Last night my wife and I went with our son and daughter-in-law to see the opening night of Clancy. It is a movie with a Christian theme. Our daughter-in-law had a small role and actually got killed in the movie. They did show her face so we knew it was her. Also, my brother was in it, so that was exciting. The movie was better than most Christian themed movies and I was glad to see that. Most movies that are produced with a Christian theme are pretty juvenile and just bad. The acting is bad. The production values are bad. The writing is bad. Get the picture? But, except for just a few instances, this movie was well done. It was shot mostly in Louisville, where I live, so while fun, that was a little disconcerting. I feel the same disappointment with a lot of contemporary Christian music. It has gotten so much better, but still most of it is like bubble-gum music. Why can't we Christians demonstrate the artistic excellence and the intellect we have? Instead, most of the time it is embarrassing.
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- Robert Louis Ott
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Currently my favorite quote is from my cousin (who was in her eighties). She recently died and did almost die several times over the years. So one day she was barely walking through the toddlers' wing of her church and one of the workers said: "What are you doing Miss Jennie?" Her reply was "Just breathing in life, honey, just breathing in life."
I agree with the "bubble-gum" analogy. Even as good as "Fireproof" was, some of that acting in the movie made me cringe...and this is a movie made by a fairly big star. The Christian music industry also makes me shug my shoulders. I hear a LOT of music on Christian radio that I like. But there are some traits to Christian music that I don't understand. For one, why do Christian artists feel the need to "redo" a song? I have now heard three different versions of "I Can Only Imagine". Why do we need to keep redoing that song? The original was fine. The same goes for many Chris Tomlin songs (and to be fair, he has re-done other artists songs too). Let's be original and stop redoing songs! Sorry for my rant...
ReplyDeleteHey brother, did you not see me in the movie? I was the police officer behind the counter when Clancy is being processed out of jail. I actually had a line...."sign here"! Whoa, how about that for an Academy Award nominee material?
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