I loved this film. Anyone else feel like perhaps they were steered in its direction? I went through a divorce many years ago. I wish it had been around back then. Who knows? But I have learned a lot from its concepts. Anyone doing "The Love Dare" on their partner?
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I am just watching it right now for the first time. My fiance and I rented it and planned to watch it together but there was a snowstorm today, and he is not here. I used to be a firefighter before I was diagnosed with a disability.
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It looks good. I was going into firefighting as well but am now changing my career options. I heard it was a romatic though and i dont dig those too much. Is it action packed as well?
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My church showed it Friday, and I went to it. I'm single, but plan on getting married in the future.
It is such a profound movie. It set up well, and it didn't take too long for them to hit conflict. The whole movie, you just sit there in shock,and just crying along with this movie. It also has some hilarious parts, which is a good thing, because without those, I might have cried as much as I did during Passion of the Christ.
The action scenes are few and far between. In fact, if I recall, there were only two of them. But honestly, if you're wanting to watch this movie for a pure romantic film, you're looking in the wrong place too. While this does end with the typical romantic happy ending, this movie is NOT one of those movies you want to watch on valentine's day to butter up your wife. I'd call it a drama before I called it a romantic drama.
This movie does well in really projecting some of the common factors that destroy & damage marriage. Porn was made mention of, and in a powerful way. It was just really convicting.
Moreover, the way it showed the gospel through this movie was just powerful. The very scene it begins to come out, it is one of those, subtle, powerful moves into a very convicting and powerful scene where Christ is preached strongly without really being out of place at all.
It was one of those movies where it was not just an emotional ride, but it was just a move of the Holy Spirit even watching that film, that you just know it was anointed. It packs in some interesting twists and turns, although a couple of them are painfully obvious what the outcome is.
Moreover, my mom dealt with a lot of what went on in this movie, so being able to watch that and see my mom's own relationship being acted out in this movie, it impacted me doubly. I know when my mom went to see it, apparently she cried through the whole movie, and cried on the way home. But she has gotten a lot out of it, and lot of encouragement from it, because it really edified what she was doing to help heal her marriage. Like I said, this movie is powerful.
I would urge anyone married, engaged, or just a single person who plans on getting married, and heck, any single person who doesn't plan on getting married, but might be in the position to counsel married couple or even people planning on marriage, to see this movie.
I have seen Flywheel, and I have been trying to see Facing the Giants as I've heard it's better than Flywheel, but I can tell you now that Fireproof is one of the best movies I've ever seen. God has truly blessed Sherwood Baptist Church in their media endeavors, and I pray he continues to do so, as every time they step up to bat, even with the limits they have on "star power," they knock it out of the park. Rest assured when I find out they are releasing a new film, I'll be at the theater for it.
It is such a profound movie. It set up well, and it didn't take too long for them to hit conflict. The whole movie, you just sit there in shock,and just crying along with this movie. It also has some hilarious parts, which is a good thing, because without those, I might have cried as much as I did during Passion of the Christ.
The action scenes are few and far between. In fact, if I recall, there were only two of them. But honestly, if you're wanting to watch this movie for a pure romantic film, you're looking in the wrong place too. While this does end with the typical romantic happy ending, this movie is NOT one of those movies you want to watch on valentine's day to butter up your wife. I'd call it a drama before I called it a romantic drama.
This movie does well in really projecting some of the common factors that destroy & damage marriage. Porn was made mention of, and in a powerful way. It was just really convicting.
Moreover, the way it showed the gospel through this movie was just powerful. The very scene it begins to come out, it is one of those, subtle, powerful moves into a very convicting and powerful scene where Christ is preached strongly without really being out of place at all.
It was one of those movies where it was not just an emotional ride, but it was just a move of the Holy Spirit even watching that film, that you just know it was anointed. It packs in some interesting twists and turns, although a couple of them are painfully obvious what the outcome is.
Moreover, my mom dealt with a lot of what went on in this movie, so being able to watch that and see my mom's own relationship being acted out in this movie, it impacted me doubly. I know when my mom went to see it, apparently she cried through the whole movie, and cried on the way home. But she has gotten a lot out of it, and lot of encouragement from it, because it really edified what she was doing to help heal her marriage. Like I said, this movie is powerful.
I would urge anyone married, engaged, or just a single person who plans on getting married, and heck, any single person who doesn't plan on getting married, but might be in the position to counsel married couple or even people planning on marriage, to see this movie.
I have seen Flywheel, and I have been trying to see Facing the Giants as I've heard it's better than Flywheel, but I can tell you now that Fireproof is one of the best movies I've ever seen. God has truly blessed Sherwood Baptist Church in their media endeavors, and I pray he continues to do so, as every time they step up to bat, even with the limits they have on "star power," they knock it out of the park. Rest assured when I find out they are releasing a new film, I'll be at the theater for it.
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That is how I felt about it, too. One of the main characters is a firefighter, but it isn't about that, really. If you haven't seen it, the movie deals primarily with the strained relationship of a firefighter and his wife. So yeah, it isn't a romantic Valentine's Day movie. While it has some action, that is not its focus. I think what I really liked about the film is how it shows people the selfless side of love that is so often forgotten in the day-in & day-out routines we fall into. I picked up a copy of the book, "The Love Dare," too ... and it provides a lot of information about true and selfless agape, God-like love -- about getting over the ego of oneself and giving your partner's needs priority.
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I think that the best films give us profound messages while telling compelling stories, but where the message proceeds naturally from the story.
I think that in "Fireproof," they picked a "message," and then set out to write a story about the message.
In great films, real life provides lots of lessons.
In this film, an illustrative story was added as an overlay over the lesson.
The lesson was good, but it came off as being a little preachy.
I think that in "Fireproof," they picked a "message," and then set out to write a story about the message.
In great films, real life provides lots of lessons.
In this film, an illustrative story was added as an overlay over the lesson.
The lesson was good, but it came off as being a little preachy.
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Any Christian who can watch this movie, and say that it was corny and that they had fun mocking it and picking it apart, obviously has some inner struggles to deal with. While this movie's acting definitely wasn't Lord of the Rings quality, for a very low budget Christian film, it has some of the best acting I've ever seen. The story was incredible, and the message profound. I went and saw it with the man I'm currently dating(we're almost engaged) and the fact that he'd already seen it twice attracted me to him even more.
If all you saw was a movie about whinning, I feel sorry for you. Becuase you missed out on a FANTASTIC story, with an awesome plot. Was the female character completely deserving of her husband? No. She wasn't. But that's the whole point of the movie! While she didn't deserve the wonderful things her husband was doing, neither do we as humans deserve the wonderful things Christ has done for us. He STILL died on the cross for us, despite our sin and "whinning" nature. No one is perfect. But he loved his wife, despite the attitude and rejection, and was determined to win her back.
Wonderful movie. Wonderful story. Wonderful message. SEE IT.
If all you saw was a movie about whinning, I feel sorry for you. Becuase you missed out on a FANTASTIC story, with an awesome plot. Was the female character completely deserving of her husband? No. She wasn't. But that's the whole point of the movie! While she didn't deserve the wonderful things her husband was doing, neither do we as humans deserve the wonderful things Christ has done for us. He STILL died on the cross for us, despite our sin and "whinning" nature. No one is perfect. But he loved his wife, despite the attitude and rejection, and was determined to win her back.
Wonderful movie. Wonderful story. Wonderful message. SEE IT.
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