Well I just watched 'Furious Love' by Wonderlust (a small film production company out of Chicago) and I was SHOCKED how much I enjoyed it. I watch a good deal of documentary films and have seen far to many supposed documentaries by Christian film makers such as Jeremiah films that are only self serving to the Christian community, but also poorly edited, and even boring. Most films within the genre are doomed spend there existence within the confines of a church video library, and many don't even deserve that right.
This film, although made by a Christian production group raises some tough questions, and presents an overall worldview that I think most people are at least intrigued by, if not outrightly wanting to discover for themselves. The narrator/director almost by accident stumbles upon what is described to him as spiritual warfare and darkness in parts of the world that we don't normally see in the western world. So the question becomes, does this supposed spiritual darkness really exist? And if so what is the solution, and does the Church, who claims to have answers for everything, actually have the ability to address these issues?
Here is where I will say that I don't think this is just a movie for supposed believers in the spiritual world, or for people in the church to watch to make them feel better about their faith or worldview. I think what the movie presents is potentially good evidence to believe that there is more to life than the natural world as we know it. The movie should be viewed as a real discussion piece as to whether there does indeed exist a spiritual world, and whether or not there is both inherent good and evil at work in such a world/paradigm. It is pretty difficult to rationally explain some of the claims and even manifestations that are described and even captured by the film by the naturalist world view. Either everyone in the film is insane, massively deluded, or we have ourselves a bit of a problem if you believe that the natural scientific world is all there is and that ultimate good and evil are inventions and have no real metaphysical foundations
I think this is a pretty good piece of documentary film making that tells a good story. Most people may not agree with the conclusions but it raises great questions, and that is what good documentaries do. This is a great potential discussion piece for both the chrisitan faith as well as human spirituality as a whole, don't watch it alone!
