I see many movies and I try to rate them fairly and honestly. I've helped with the making of movies, so I know the incredible effort put in by everyone involved, so giving a movie a low rating is painful.
Production values are good, but for a period piece, the budge apparently didn't allow attention to detail (like Yale locks on doors that were modern.. and even a non-existent lock that the foley artist added a click and keys to (though the actor had no keys in his hand and the door clearly had the deadbolt lock removed. When the details become apparent and obvious.. taking the viewer out of the story, it's a problem.
The style of production was interesting, and the crew deserves a lot of credit for putting together an well edited piece, but the most important aspect of ANY store IS the story. And this just dragged on and on. It's extremely rare that I ever doze off during a moving, but this one did it to me! After an hour of watching this, I finally gave up and paid to see something else.
The trouble with IMDB ratings is I often wonder if the reviews are done by production crew, family, friends, and relatives to falsely raise the number. This is showing a 7 star rating as I write this.. and there is simply NO WAY the rating isn't being skewed by bogus reviews. It's NOT "the greatest thing ever".. nor "inspirational and astounding". It's a very dry story telling of a kid who gave up on God, then found God, then became a successful writer. It was apparently produced by a religious company who sat on a slide announcing who their founder is and their address for the first 30 seconds to minute of the movie.. then 15 minutes telling us how they made the movie (before the movie ever starts).
Nope. Not worth watching.. not a great nor inspirational movie (though some movies like the kid who fell through ice or the musician who would die of cancer positively were beautifully told, this movie is NOT interesting or entertaining).
Production values are good, but for a period piece, the budge apparently didn't allow attention to detail (like Yale locks on doors that were modern.. and even a non-existent lock that the foley artist added a click and keys to (though the actor had no keys in his hand and the door clearly had the deadbolt lock removed. When the details become apparent and obvious.. taking the viewer out of the story, it's a problem.
The style of production was interesting, and the crew deserves a lot of credit for putting together an well edited piece, but the most important aspect of ANY store IS the story. And this just dragged on and on. It's extremely rare that I ever doze off during a moving, but this one did it to me! After an hour of watching this, I finally gave up and paid to see something else.
The trouble with IMDB ratings is I often wonder if the reviews are done by production crew, family, friends, and relatives to falsely raise the number. This is showing a 7 star rating as I write this.. and there is simply NO WAY the rating isn't being skewed by bogus reviews. It's NOT "the greatest thing ever".. nor "inspirational and astounding". It's a very dry story telling of a kid who gave up on God, then found God, then became a successful writer. It was apparently produced by a religious company who sat on a slide announcing who their founder is and their address for the first 30 seconds to minute of the movie.. then 15 minutes telling us how they made the movie (before the movie ever starts).
Nope. Not worth watching.. not a great nor inspirational movie (though some movies like the kid who fell through ice or the musician who would die of cancer positively were beautifully told, this movie is NOT interesting or entertaining).