Case for Christ, the movie

My Opinion: I went into this movie with high expectations as I had heard a lot about the book. Admittedly, I've never read the book so I can't claim whether or not the movie is a good reflection of the novel or not. However, I had the feeling while watching the movie that the producers went to extreme effort to include as many aspects from the novel as possible. If it makes sense, the movie played out a lot like a book. 

It wasn't as glitzy and fast paced as most Hollywood movies we are seeing these days. The Case for Christ was slow, methodical, and not in a rush to impress. This movie followed the personal story of Lee Strobel, an atheist news man whose wife came to know Christ. Throughout this movie, Lee goes to extraordinary effort to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Jesus is not real and that the resurrection did not happen. He figures that, if he can prove Christianity is false, that his wife will give up her new found faith. This is an amazing story of one man's battle against Christ and his eventual surrender.

The movie is an excellent apologetic and/or faith building movie. From the viewpoint of a non-believer, I think this movie would be a bit hard to understand as it uses a lot of Christian terminology that a non believer would not be familiar with. There was an assumption in the film, I believe, that the viewer had a base knowledge of Christianity.

I did not find this movie exciting or thrilling, but it was a hearty film filled with great content and education on the facts behind Jesus and the resurrection. This would be a very good film to watch in a small group Bible Study. 


Thank-you to Graf Martin for a link to view this movie. 


Watch the trailer HERE

Race to Win Movie

Review: The setting of this film is beautiful. The gorgeous house, large rolling farmland, and the lovely stables filled with horses. It is the perfect location for a horse flick. This is surprisingly not your typical story of an underdog horse rising to the top - though I definitely thought it would be! Though we've all seen many films like this one, Race to Win does have its own story to tell that's not quite like any other horse flick I've seen.

There are some beautiful shots in this movies... horses being led into the barn through a beautiful cloud of dust, some wonderful scenes of galloping horses, and plenty of horse "eye candy".

On the humorous side, there are some rather corny lines - such as Hannah flirting with the delivery guy about jerky... seriously? Oh well, it was good for a chuckle. I also found the ghost of her father to be a bit weird. I can see what they were trying to get at, recreating her father's memories and all, but it did come off a bit awkward in my opinion. That being said, I am a big fan of the theme of hope and the relentless "try again" spirit that runs through this movie in addition to the strong family message.

Though I found the movie to be a little slow at times I was pleasantly surprised by the ending. It provided a twist not usually found in these types of movies. I won't say anything more, other than that it was refreshing to see a different ending than I expected.

Overall I would say it is a sweet movies that would be great for a family movie night.

Trailer to "Race to Win"

Thank-you to Graf Martin Communications for a chance to view this movie in exchange for my honest opinion.