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Gods not dead 2 free online movie11/26/2022 No such hedging for God's Not Dead 2 (for it is written, no segment of the film industry is so pure as to avoid the siren song of a sequel to massive hit, not even Pure Flix), a film with an asinine concept that hits me directly where I live. “This movie made me long for a chance to see ‘Batman v Superman,’ again … Don’t hate ‘God’s Not Dead 2’ because of its themes and faith. Hate it for being a stupid, horribly made movie.2014's God's Not Dead has a loopy, auto-erotic concept that makes no sense, but I can vaguely see how, if you were so deep in the culture war trenches that you needed binoculars to see daylight, it might seem like its story of hostile academics trying to humiliate the Christ out of their students speaks to something important in the world. Warner Wallace, and pastor turned author Rice Broocks, both of whom appear as themselves in the movie - it’s a rigged debate.” While there are some very interesting moments in ‘God’s Not Dead 2’ –like the testimonies of former homicide detective J. It relies on an unrealistic case not because realistic cases don’t exist (I imagine they do) but because it’s much easier to win when you get to make up the other side’s arguments. “‘God’s Not Dead 2’ isn’t so much - to borrow a prefix from anthropologist Clifford Geertz - an anti-anti-Christian film as an anti-nuance film. See Video: Melissa Joan Hart Fights Big, Bad ACLU in Trailer for 'God's Not Dead 2' “‘God’s Not Dead 2’ is a much better movie than ‘God’s Not Dead,’ but that’s a bit like saying a glass of milk left on the table hasn’t curdled and is merely sour.” There are serious movies about the Christian faith, about the persecution of the faithful, and about the intolerance that goes both ways. One day, hopefully, we’ll look back and laugh at this psychedelically bizarre era, but the sight of Pat Boone dancing on crutches while crowing to a ceiling ‘God! You did it!’ would be funny in any age.” “The ‘God’s Not Dead’ films are only interested in fanning the flames of a nonsense culture war that, thanks to films like this, may have finally come true. The agenda here is front and center from start to finish, and while the actors do a yeoman’s job in presenting their characters with aplomb (especially Jesse Metcalfe, as Wesley’s lawyer), the entire film simply comes off as a two-hour, jazzed-up movie version of a sermon.”Īlso Read: 'God's Not Dead 2' Set to Keep Faith-Based Caravan Rolling at Box Office “I only wish there had been more subtlety in the way the ‘God’s Not Dead 2’ filmmakers had attempted to make their case. While not bad as unintended comedy or the basis of Choose Your Own Drinking Game, it’s a sad little prison of a movie.” “‘God’s Not Dead 2’ is a pathetically inept take at proselytizing, bludgeoning the audience with moral lessons in increasingly bizarre and silly ways. But critics seem to agree that history will not repeat itself this time around. “God’s Not Dead” was a surprise hit that made $60.8 million domestically on an extremely low budget of $2 million. Starring Melissa Joan Hart and and Jesse Metcalfe, the film follows a high school teacher who gets into trouble when reasonably answering a question about Jesus. “ sequel to the faith-based hit feels less heavy-handed but still treats Christian belief as an argument to be won, and non-believers as villains to be crushed,” he wrote, comparing the sequel to the 2014 original.Īlso Read: 'God's Not Dead 2' Review: Religious Courtroom Drama Should be Held in Contempt And TheWrap’s film critic Dave White agreed, titling his review, “Religious Courtroom Drama Should be Held in Contempt.” Reviews have been describing the most recent faith-based film as “a sad little prison of a movie” and a “stupid, horribly-made” film. “God’s Not Dead 2” is getting sacrilegious reviews from critics, scoring a meager 13 percent on Rotten Tomatoes after opening in limited theaters Friday.
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