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The Shift (2023)
No Wonder it got poor reviews among critics
Okay, so I'm looking at IMdB score and see that it is far below what I would have and have given it. Having watched the film with my wife, who didn't cringe one time or have to block her ears or vision because of offensive content, I KNOW why the critics HATE this movie: no sex or full-frontal nudity or blasphemy or f-bombs or crude sexual jokes... and the devil isn't some medieval gargoyle beast with horns and tail and razor sharp teeth! Not your typical horror film with blood and guts and body parts flung at people or the camera! And the bad guy, he seems to be a really nice, caring guy who just wants the "best" for you, for him, uh.
Oh, and the BIGGEST NEGATIVE with the critics, whether they are honest about it or not: there's a FAITH ELEMENT, NOT in Man but in the Supreme Being and His Son! GASP! We can't HAVE that in a film that is to be taken seriously!!! NOT ON THE BIG SCREEN!!! NO WAY!!! So, we gotta find ways to tear the film down without being HONEST about it! We can't let on that we HATE GOD and His Son!
So, what did I see? I saw a man struggle with his faith, his LIFE, his marriage, his job... EVERYTHING! He "had it all", LOST it all, tried to FIND his life and return to it. And he had to deal with selfishness versus selflessness. And he grew in the process!
Not your typical sci-fi or romance movie, but a very good one! How do you put the life of an ancient historical man on the big screen in a way that appeals to most? I think they did well! I will buy this movie on DVD when its available. It will likely be an addition to films for around Easter... see the film and you might understand why.
Earth's Final Hours (2011)
Do all cameramen go to "Camera Jerk School"?
First of all, I'm gonna get this off my chest. I HATE THE MOVING CAMERA SYNDROME!!! That's NOT what "Movies" MEANS!!! ARGH!!!
Creators of cameras created anti vibration tech so that when you are taking a picture/moving picture the lens compensates!!! NOW they PURPOSELY DEFEAT the anti vibration by JERKING the cameras all over the place! This is so stupid!!! Bad enough when they jerk the camera around to simulate earthquakes, but when no "earthquakes" are happening it's DOUBLY stupid!
THIS IS TERRIBLE! I'm watching the movie right now! ARGH!!!
Other than the CAMERA JERKS, it's a half-way decent movie. I don't know the science so I can't comment on it! This is FANTASY! Fantasy has been part of Sci-Fi from day one. So-called "science" has been along side fantasy all along. That's why they CALL it "Sci-Fi", as in Science Fiction.
But fiction is a part of life and people believe fiction every day, but I'm not gonna wax political...
Mayberry Man (2021)
Well done in my book
Two characters were missing, and missed: Andy and "Aint" Bea! But for an hour and a half movie how could you fit all the characters in? You gotta pick and choose who will best serve the movie and Floyd and Barney certainly did that! Both of these actors did an excellent job with voices and mannerisms! If the faces had been blurred a little you might not have even able to tell they were tribute actors playing parts!
How could any character actor EVER succeed as Sheriff Andy Taylor?
SPOILER ALERT: However, the pic shown at the end of Chris' Dad had big ol' ears like Andy did.
I think it was pretty good considering it likely didn't have a huge budget.
I searched "Mayberry Fest" on the internet and found Mayberry Days. There really is such a thing, in North Carolina
Oh for simpler days, in some ways. Simpler, easier, quieter days! Grab a fish in' pole and head on off down to the river with my Daddy!
Ring of Fire (2012)
Somebody SHOOT the cameramen so they stop jerking the darn thing
Look, when an earthquake or tremor happens it's one thing, but looking at actors talking or walking through debris or on a street THE CAMERA IS TREMORING, it's IRRITATING!
Hey, What's the purpose of having vibration correction of it's shut off and the cameras INTENTIONALLY shaken for some stupid effect!
Try this at home-move your head around while staring at something in the foreground. What MOVES is the background behind the object and the object of your view only changes in perspective: instead of looking straight on at the subject you're at an angle, BUT in the whole process the PICTURE doesn't JERK!!!
WHY CANT THEY DEVISE A CAMERA THAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE, maybe an inch or five, WHILE LOCKED ONTO THE OBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH! The background will move but the subject will stay in the camera's center... NO JERKING!!!
The Black Rider: Revelation Road (2014)
What will the world look like when the Author of Goodness takes His Spirit away
The world, without holiness and goodness, will be one scary, hell on earth! Unrestrained man will be all the things history has revealed to us. Holocaust, extermination, mass murders, pandemics, racism, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, wars especially on a global scale, WWIII?, HATRED, riots, violent storms, a "savior" much like the evil world of men, with an attitude that whatever feels good, do it.
