God's Not Dead
After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor will fail him.
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- Cast:
- Kevin Sorbo , Shane Harper , David A.R. White , Dean Cain , Cassidy Gifford , Marco Khan , Willie Robertson
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A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Josh Wheaton attends philosophy class, where the Professor Radisson requires all students to submit a signed statement that the "God is dead" and never existed. When Josh refuses due to his own Christian beliefs, the Professor challenges him to defend his position leading to a series of confrontational presentations between him and the professor, with the class as jury. God's Not Dead is no different than the sequels plus Kevin Sorbo is not a good actor so i'm not suprised but Dean Cain? he deserved better than this. I'm sorry but this movies are bad.
In reading a lot of the reviews, it seems there are so many with hardened hearts and lack a true understanding of what the movie was really about. So many are quick to criticize, as if they're perfect. However, no one is perfect. Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone." The fact is, without the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His subsequent resurrection, there is no hope. None of us are worthy of heaven on our own. Without God's word, there is no morality, other than what man decides for himself in the moment. This is why so many reject God's word, and live such perverse and immoral lives. This many not be a perfect movie, but then again none of us are perfect. It was a very good movie, and the arguments presented for the existence of God were solid, but also from the perspective of a college freshman.
After watching this propaganda, I have come to realise that atheists are not people who don't believe in the existence of God, it just means people who don't believe in the Christian version of God. There was a Muslim girl in the movie, so I thought there was going to be an exploration of various beliefs, but nope. I watched this movie to see what arguments could be given to convince others of the existence of God, like perhaps personal experience or divine daily guidance, but nope, it was a lot of quoting of Darwin, Stephen Hawking and other scientists and philosophers, as if thinking and doing mathematics in itself constitutes proof. Anyway, this movie does not encourage one to think or to question. When you get to the end, you realise this was one big preachfest, where the whole class of atheists suddenly believe in God and "accepts Jesus", not because they had an experience or communication with God or Jesus, but just because one student said so. I can't even remember what he said, I fell asleep so many times.Comedic moments: A Muslim girl covers her face, but the moment she steps out of the car, she is dressed in tight, figure-hugging clothes. LOL! Then there was the Chinese international student who phones home to his father. The son speaks Cantonese while the father speaks a heavily-accented Mandarin (obviously from two regions very far apart). The producers can't even be arsed to find out what people of other religions and cultures wear and speak, they are just hell-bent on getting to the final Christian worship/concert. Well, that was a complete waste of time.
As a Christian I am embarrassed and ashamed that this movie exists. It is completely unrepresentative of actual life. It demonizes all non-believers and gives a completely wrong message. It also victimizes Christians, something I have rarely felt in my life.