It’s Critic-Proof Too!

By

Richard Clark

– September 30, 2008

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The New York Times gives Fireproof a decent review!

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About the Author

Richard H. Clark (Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief) has spent his entire life writing, reading, listening, and playing. He has a Bachelors in Theology from the Baptist College of Florida and has a Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is fascinated with the extent to which popular culture influences real people. He and his wife currently live in Louisville, KY where he is the classroom technology manager at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Email: deadyetliving [at] gmail [dot] com. Twitter: @christandpc. Xbox Live: deadyetliving

8 Comments

1. The Dane

   Posted September 30, 2008 at 1:40 PM

   No it doesn’t. Those are the average reader reviews.

   The Danes last blog post..20080924.OscarWilde

2. Joe Thorn

   Posted September 30, 2008 at 1:58 PM

   You’re right Dane. And I have no interest in seeing the movie. BUT – check out Rotten Tomatoes. At the moment it has a Fresh rating of 63%. That’s very impressive for this kind of film.

   Joe Thorns last blog post..Jonah this October

3. Joe Thorn

   Posted September 30, 2008 at 1:59 PM

   Here’s the link: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010214-fireproof/

   Joe Thorns last blog post..Jonah this October

4. Richard Clark

   Posted September 30, 2008 at 2:09 PM

   Thanks The Dane. Fixed.

5. Alan Noble

   Posted September 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM

   Man, having seen Facing the Giants, I have a hard time believing this movie is any good. I suppose I should be hoping all things.

6. The Dane

   Posted September 30, 2008 at 2:58 PM

   Yeah, I just helped host a seminar for teens called How to Watch Movies and the speaker showed clips from Facing the Giants (among a trillion other things) and it looked so very very bad. He said it was leagues better than the company’s prior effort (which I find hard to believe).

   If reading the producers’ synopsis hadn’t already made me think that Fireproof was just going to be straight-up dreadful, watching the climactic scenes fromFtG certainly did.

   The Danes last blog post..20080924.OscarWilde

7. Minnesota Attorney

   Posted October 2, 2008 at 7:49 PM

   Amazing. Where is the liberal bias we’ve grown accustomed to? :)

8. Minnesota Attorney

   Posted October 2, 2008 at 7:51 PM

   Alan, I was bored out of my mind for the first 15 minutes of Facing the Giants, but you must admit, it got much better towards the end. Sure, it’s a Disney style movie, but it packed quite a punch for such a low budget.