GOD’S NOT DEAD  3.0***

 

            This is a Christian themed movie made by  Christian faith moviemakers and is pretty much what you should expect. This movie is meant to be inspiring to those who want to express their faith, but feel like they can't. It touches the hearts of many people: people with mentally ill or memory failing loved ones, people diagnosed with terminate diseases, people that feel that they can't express themselves, and even agnostics.   The movie was never intended to portray a cross-section of society with equal time but rather was aimed at putting out a Christian message, which it accomplished. The creators of the movie set out  to make people think about and react to their movie and its theme and they accomplished exactly what they set out to do. There have been harsh comments and reviews from some of the general public mainly atheist, non-Christian faiths and ‘liberal’ Christians. On the other hand there has been high praise and acclaim from many people primarily Christians. The movie does cause a polarizing reaction.

 

The movie is primarily about of a hardcore atheist college philosophy professor who gets his kicks by bullying Christians and other non-atheists by requiring them to sign a statement at the start of the course declaring that God is dead. The professor's portrayal may seem over the top, nonetheless he does represent an attitude of many in academia and the sciences.. The student that decides to take on this "out of line" prof and present his case for God's existence is allowed 3 class periods to do so. Some of the other class members are very interested in how this will go down and the prof tries many ways to bully his way out of the situation he finds himself in.

 

This film keeps the audience entertained by providing  other side plots. One example is a story about a young female atheist who is diagnosed with cancer, is quickly dropped by her boyfriend and follows her journey to come to terms with her fate and find Christianity

I understand that this movie was primarily meant for a Christian audience and it is biased in that way. Overall, I enjoyed the plot of the movie and its theme. However, I felt it was somewhat too preachy. I would recommend this movie to anyone as thought provoking and especially  for Christians as a nice “faith feel good” movie.

 

Clark

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