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Reviews
Welcome to Paradise (2007)
Good moral values and family safe movie, Christ a bit missing
The movie contrast somewhat legalistic in approach to a more practical real life application of Bible principals in the church. The points it brought up are things i have not seen as a Christian for over 30 years in multiple churches across various cities and countries. I guess i am fortunate.
Generally people are interested in what Jesus and God has to say, and how they can know Him and bring that same love from God, and principals He teaches into their lives on a practical level.
This movie somewhat skips over the person and source of the love, the Father God revealed in the person Jesus, and more focus on the biblical application of behavior and person to person behavior.
I loved the family warmness of the movie, the challenge to reach out to the community around us, the way the ending has even the somewhat grumpy disgruntled man and his son come around to good.
The prayer at various points in the movie was missing any dialog with God or Jesus directly, this was strange to me as a Christian.
The person of Jesus is the one changing us, not the good things we do. The Bible is about restored relationship with God, and the heavenly view Christ challenges us with, to know God/Him personally in depth. Without this we have no salvation experience.
The movie show well the coldness of Christianity without compassion and just legalistic and ritualistic teaching, but does not blend together God the person in Jesus and the indwelt life changer, hope that comes not just from acts of kindness and love, but from heaven above and the relationship with God through Jesus.
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017)
Refreshing Excellent Acted Portrays Christian Grace
I thought it was a very good movie. It was real, down to earth, a portrait of a young man coming to grips with his childish attitudes and making a decision toward developing core values that embrace others instead of just himself and based on someone bigger than life. I liked the consistent theme of grace extended, real caring and loving people, and by the message of Christ, turns people into beyond they can imagine, a life of promise, friendships, eternal truth and satisfaction of knowing your taking the right path in life. PS: I hope the true life story of the girl child actress that kind of took a drug and rumble turn, can come out so well.
Wonder Woman (2017)
OK Action, Weak plot, Unneeded Sexual Context, Slam against marriage
OK Action: fight scenes were OK, but not very frequent, the fights also seemed somewhat mechanical, not so realistic Weak Plot: supporting character development poor, plot too basic seemed not to flow smoothly like Captain America or Iron man. Unneeded Sexual Content/Slam against marriage: - why do we need to have wonder women appear to look at Chris Pine private part in bath? - why have elongated conversation about laying next to each other in the boat, and become sexual, call sex outside of marriage confined (thus questioning marriage value itself), etc. These interactions are a waste of time and show nothing that builds the plot, characters or has any positive merit to it. Just shows were the minds of Hollywood is. If this is the type of stuff American movies are made of and people actual like it, then US is spiraled down faster and further than i had hoped.