misterlei

Puleeeeze. I don't know why I started watching this movie. Firstly, to say that I am an ex-Christian, and that my spirituality has shifted from Christianity with great difficulty and no little trauma. This movie tries earnestly to be sensitive to doubt and emotional/psychological pain, but I've seen other Christian movies and at least those made me think:'The Shack' from the start proposes an orthodox spirituality which I for one ceased connecting with many years ago and was the main reason why my spirituality shifted - an orthodox Christian spirituality which I find unimaginative and tedious. I experienced it as​ being very b-o-r-i-n-g, and I unavoidably found myself, about forty minutes into the film, just rolling eyes, sighing deeply, and remembering​ that you I have much better things to do with my time. Yes, it's the orthodoxy which I find so tiresome. I feel like 'Been there, got the t-shirt, asked the same dumb question';. I feel like I've heard all this stuff before, and the theology remains the same (complacent) no matter how lavish the cinematography that clearly seeks to tart it up. After forty minutes I felt like I was being preached at, and it was stuff I've already heard a million and one times; and have moved on from.

And instead of taking notice of the simple theology, I found myself waiting for the noticeably regular occasions when Sam Worthington's native Australian brogue broke through his mumbled Midwestern American.

Quite frankly, i think that this kind of theology is inadequate and an insult to the intelligence. I think it is wise to give 'The Shack' a miss. Quite a wide one.

I enjoyed this movie. I found it was memorable. A little daft in places but the story was based on an excellent premise. Very good movie considering it was obviously done on a very low budget, was independent, and the acting not excellent. Jonah Green and Sam Katz did a very good job of everything; and with more money and resources i'm sure they will become excellent film-makers. I particularly liked the soundtrack; the Kevin Macleod work you can take or leave - but i thought Jeremy Green and Scott Green's compositions were excellent. I would like there to be a soundtrack of 'Insight' containing the Greens' work.