Hmmm, a lot of this is already going on. Imagine it happening all across the globe. The world has already turned its back on Christ and His Father. Imagine a day when Jesus takes His Spirit, dwelling in believers, off this planet. Then all that will be left is one evil against another. Hmmm, one evil nation against another evil nation, all the armies gathered to a place called The Valley of Megiddo, or Armageddon as it is known in name only, because Hollywood has thoroughly confused its meaning-Armageddon being a movie about an ELE Asteroid.
So, what will the End look like? It's hard for anyone to know because only God knows since He's already there. And He has only revealed a small portion of the future to us through His prophets.
The End is coming. Which side will YOU be on, the losing side? Not a pretty picture.
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)
Better acting, mostly. Movie with a continuing message
One reviewer claims to be an expert on faith, having been a believer for fifty years and in the ministry for thirty. Okay, and for MOST things I would say someone who knows the Bible inside and out would be a good go-to person regarding faith in Christ! But, NO ONE but God knows what the world will be like after the Rapture. NO ONE living is an expert! The Post Rapture world will be a violent, murderous place where God's rules don't apply! And what will life be like for those who realize they screwed up and were only Churchians? Will they have to pick up guns and defend what's left of their families? Will they do so to protect the defenseless after gaining a saving faith they didn't have before the world went to hell? I do not believe these movies were made with violence to attract unbelievers! It CLEARLY didn't work as you can determine from unbelievers reviews! Here's another thought: when Jesus came into the world and sought the castaways, he was looked down on by the religious elitists of the day. He was unorthodox in His approach. PureFlix is also unorthodox in that it doesn't make sanitized "church" movies! Praise God for PureFlix's bold approach to what will be an extremely unholy time in human history!
Rampant Evil and violence, global economic and political turmoil and global geological upheaval, diseases (pestilences). The Story(ies) of The End is (are) a hard one to tell. No one knows for sure what the world is going to Look like.
Maybe you don't like Christians telling these stories! But I will say this: if a BILLION people vanish in an instant ("in the twinkling of an eye"), and the world is turned upside down almost overnight, I think a lot of people will be looking for the Christian stories to find out what the H- just happened!
People will be saying that "Aliens did it!" (Like, "Scotty FINALLY beamed them up"); "mudder earth, gaia, did it, revenge for hurting 'her'!"; "swamp gases reclaiming its own"; or like a new ager said years ago, "Christians will be taken to another plane by the ascended ones to be re-educated because they just didn't get it". (Paraphrased because the memory is forty years old) Uh huh! The Rapture will be explained away. And the one who comes as "savior" will wow the world, and his right hand man (beast number two) will perform miracles, even calling fire down from heaven... and people will fall down and worship The Beast. (Or ELSE you lose your head, LITERALLY)
The world will be looking for answers. Why have only babies, even in the womb, little children and certain teens and adults been "taken", and four-fifths of the world's population still here? Hmmm, better get out any bibles that may be left (that haven't been destroyed by The Beast or his prophet and minions), and Christian movies, IF electricity still works.
"The End is near! The End is here!" But only God knows the day and the hour when these things will occur. There's only one Way, and it ain't worship of self ("Om") or nature.
Will YOU be ready?
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)
What do you think the world would be like of all goodness is gone?
Certainly not the best acting or directing, but...
Listen, not the best in acting, directing, but PureFlix movies have gotten a lot better over the years, which comes with having more money... for the "poor" reviewers, what do you expect from low budget Christian film? You think a Christian film should preach evil and revenge (which is the dominant theme of Hollywood's blockbusters)? Satan's minions already do a "good" job of that.
There are a lot of end-time, Post-Apocalyptic movies available, think Mad Max and the like, but did you ever think what "apocalyptic" means? If there was no Bible, there would be no apocalypse! Apocalypse is the Last book of the Bible, also called Revelation. The Book of Endings... God's Judgments, last plagues against an evil world. He destroyed the whole world by flood. The Rainbow is the sign of His covenant that He will not do so again. The End plagues allow people to repent, but they will not and will reap their judgment. No one will be able to say, "I didn't know". With MILLIONS of Bibles in the world, written in all languages, no one has an excuse.
Prophesy talks about The End: wars, pestilence, famines all on a global scale. These words were written two thousand years ago and we are seeing it today.
