Movies based on books often aren't as good as their paper counterparts. Battlefield Earth was a prime example. Left Behind is another.
I had the misfortune of having to watch this on a long road trip. A modern-day version of the Rapture sounded like an interesting concept, so a movie version of the book couldn't be too bad, right? Wrong. It's things like these that make me embarassed to be a Christian. What this "movie" is telling us is that if you don't practice some form of Christianity, that makes you a bad person.
Right.
That's just the beginning. Why couldn't this movie have been made by a major film company? Why couldn't Cloud Ten have decided to use better special effects to make this film at least slightly more entertaining? Why does Kirk Cameron have to give this silly sermon at the end of the movie that is akin to a chain mail? Come to think about it, why is he in the movie anyway?
Oh, and the "Left Behind" song (you know, the one that plays during the credits) sounds like yet another rehashed Britney Spears tune. My least favorite part about the movie? It reeks of "direct-to-video." Releasing this on video first was a unique idea, but unfortunately, it doesn't work here at all.
My score: 1/10
I had the misfortune of having to watch this on a long road trip. A modern-day version of the Rapture sounded like an interesting concept, so a movie version of the book couldn't be too bad, right? Wrong. It's things like these that make me embarassed to be a Christian. What this "movie" is telling us is that if you don't practice some form of Christianity, that makes you a bad person.
Right.
That's just the beginning. Why couldn't this movie have been made by a major film company? Why couldn't Cloud Ten have decided to use better special effects to make this film at least slightly more entertaining? Why does Kirk Cameron have to give this silly sermon at the end of the movie that is akin to a chain mail? Come to think about it, why is he in the movie anyway?
Oh, and the "Left Behind" song (you know, the one that plays during the credits) sounds like yet another rehashed Britney Spears tune. My least favorite part about the movie? It reeks of "direct-to-video." Releasing this on video first was a unique idea, but unfortunately, it doesn't work here at all.
My score: 1/10