Simply Perfect

As Good As It Gets

A different way of telling a story

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This was made from a great concept. A concept which will blow your mind. The Man from Earth means the creator of mankind. not the God. the reason for human existence. Atheists all around the world will love this film. The whole movie is about just a discussion between a group of university lecturers. The budget is only 200,000$, I think it's just for the payment of the actors. The best low budget movie I've ever seen. The Man from Earth will blow your mind for sure. Trust me.

Intrigued by the premise, I stuck with it until the end, though my opinion of it went way downhill when the character claimed to be a well-known historical figure (spoiler alert: read no further if you don't want to know who).The writer's ignorance of archeology, history, close-knit cultures (specifically, Jewish culture) and the Bible are displayed by the university professors' inability to successfully challenge the claim.I am not a university professor or a Biblical scholar, but I could have poked his claim to have been Jesus of Nazareth full of holes. For example, how did this Gentile insert himself into an orthodox Jewish community and family? No way! How did he become an expert in Jewish Torah to the extent he could silence the Pharisees and Saducees of the day, who dedicated their lives to studying Torah? It would have required a Jewish Rabbi to teach him, and he would have had to be an exceptional student, all secretly, of course, or he would never have been accepted as the expected Messiah, since that would require tracing his lineage through King David. So he would have had to become that expert as a Gentile (not something Jewish Rabbis did), then disaapeared and reappeared as a Jew. Not just any Jew, but a verifiable descendant of King David. Jewish people were extremely careful about tracing lineage, since ancient times, so, again, no way!And what happened to the baby born in Bethlehem? The child grew up and traveled to Jerusalem with Mary, Joseph,their other children, and extended family annually. He taught in the Temple at age 13. How did this guy pull that off? No way!Did he step in and replace the real Jesus at some later date? No way! The family of Jesus would have known the deception immediately. When questioned about incidents in the Gospels, he basically says they are wrong. The professors jump on that and help him out by saying the Bible has been changed over the years. Archeological finds (Dead Sea scrolls) confirm that modern translations of the Bible are almost identical to ancient manuscripts of 2000 years ago. So, these learned professors just decide his story is more believable than the multiple eyewitness accounts recorded in the New Testament. Even the "Christian literalist" reluctantly buys in. She obviously isn't a born-again, spirit-filled Christian, or she would know Christians have an on-going relationship with their living God, Jesus Christ. So she is duped.Soooo many ways to shoot his story down, but the writer sets up a weak straw man argument, and then tears it down, losing anyone who knows anything about the real Jesus Christ.Never mind the serious contrast between the character and teachings of Jesus and this guy who seems to regularly father children then abandon wife & child after 10 years to start over. What an immoral, selfish, irresponsible, low-life! Sadly, this interesting premise took a wrong turn to push a lame, humanistic philosophy, making university professors look like idiots in the process.

This movie the is the best way wasting your pressure time of your life. It starts interesting to turn a teenage crap. There are more presusure things you can do instead of wasting your time watching this crap! stay away from this.

This is one of those unexpected treasures you hope to find when you see a movie. Almost entirely shot in one setting, this film about a conversation is better, in my opinion, than My Dinner With Andre (one of my favorites).I love how Bixby (the writer) makes you think. He gives us a superb "What If" and thrusts us into John Oldman's lifelong enigma, a burden he has carried for a very, very long time. How would you handle his problem? This delightful conversation sucks the viewer in and won't let go until you see how the protagonist resolves his problem. This is a film that makes you think and wonder about other possibilities. For that, I remain deeply grateful to Bixby for taking on the challenge. For my fellow Christians, I only hope they have the patience and bravery to consider that there may be things even they don't know for certain. After all, both scientists and the faithful need to remain humble to the Truth, whatever that truth turns out to be.And today, I just saw the sequel. I gave the original 10 stars; the sequel only 2. If you've ever seen the sequel, I think you'll love the original.