Review of War Room (2015) by Mglegend33 — 06 Sep 2015

Fitting that the very system so often derided by the Christian right (Hollywood) is now being used by those very people to prosthelytize and peddle their hilariously vapid moralizing. Fitting, because filmmaking in and of itself is a creation, a fabrication - relying on written contrivance and a necessary suspension of disbelief, not unlike religion, which requires even more of a "leap of faith.

" Make no mistake, faith is literally defined as "belief without evidence," so what better venue than a movie theater to peddle such absurdities? The problem here is that religion also lacks creativity (to be creative one must also embrace free thinking, which religion rejects) and this film is likewise utterly and pathetically devoid of anything resembling a creative work of art.

Watch Bunuel's "Viridiana" or "The Milky Way"... watch any of Bergman's chamber dramas - "Seventh Seal," "Through a Glass Darkly"... watch Bresson's "Diary of a Country Priest" and witness the opposite of what this insipid Christian Hallmark card of a film attempts to put forth.

These are great films that offer thought-provoking, artistic ruminations on belief and faith and the challenge of living in a world that does not have easy answers that can be cured with such intellectually lazy devices such as prayer and faith.

This ridiculous film caters to hate mongers like Kim Davis, who have the same narrow view of the world that the makers of this film embrace with such blinding zeal. Avoid this film at all costs - it's simply an advertisement to belief without the "inconvenience" of thinking.