Another faith based-movie is headed to the big screen. Whenever this happens, I can’t help but cringe because of the low-budget and poor acting and I ask myself how much good is it really doing? First of all, the lack of quality in the writing and acting can be unbearable and a turnoff to Christians and non-Christians alike. It’s has that “Preaching to the Choir” type of mentality.
If you like the movie, you’re probably a Christian. The opposite is not true however as many Christians can’t have a hard time dealing with these type of films whereas those who do not claim to be Christians certainly won’t rave about these type of film the same way they would about the latest award-winning films.
Anyway, the movie Grace Unplugged is about an 18-year old girl named Grace Trey who chases her dream of making it big in the music industry. The young girl helps her father lead worship at their church but the desire to play on a bigger stage increases so she moves to Los Angeles only to find out those dreams were empty and that she was chasing those dreams instead of chasing God.
Although the message itself sounds like it’s positive, I can’t help but be skeptical and wonder if the Christian movie industry is doing more harm than good.
The film will star Henry Cavill as Superman and Amy Adams as Lois Lane and will feature the original story. As a child, Clark Kent who is now a journalist, was adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent after being transported to Earth from the planet of Krypton. While growing up, he struggles to find his value and worth. His super powers which many would consider his biggest strengths are in essence, his biggest weaknesses. They’re the real reason he doesn’t know where he truly belongs. Eventually he puts his powers to use for the greater good when the world is attacked and he feels a moral obligation to help protect his friends and family.
Early on in their professional scaring career, they didn’t exactly see eye-to-eye. Nor did they see eye-to-eyes. When the first two met as young college roommates, they hated each other and were constantly competing against each other but in the end, it was their competitive natures that helped them work together to ultimately become friends after they two of them got kicked out of thecolllege and in order to climb to the top, they had work together. That eventually led to where they were tied at the hip, or something like that anyway.
J.J. Abrams directs the film in which Chris Pine stars as Captain James T. Kirk who leads his crew on a manhunt in order to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. It’s easier said than done however, especially considering the Starship Enterprise finds its way through a war-zone.
We are just days away from the release of Iron Man 3.