Posted on 09/09/2015 8:06:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
John Campea labors as the senior producer of Collider Video and headlines the daily webcast Collider Movie Talk. Each week, at the start of the week, Campea and his crew break down the weekend box office and offer insight into what those numbers mean.
Since the release of War Room two weeks ago, the box office segments have been a little awkward. On Fridays, the crew predicts which films they believe will be in the top five. Nobody predicted War Room’s number-two opening weekend. In fact, no one on Collider Movie Talk thought War Room would be in the top five.
Tuesday’s box office segment was even more awkward, with War Room ascending to the number one spot in its second week, dethroning Straight Outta Compton. Watch above as the crew first sidesteps the film altogether, then hesitantly acknowledges it, and finally sprinkles in a fair amount of mockery.
Campea later took to his Facebook page to address his reluctance to review War Room:
Some people want to know why I don’t review the current #1 film at the box office WAR ROOM. Well it’s simple. I hate preachy movies. I especially hate movies that preach religious points of view at me. I don’t care if it’s a Christian religious point of view or an Atheist religious point of view. Now, I’m not saying other people shouldn’t enjoy their Christian/Atheist propaganda movies. I celebrate those movies are out there for them to enjoy if that is what they indeed enjoy. Awesome! But it’s not for me. So what would be the point in me reviewing said movies if:
1) I know I’m not going to like them
2) If I don’t like it and give it a negative review, I’ll just be opening myself up to some religious people (a minority of them, most religious people are just great) attacking my review and calling me names and accusing me of being anti-religious (even though what they don’t realize is that I went to Bible College).
So basically, if you ask me why I don’t review WAR ROOM, my answer would simply be “what would be the point?”
He later added in a follow-up post:
If you’re wondering why I don’t review WAR ROOM, just look at the comments in the [previous post]. All that reaction just from me saying I wasn’t reviewing the film. Can you imagine how much hatred would be unleashed if I did review the movie and gave it a negative review? No thanks. The problem is, if there is a movie that (regardless of how good or bad it is) promotes the beliefs of someone, and then you say that movie isn’t good… then that person will act as if you are attacking their beliefs the movie promotes instead of just saying it was a bad movie. It is a no win situation, and thus a game I refuse to play.
Scanning over the comments from the original post, most of them seem either supportive of Campea’s stance or respectfully critical of his reasoning.
Plenty of films are preachy, but happen to preach politically correct (cultural Marxist) messages. Consider films like Elysium with its heavy-handed immigration themes, or Brokeback Mountain’s clear social agenda. A forthcoming film called The Danish Girl stars Eddie Redmayne as a transsexual, and looks primed to promote transgenderism. Are those films too “preachy” for Campea to comment on?
He’s being honest.
I can start with that and deal with it.
He hates “preachy movies”? Half the movies Hollyweird puts out are preachy. That’s why I see very few of them.
Guess this doofus has never seen a Matt Damon movie.
Oh, he’s so enlightened.
Most people would think that he is a flippant, condescending jack wagon. But no.. his hipster friends will be so impressed with his upwardly mobile attitude.
Every movie is “preachy” these days. They preach on racism, sexism, greed, global warming, war, etc.
I have never picked a movie based on a critics good or bad rating anyway, ever. They are losers that cannot get a real job.
Yep, it sure seems that Hollywood pushes homosexuality, liberalism, and immoral/bad behavior at every turn. But those movies apparently aren’t preachy. They just push aberrant behaviors as normal.
I am sure you will find he reviewed any number of Global warming cult movies with no problem.
“...promotes the beliefs of someone..”
I’m not afraid to say that I don’t really like any of these Christian movies because of they rely heavily on Deus Ex Machina conversions. They’re not completely bad though and can be reviewed based on artistic and technical skill. They are certainly no preachier than almost any Hollywood smut-fest. This reviewer just hates Christianity and is brain washed by Hollywood such that he doesn’t know he’s being preached to.
Off the top of my head, hollyweird has preached to me about what lovely people fags are; about climate change and how it’s going to destroy us; the evils of capitalism; and even the hypocrisy of Christians. This guy is a hypocrite, a liar and a phony.
won’t get any preaching in hell!
It’s no coincidence that ever romantic comedy has a gay best friend.
That’s his prerogative, but John Campea is a liar. If Campea objects to reviewing “preachy” movies, why did he review the movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still” a lefty preachy movie if there eber was one.
John Campea just doesn’t have the guts to come out and say he opposes Christianity, which again is his prerogative.
Is there any such thing as an honest leftist?
I dare you to find any film produced these days without some homosexual element in it. It’s repulsive.
I realize the good intentions and all. But it seems to me that if something is done to the glory of God then it should be of the highest caliber, not just so-so.
“Half the movies Hollyweird puts out are preachy. “
And the other half are just as awful, only without the preachyness.
I don’t watch political movies of any type. If I agree with the politics its preaching to the choir. If I disagree it just ticks me off.
I watch movies for entertainment. “I Am Groot!”
Has anyone noticed that any faith-reference movie nearly ALWAYS gets panned by the Left?
They’d pan the Ten Commandments if it came out today.
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