Think about it: two major GLOBAL wars in the 20th Century with the REAL threat of number III on the horizon. There is no peace in the world today! Think Taliban, Ukraine, Afghanistan. Look at Africa today: Slavery, wars. Even the US is vulnerable: think Towers, 9/11.
Global pandemics like the one we just suffered and still going on! An AIDS epidemic killing innocents in Africa by the thousands! Widespread famines killing many more.
And let's not forget the HATRED and RAGE that has taken over the hearts of so many: road rage; mass-murders; riots that destroyed so much in 2020; Russia invading border countries; China a global threat (don't think for a moment their goals are just local, Asian. Global dominance is the end goal, An End to the US, at least of its influence and power, the most important aim.).
You name it, we got a messed up world! It will not end until the TRUE Messiah returns. But there will be a leader who will SEEM to make everything right. Hollywood has made movies about him, too. The Omen...
This human will demand worship, and his religious leader will make you adore him and take his mark, or you will lose your head.
But, back to this movie: for what they had to work with, the series works to get its message out: man is evil, left to his own devices, will ONLY work evil even if he CALLS it "good"! And man will prove he is nothing but an animal where only the strong and most violent win! The "Titans", whom "Josh" calls "tyrants", will rule... and you will see goodness, REAL goodness die.
Do You Believe? (2015)
Many lives affected by The Cross
SPOILER ALERT:
Subjects covered in this film:
-Homelessness
-Prejudice: against people of faith AND against the homeless
-PTSD
-Grief from loss of a loved one
-Suicide seen as an "out" by two different people from two very different causes
-Criminal activity leading to death, and eternal life
-Pew-sitters challenged by The Cross
-Terror from a gun barrel and courage to die regardless
-Brotherly love redefined and challenged to the point of death
-A former criminal giving his life for the homeless
-Grief-stricken parents moving on
-even pride is dealt with
The main point of the movie is this: What does the Cross mean? Do YOU believe? Does your life reflect that faith? Does Christ's Light shine through you?
What does the Cross mean to you? It's a fact that this crucifixion happened! It's a fact that the tomb is empty. It's a fact that we will ALL give account of our lives.
Read The Case for Christ and see the movie based on the book. REAL experts, even atheist and agnostic, acknowledge the strings I've stated here.
If you seek you will find, knock and it will be opened. "Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any (one) opens to me I will come in and sup with him and he with me."
The Encounter (2016)
Does Jesus show up to answer our prayers?
Uh, to answer the question in the Title of my review, YES He does, but not in the flesh as when His disciples and the other 500 persons saw Him after His resurrection. No, often He shows up in the person of one of His children. And there are times where people encounter angels unawares. An angel may even be a homeless man on the street begging at the corner. But Jesus said that when you help "the least of these my brethren, you've done it unto me."
So often we pray, "LORD help me" to get me this girl or guy or job, or to heal us or someone we love. And we think He never, or rarely, responds.
What these movies and the series show us is that He DOES respond but not always the way we THINK He should!!! In The Encounter many of life's ups and, mostly, downs are dealt with and even when we do NOT pray He sets things in motion to bring us to a decision: eternal life or death
So many of us are angry with God because He didn't answer our prayer the way we wanted and so our loved one dies or becomes an invalid or becomes estranged to us or we lose our job or employment prospect or we get bad news that we are gonna die (SPOILER ALERT: we are ALL gonna die, and most of us don't get a warning by some doctor!!!)... And some of us turn that "unanswered" prayer into anger and hatred or indifference and become skeptics like Darwin or Dawkins and do all in their power to discredit faith in God! (FYI I was angry God "took" my mom when I was a young boy. Thankfully I didn't stay that way!)
But, one must remember that God is not a genie in a bottle who responds to our wishes because we rubbed the bottle! In fact, some of us have rubbed HIM the wrong way and we expect Him to respond favorably to our prayer anyway!
Our prayers are always answered whether we are His followers or not! If you're not His child the answer is ALWAYS "no", unless you are repenting and seeking Him in earnest. If you ARE His child, then prayers asked in line with His Will will be answered according to His design. One MUST trust Him, not self, and certainly not one's own understanding and "reason"! Remember He doesn't OWE you anything! (You owe HIM!) If you are His child but behaving badly, don't expect a favorable answer, but instead expect a spanking for a father who doesn't correct His children "hates" them.
If you know God's Word, you know what I am saying is true.
This series of movies and episodes deals with much of this. They are well done, though I admit I am not a pro critic. I am and avid movie watcher though. And, as you may have guessed, Jesus made ME a believer and not because of some miracle, but because of His LOVE, wholly undeserved by me!