Why Christian Movies are BAD | The Problem with Christian Media

As Christians who believe in a limitless creative God, should we demand better films or settle for what is given to us because its Christian? This video will discuss the problem with christian movies, their impact on christianity, and why christian movies are bad on a multitude of levels.

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[seanpaulmurphy]

As the screenwriter of a number of PureFlix films, I could hardly agree more with your perspective. I grew up watching indie films of the 80s and 90s, those filmmakers managed to make art with small budgets because they had a passion for the medium. It's not the budgets. It is a disregard for the art of filmmaking. And faith films will not get better until the audience demands something better, but they tend to evaluate films solely on the message itself. As for the counterproductive hatred of atheists and other non-believers, I tried to buck that trend. In Hidden Secrets, the first film produced by PureFlix (but its second release), my co-writer and I sought to create a fuller, more sympathetic portrayal, and, if the following review is any indication, we succeeded:

"But don't dismiss Hidden Secrets as The Big Chill rewritten from a Christian perspective. It has the nerve to make one of its most appealing characters, a stem-cell researcher played by John Schneider, an atheist and the least appealing a scripture-spouting hypocrite. While its proscriptive tendencies might not sit well with some moviegoers, it does strive to distinguish between sinner and sin. Even the death merchant and the homosexual - played by Arkansan Corin Nemec - are worthy of love and respect; it's their actions that God despises."

Nowadays, however, the audience reward films that fight the Culture War for them. It is easier to generate anger than compassion. I have no interest in that.

As for the muddled purpose of Christian films, I think you will appreciate my recent blog:

[ieLindy]

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”  Martin Luther

[Bigguyherodude]

Ok, being a Christian and having watched lots of Christian movies, I can say that most of them are bad. But, prince of NOW THAT’S A BANGER

[QBG]

"Can't you see you're not making Christianity better? You're just making rock and roll worse!" - Hank Hill

[CooperHudgins]

As a Christian who believes that A LOT of our media is hot garbage, it’s nice to hear and see fellow believers talk about why that is and how we can and should improve on it. There’s still gonna be hardcore believers who won’t listen to people like you, but those of us who do understand this.

[rchow]

I’m not religious at ALL, but... the Prince of Egypt is a timeless masterpiece that makes me get emotional every time I watch it

[witchlightsands]

My church took the youth group to see a Christian movie. We were expected to talk about it afterwards. I was the only one who didn't like the movie, and when I brought up my criticisms of it, call me an English student but I went straight for the fact that the movie was inconsistent in how it told its story. Long story short the movie was about a boy who was mad at God because his mom died. Over the course of the movie, he learns through his girlfriend and struggles that he should trust in God's plans even when they cause him grief. At the end of the movie, his brother dies. And he just... gets over it. There's not even a single scene of him grieving his brother, and their relationship was the most important thing in the movie. When I pointed out that the message of trust God was undercut by the fact that the main character, who had spent an ENTIRE MOVIE questioning God about the death of his mother, wasn't even going to have a single moment of being upset about the death of his brother?? It undercut the message, it disregarded characterization, and it honestly was unnecessary. The brother dying accomplished nothing, since it happened at the end of the movie, and thus the only thing it did was give the main character a reason to look like a hypocrite. Ugh. I hated it. I hated how they just tossed the brother away for tragedy and then never resolved it, never let the main character grieve, or even have a scene that established he now understands God's plan sometimes involves hardship. HE JUST GETS OVER IT. I pointed this out and every single other person talked about how beautiful it was. It's not human, it's not beautiful, and it doesn't make a good movie. It doesn't even make a good sermon. It was just dumb. Also the brother was disabled so it was an extra slap in the face to kill him for no reason.

[springinfialta]

Jesus is the Light, but most Christian movies can't even get the lighting right.

[JoeArant]

As a Christian, you have correctly diagnosed one of the main issues with modern Christian cinema. Notice I said ‘modern’. Ben-Hur and Jesus of Nazareth are both masterpieces in their own right.

[LarsPallesen]

What's particularly hilarious about the first God's Not Dead movie is that the strawman atheist professor isn't even an atheist in the movie. He believes in God alright, he just happens to be angry with God because of something that happened to his wife. That's not an atheist. That's a bitter and angry theist. If you think a God is responsible for everything that happens here on earth you're a theist, not an atheist.

[livialiu]

Jesus is fine, but his fandom makes some weird fanfiction. I must say.

[whysoserious]

I like how this video doesn’t condemn Christians, It just states the quality of Christian movies are not very good.

[queenofcats]

This video honestly made me feel so much better about my opinions on Christian movies. I grew up in a Christian household and I’m still a Christian. When I was in youth class, my youth pastor showed us a ton of Christian movies and I always thought they were very poorly directed and unrealistic. I’m glad though that my parents taught me to respect everyone’s beliefs and to mind my own business. A lot of other parents at our church would judge my parents for telling us that because they thought that if we hung out with kids who grew up with different beliefs, we would become like “Them” sheesh

[glorifyenjoy]

"You're not making Christianity better. You're making Rock n Roll worse." ~ Hank Hill, King of the Hill

[StarmanGhost]

"All art is propaganda, but not all propaganda is art."

-George Orwell

[isaiahwilliams]

Veggietales is the only Christian Media worth anyone's time.

EDIT 3/14/21: And Prince of Egypt, too. My Bad.

[itsjustmaddisen]

The Prince Of Egypt still impacts me with the interpretations, musical style and not “fluffing it up, ” but making it more realistic compared than what most would do.

[BardFromEntry]

"I have cancer."


"This couldn't wait until tomorrow? Grow up, Amy."

[Jhontay]

“Hey Scottie, Jesus man!” I forgot this existed 😂😂

[SilverTigerPower]

That actually seems like it would be a really compelling movie, a Christian who believes his sole journey is to "defeat" every atheist, using scripture wildly out of context as some have to their own destruction, and at the end finally gets that they're not as "holy" as they thought they were and as they are humbled, that's when they truly find God and peace