Posted on 12/01/2006 5:45:36 AM PST by Sybeck1
Biased reviews or just a bad movie?
The wife and I were thinking about seeing "The Navity" this weekend. This morning going to RottenTomatoes.com, I find its gotton a 26% out of 100% fresh or good rating.
My question is it a fair assessment or liberal bias against Christianity?
Has anyone seen early showing of this movie?
Wait and see what the Catholic Register has to say about it.
World magazine gave it a decent review.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who has seen the movie. A fella from a family film group said it was one of the best..in line with all the classics.
Boston Herald wrote a negative review so it must be a great movie.
Michael Medved recommended it, that's good enough for me. I would never go by what any newspaper review has to say.
At Last, a ‘Shepherds and Wise Men’ Feature
http://ncregister.com/site/article/1362
The Nativity Story is a welcome addition to the family Christmas-film collection
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS
November 26-December 2, 2006 Issue
Posted 11/22/06 at 8:00 AM
Bible scholars tell us that the passion narratives in the Gospels represent the earliest stage in the development of New Testament tradition regarding the life of Christ.
How Jesus suffered, died and was raised was of paramount importance in the earliest days of the Church; interest in his birth and infancy came later, leading to the infancy narratives of Sts. Matthew and Luke.
It is fitting, then, that the success of The Passion of the Christ paved the way for The Nativity Story.
Previous Jesus films have generally sought to cover the whole story, whether according to one particular Gospel (Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew) or synoptically (the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth). By contrast, The Passion and The Nativity Story, like earlier forms of Christian drama, are narrower in scope — modern equivalents of the medieval passion play and Christmas/Epiphany pageant.
Astonishingly, The Nativity Story is essentially the first major “shepherds and wise men” feature film in Hollywood history. There’s never been any shortage of Christmas movies, of course. Yet even at the height of Hollywood biblical epics, the real meaning of Christmas was essentially ignored.
The Nativity Story goes a long way toward redressing this historic omission. Written by Mike Rich (The Rookie) and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen), the film weaves and elaborates the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke into a character-centered tale of faith, calling and sacrifice.
MORE @ http://ncregister.com/site/article/1362
Here's another trustworthy reviewer: http://www.pluggedinonline.com/movies/index.cfm
26%? It's gone up.
Baltimore Sun complains theres nothing new.
Think about that for a second....lol
A generally faithful culture will not be able to concentrate its artistic energies to produce faithful material.
Now, for what all moderns do have faith in, they can handily produce art of the highest quality. Thing is, it's all heterodox by classical standards. So things are morally upside down, but art still gets produced best from whatever the culture puts up as its highest value.
As that is utter self-centeredness lately, that's where all the good art comes from.
Since you both were thinking about going, why not go, and make up your own mind?
Research is your friend.
(Links won't work, however...)
The screenwriter:Mike Rich
Writer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s)
Catherine Hardwicke
Director - filmography
- The Nativity Story (2006)
- Lords of Dogtown (2005)
... aka American Knights (Philippines: English title)
... aka Dogtown Boys (Germany)- Thirteen (2003)
I watched a late night news show one evening and they had the writer and director on - both were Christians and wanted to personalize the characters. I was impressed with both of them and believe them to be genuine. My whole family is going to see the movie this evening and we're looking forward to it.
Read the reviews carefully. Each one will tell you why that particular critic praised or panned it.
One I read said that, unless you were a believer, it offered nothing except a religious tract.
I plan to see it, and think I'll enjoy it, but I will not be judging it purely on artisitic merits (and I do appreciate film greatly).
sounds like the people who hated the Passion now hate the Nativity.
(S) perhaps after Nov 7th mistake, Democrats have reason to fear voters getting a message of hope.(/s)
I have a good feeling about this movie and really look forward to it. Try finding a movie to see at your local theater, and it's mostly all junk.
Please don't take that view. Of course, there will be people who are hostile to any message from the Bible. I grant that. But you need to understand there is a huge gap in artistry (sometimes real, sometimes perceived) between secular and religious films.
Film is a very serious art form. Film criticism is also a serious area of study, and probably the most read form of art criticism today.
Conservatives in this country (deservedly) have a reputation for not appreciating art for art's sake. They are hostile, cynical, and not serious in their discussions. They see something that offends them, and instead of thinking, just yell "yuck" and condemn it. That is not art criticism, it is something else.
Read the reviews, if you care to know people's opinions. If you don't care, and want to enjoy the film, do so. But let's not play the religious victim because a religious film is panned on its artistic merits.
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