Touches You

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

OK, say it with me: ITS JUST A MOVIE! Anyway, i thought it was freaky, but good! Its made for our entertainment, and i don't hear anyone giving Edward Furlong any kind of recognition, because he did a good job, And By the way, DAMN, Edward Furlong looked hot. Never thought he was very cute, but WOW, he had that evil sexiness going on! Now, of course i live somewhere where i would never, never see him, but if i ever did, i would definitely say that he does not get enough recognition, and regardless of the comments for this movie, it made me DEFINITELY want to see him more. Yumm, yumm! OK, any y the hell do we have to write so much on this thing before it will post your comment, i mean good gravy i wrote a freaken paragraph here!

I watched this movie fully prepared for it to be much different from the book because that's expected. What I did not expect, however, was for the entire storyline and characters to be different. When you change everything about the story, you change the message as well. Here are some of the biggest changes from the book. 1. Brandon did not have some past grudge against Travis. He had never met Travis prior to coming to Antioch. He like Travis because he thought they were both bitter against God and could work together. 2. Brandon did not kill Travis' wife. She died of cancer. The whole needing a kill every 3 years never happened. 3. Morgan was not a vet. She was a minister that was cold in her faith. That was one reason Brandon wanted to kill her because she was a woman of God. 4. Dee, the sheriff, and the girl who's hand was healed were not related. 5. Kyle Sherman was not a solid, middle aged man like Randy Travis. He is described as a young, passionate pastor in his twenties that sometimes lacks wisdom but has a good heart. He reminds Travis of himself when he started out in the ministry as a young man. This angle takes up a lot of the book. 6. Brandon dresses like Jesus in a white robe and sandals. He has a woman dress like Mary and Micheal is John the Baptist in the book. There are tone of other differences, but they are to be expected. But, when you take away who the characters are and make a whole new storyline, it is no longer the same story you started with. Peretti's book was a work of art, I don't know why Hollywood think their angle is always better. It is also stressed in the book that Brandon's dad was influenced by Satan when he nailed Brandon to the fence. In the movie it is implied that it could have been God. Very dangerous for non Christian viewers. It saddens me.

O.K, so not a bad movie in terms of acting etc,.. BUT the whole story was SO watered down to make it supposedly palatable for the secular audience. The question is WHY? If Christians can't get across the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then we are wasting our time and everybody else's, and that is exactly what this movie does. Seriously, if Christians truly believe that without Christ, the world is going to Hell, then are we supposed to give them an "in flight movie" to watch during the trip??!! or are we going to try to change their destination? Particularly annoying to me was the way the preacher conducted the "exorsisms",.. "And Jesus said come out!"....I'm sure demons are more aware of what Jesus "SAID" than we are, but that little historical quote won't make one leave, the scriptures are clear that we must ask in Jesus' NAME. That small typo would make the world of difference in a real life situation, the pastor would've ended up getting his butt beat by a raving demoniac!!If anyone is thinking of screening this movie as an outreach, forget it. There's no real Gospel content, run a Bookclub and review the book instead, it's the real deal.

From the perspective of someone who has read numerous Peretti books, including The Visitation, I have to say that I'm quite pleased to see his books coming to film. However, there was much to this one that was left out that would have drastically enhanced the movie. It ran under 2 hours and could have easily gone a bit longer with a few blanks filled such that it flowed a little better.I think the ultimate message was maintained, but still it did leave a bit to be desired for me. I remember a similar feeling about seeing Congo after reading the book, although this movie (unlike Congo) didn't totally suck.