and skill, something the books posess and the movies do not.
Most of the reviews on Amazon for this movie involve what the filmakers(i use that term loosely) were trying to accomplish, not what they failed to accomplish. So if your looking for this story well told ya have to keep waiting, cause it aint been done yet.
Now however Mel Gibson has come thru big with "The Passion", and you can bet Hollywood sees the dollar signs. So there is hope for this great story.
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Summary: End of Times Survival Manual
Review: If you have read the Left Behind book series, you know they are not only entertaining, but true to scripture. They could well serve as a survival guide for the tribulation. This movie holds true to the book with a few exceptions. The time-line is shifted around a bit, but I think it works better that way in a movie format. There are obvious omissions due to time constraints, but nothing that changes the story's message. This was the first film of Kirk Cameron's I have seen since his Growing Pains days, and he has certainly matured as an actor. Overall, this was a very entertaining and moving picture; a must for movie-lovers who like to see some Christian values on the silver screen every once in a while.
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Summary: Ok
Review: but I would stop at Part I and don't look at Part II because I think Part II was poorly done. Most of these Christian films have so much potential if only they had the funding to make the movie much more believable and entertaining.
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Summary: Who's really left behind?
Review: Made for video but given a brief, unsuccessful theatrical release, "Left Behind-The Movie" is based on the first of Tim LeHaye and Jerry Jenkins' popular novels fictionalizing events from the New Testament's Book of Revelation. The title refers to those earthly inhabitants who remain inhabitants of earth following the Rapture, an event many Christians believe is foretold in Bible prophecy, notably in I Thessalonians 4:16-17 which reads, "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we be with the Lord." Regardless of one's beliefs, this movie has neither the budget nor the talent to properly depict the aftermath of this event with any credibility or power. The devastation that occurs after planes without pilots and cars without drivers crash and burn is only referred to, not shown. Instead we get shots of dogs without owners, and worried looks on the faces of those (cue the ominous music) LEFT BEHIND! Imagine what Spielberg, working with a bigger budget, could do with this scenario if so inclined! Instead of Harrison Ford or Tom Cruise, we get former teen idol Kirk Cameron as our hero, a reporter named (I'm not kidding) Buck Williams. Suddenly hip to what's happening, Buck forms the Tribulation Force to oppose the Antichrist, who in LeHaye and Jenkins' tale is named (I'm still not kidding) Nicolae Carpathia. If that name isn't a dead giveaway to his villainy, Gordon Currie's suavely saturnine approach to the role should clue you in. But the film's biggest flaw is not its mediocre presentation, but its content. I don't doubt the producers' sincerity, but in their zeal to reach as wide an audience as possible they seem to have compromised their beliefs. The Lord referred to in Thessolonians (and throughout the New Testament) is Jesus Christ whom John 14:6 quotes as saying, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me." But Jesus is conspicuosly left behind in this movie. Characters, including a minister, speak of, and to, "God," but the deity is referred to only in the most generic way possible as if the filmmakers fear alienating any viewer who worships at a competing altar. The filmmakers may be devout Christians, but the courage of their convictions never made it to celluloid. This is one time when it really is better to read the book. No, not "Left Behind" - The Bible.
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Summary: A movie too powerful for liberals.
Review: While still with my ex girlfriend. i suggested this movie.
She immediately told me why she did not want her 13 year old daughter to see this powerful movie. The acting in this movie is phenominal. It is a great movie for the whole family and uses bible phophecy integrated into the current state of affairs in the world. My liberal ACLU/ Unitarian friends hated it. That is reason enough too see it. I am not a very religious person , this movie puts the world into perspective and we see how our current leaders have sold out Judeo Chritianity in exchange for power and greed. The end of the movie will leave you thinking.
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Summary: Being Christian is no excuse for a shoddy moviemaking
Review: Lets remember that low budget films are not by definition bad - some are superb. It depends on the makers. The film starts out as occasionally interesting - if something of a straight steal from King's The Langoliers at times. But continues beyond reality. The reaction to the missing is simply not credible - and an viewpoint that happily sits the antichrist at the UN confirming the views of extremists is simply distasteful and rather scary in a world where some remember that there are fanatics in every religion. As a film is fails miserably. Nothing to do with funding - everything to do with the creative input. As a story? Deeply disturbing to consider this is how some express a sincere faith in their god.
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Summary: Not stellar, but not exactly a flop either...
Review: If the budget had been as large as some Hollywood movies, it would have been stupendous. I recommend reading the books (which are FANTASTIC) before seeing the movie as it is hard to follow. If you do not know what is going on, you will be confused. For instance, unless you've read the books, you would have no clue that the man with the beard during the bombing is a Witness. The actors do not do justice to the characters they portray, and I believe this is in part because of the length of the movie. They had to fit too much in too little time leaving not enough time to develop the characters. I have purchased the second movie so I could see if they explained things a little better.
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Summary: Read the book!
Review: If I had seen this movie before I read the book, I never would have read it and the books are well worth reading whether you're Christian or not. This movie is pretty bad, however, and doesn't even follow the real story that well. Another reviewer writes:
"I cannot believe that so-called CHRISTIANS would bash this great witness tool." and "I have used this movie to introduce several of my friends to prophecy, which in turn, planted the neccessary seed for salvation in their lives. " Well, all I can tell you is I find it highly amusing if people are really using this B rate movie to preach salvation. LOL! I guess if you want a movie version of sitting at Sunday church that's great, but if you actually want some entertainment don't expect to find it here. It could have been so much better -- the concept of going through an apocolyptic time where souls are in the balance is compelling. The story of the last days of man, of the rise of the Antichrist, of the Tribulation Saints who fight against the coming evil, the tragedy of those otherwise good souls that are lost before they accept Christ. That makes for some intrigue, some drama, some entertainment! That is what the books convey, but this movie does not. All in all I was quite disappointed.
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Summary: THE BOOK WAS BETTER
Review: Because the books to this series are so great it leads you to have high expectations of the movie. This movie fell short of those expectations because of its low budget and mediorce acting. I believe the books message (in the form of a movie) would have been spread farther had the movie been produced by a bigger company. I was sorely disappointed by the movie and have hence, lost interest in the remainding novels. I have read maybe the first 5. In essence, the books are usually better than the movie anyway but I think that because of the popularity of the series this could have been as good as Lord of the Rings had it been produced differently.
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