RE: Oh nooooooooooo...
May 2, 2014 at 1:55 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2014 at 2:27 am by Ryantology.)
(May 1, 2014 at 9:13 am)Napoléon Wrote: This is satire right? RIGHT? PLEASE SAY IT'S SATIRE.
It's probably not their intention, but...
(May 1, 2014 at 9:55 am)Esquilax Wrote: There is a big difference between those two movies, though: intent.
Gravity may be inaccurate, but it's also entertainment, and there's a certain expectation of fantasy when it comes to entertainment. These christian movies? They're also vehicles for proselytizing, dressed up as simple fun; say what you want about the science in Gravity, at least that wasn't actively, wildly wrong. At no point did Gravity claim, say, that the theory of gravity is connected to some other unrelated theory.
These christian movies exist to cast doubt on evolution, using lies and misinformation to do so, and smearing those of us that lack belief in the process. This isn't just entertainment, it's active promotion of a message that's not only factually wrong, but actively seeks to retard scientific progress and foster distrust of scientists, atheists, and educators. If you think this is just a movie and I'm reading too much into things, I just need to point you to the credits of God's Not Dead, which displays information on a number of real life court cases where us damnable atheists are trying to "take god out of schools" by asking that they obey the law. It's not just fantasy, the producers are clearly setting these movies up as reflective of real life, as plausible scenarios despite the strawmen and falsehoods.
That's why it deserves more attention for its inaccuracies.
No, it doesn't. That gives these cretins exactly what they want, which is attention. I don't care about shitty movies with part-time Walmart employee actors. If the general public ignores a movie like this, the only people who will watch it are already convinced of its message, which would render it a complete failure.
However, in its own special way, the movie does highlight the actual problem we face: the specter of captive audiences in classrooms being force-fed religious bullshit instead of being taught about reality, and even this short trailer expresses this without meaning to: you have an inquisitive, curious college student's desire to obtain a meaningful education quashed by her religious, dogmatic idiot of a father.
Although, to be perfectly honest, I really do not think this is a problem on more than a regional level. The very existence of a movie like this is indicative of serious desperation.
