Today marks the theatrical release of GOD'S NOT DEAD 2, a sequel of a bold, inspirational, totally not offensive film produced by the ever-so
The movie wisely starts with a montage of our main characters and how they start their day, accompanied poorly by both a well-fitting and catchy Christian song as well as a carefully constructed terrible editing. Then we are introduced to our main character named Josh Whedon (ah, meta humor! How clever!)as he attends a class instructed by not Hercules, a cynical God-hating professors with the intent to unrealistically force his atheism on these poor, marginally white college students by signing "God is Dead" on a sheet of paper. However Josh wouldn't comply so easily, so a dispute ensues between teacher and student as the teacher assigns him to dispute his claims in a presentation (so realistic it seems surreal).
Meanwhile, we get other subplots about other people in an attempt tohammer in the already-obvious message build the world with deeply-tormented characters. For example, there is a subplot that involves a pessimistic atheist exposing one of those fake rednecks from DUCK DYNASTY (I know right?!) who serves no other purpose other than to express the good word nonchalantly. There is also a Muslim girl who wishes to comply to American civilization in secret from her God-fearing father. These are essential, as they both serve another ingenious implication: that atheism, or any other form of religion is simply EVIL and they should suffer the worst. So we see the atheist reporter actually possess cancer and gets dumped by his business tycoon God-hating monster of a boyfriend, as well as the Muslim girl enduring beatings by his father. Oh, and the professor? Just a God-hating a-hole who discredits his own Christian wife and wouldn't take care of her ill-stricken mother. You see? God is good, and anything else is bad!! And the film ingeniously influences a great deal of blatancy with its message just to make sure the evangelical audience will feel great about their narrow positions.
Speaking of blatant, the film smartly emphasises Josh's lectures implicitly to remind us what the audience already knows to mind in the first place, right down to having the other students serving as catalysts of supposed real-life non-believers. In the first lecture, about the big-bang theory, Josh boldly claims that any sort of disprove of God is any sort of bias (I don't smell irony, do you?) and that the big bang itself is just over complicated mumbo-jumbo, with God being the actual cause of the creation of the universe (Ha! Take that Newton!). The second lecture, about macroevolution, Josh then claims that Stephen Hawking and Charles Darwin are both biased morons and that there is no way that evolution could make such a huge, non-proven leap from tadpole to human. Of course, the evil professor Hercules disproves the poor kid.
However, in the third and final lecture, Josh then learns that all the professors' intent to scorn on his hard work was all in vain due to his experiences with losing his mother and not having God save her life. That is also one of the other geniuses of this movie; atheists hate God also because they have tragic backstories. Brilliant! But don't worry, the professor gets what is coming to him as he is run over by a car and is confronted by a priest, thereby trusting his faith in the lord. Wow, I don't know about you, but God does not screw around! Doubly so, because even though Josh has basically prove nothing about his beliefs that has not been proven to be wrong, God then proves his existence by almost killing a man! I mean, never mind those rapists, murderers, and felons roaming around in the world. God is just fixated (rightfully so) on someone who dares to feel richeous about their discredit of his religion!
So the day is saved, Josh proves meany professor dude wrong by default, the Muslim girl complies to Christian faith, the reporter lady gets cured by little more than the good word itself, and the movie ends with acringeworthy heart-pumping Christian Concert. Within these closing scenes, the movie also prompts us to send texts to our friends saying "GOD'S NOT DEAD" OH-HO movie, you smart devil you!
Honestly, there are quite a lot of great Christian movies during the year this movie got released. From the eye-opening, twee, quirky, non-stupid science-fiction I ORIGINS, the not-bland retelling of Jesus in SON OF GOD, and the inspiring, not-fabricated story about how a boy met God in HEAVEN IS FOR REAL. But this movie stands at the top because of its bold, brash, totally not intellectually offensively move towards disproving atheists or any other religions. And now with the sequel, we now see them take their supposedly undisputed beliefs in WASHINGTON! Oh boy I cannot wait
(2/10; Happy April Fools!)
Meanwhile, we get other subplots about other people in an attempt to
Speaking of blatant, the film smartly emphasises Josh's lectures implicitly to remind us what the audience already knows to mind in the first place, right down to having the other students serving as catalysts of supposed real-life non-believers. In the first lecture, about the big-bang theory, Josh boldly claims that any sort of disprove of God is any sort of bias (I don't smell irony, do you?) and that the big bang itself is just over complicated mumbo-jumbo, with God being the actual cause of the creation of the universe (Ha! Take that Newton!). The second lecture, about macroevolution, Josh then claims that Stephen Hawking and Charles Darwin are both biased morons and that there is no way that evolution could make such a huge, non-proven leap from tadpole to human. Of course, the evil professor Hercules disproves the poor kid.
However, in the third and final lecture, Josh then learns that all the professors' intent to scorn on his hard work was all in vain due to his experiences with losing his mother and not having God save her life. That is also one of the other geniuses of this movie; atheists hate God also because they have tragic backstories. Brilliant! But don't worry, the professor gets what is coming to him as he is run over by a car and is confronted by a priest, thereby trusting his faith in the lord. Wow, I don't know about you, but God does not screw around! Doubly so, because even though Josh has basically prove nothing about his beliefs that has not been proven to be wrong, God then proves his existence by almost killing a man! I mean, never mind those rapists, murderers, and felons roaming around in the world. God is just fixated (rightfully so) on someone who dares to feel richeous about their discredit of his religion!
So the day is saved, Josh proves meany professor dude wrong by default, the Muslim girl complies to Christian faith, the reporter lady gets cured by little more than the good word itself, and the movie ends with a
Honestly, there are quite a lot of great Christian movies during the year this movie got released. From the eye-opening, twee, quirky, non-stupid science-fiction I ORIGINS, the not-bland retelling of Jesus in SON OF GOD, and the inspiring, not-fabricated story about how a boy met God in HEAVEN IS FOR REAL. But this movie stands at the top because of its bold, brash, totally not intellectually offensively move towards disproving atheists or any other religions. And now with the sequel, we now see them take their supposedly undisputed beliefs in WASHINGTON! Oh boy I cannot wait
(2/10; Happy April Fools!)
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