Review of God's Not Dead (2014) by Robert M — 29 Jan 2015
God's Not Dead is a Jack Chick comic come to life. It exists in it's own world, anti-academia and full of straw men characters. Atheists are demonically evil and pompous in this world (to be fair, there are plenty who are pompous in this one as well) and flat out says you cannot be moral without God, or at least without the Christian God, because Muslims, you're dragged through the mud here to.
Despite all that, it's just a poorly made movie. Christian films have a tendency to take the corniest path possible and stick with it. Take Life of Pi for example which tackles a similar idea on a grander scale, has more spiritually and infinite amounts of creativity behind it and it isn't the least bit corny.
That movie can move anyone with its religious philosophy. I will however give it this, it did manage to slip in one or two good moments during the debate, that may provoke some thought. A better movie or a more fair movie, would have managed to keep it up.
This review of God's Not Dead (2014) was written by Robert M on 29 Jan 2015.
God's Not Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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