About a year ago we saw the movie Facing the Giants. It's a football themed movie that was put out by a church- yep, a church- in Albany, Georgia. The church had a budget of $100,000 and with that money they were able to put together a great film that included Christianity without it being the "in your face Christianity" that offends so many. It was a movie they had produced for their area as an outreach tool that ended up going nationwide and was pretty popular. We were so impressed with the movie and the church's efforts, we bought a copy of our own.
Two nights ago, we rented the movie, Flywheel. Flywheel was the first efforts of the same church to put together a movie several years prior to Facing the Giants. Though filmed with a $20,0000 budget which limited them in sound quality somewhat it was still a great story with a saving message.
Last night, Fireproof was released. Sherwood Baptists Church third film was a hit for our entire family. We do not go to see films in the theaters very often but this one was a must for us. It was important to us that we be a part of the opening weekend crowd, to show Hollywood that these are the types of movies we want to see.
The movie was all we expected it to be. A story of a heroic firefighter and his wife and their struggling marriage. Lest you think this was a "chick flick" that would be of no interest to the guys can I just say that there were fire and explosions, firehouse humor(clean) and relationships. We watch as this adorable couple decides it is time to end their marriage. The father of the firefighter requests that he give it 40 days before filing for a divorce and sends him a book called The Love Dare. The book has 40 ideas, one per day, of ways for him to show love to his wife and as he follows its suggestions he finds it to not be working. It isn't until he finally comes to the realization that he can't give something to his wife that he doesn't have to give that there is a turning point in the story. Without giving any further info and possibly spoiling the movie for you I think it is fair to say that the movie gets 6 thumbs up from the 6 of us that went. Get to it if you can.
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Thanks for the review. I hope to see it tonight. Also great HD version of this trailer at FlickOut.com.
http://flickout.com/fireproof
Let's all go see Fireproof and support marriages.
Donnie really wanted to go this weekend, but I just had too much to do. Hopefully we can see it this week sometime. Not looking good for time, though, lol.
My husband and I saw Fireproof together, and we were struck by the movie's celebration of covenant marriage and unconditional love. So many movies today just insult marriage, promote affairs or portray marriage as joyless and worthless. Fireproof boldly proclaimed marriage as well-worth the sacrifice, yet didn't back down from the fact that it's at times difficult, even agonizing. Not only that, the film-makers didn't just make a movie about marriage, they developed peripheral tools to make marriages stronger. We have a copy of the Love Dare book used in the film, as well as a "Couple's Kit" which is a bible-study based on the film that couples can do at home or with a group. These have made a real difference in our ability to address and improve these areas in our own marriage, and they are probably the most important things we have done for our marriage this year. I found them online at www.fireproofresources.com.
My advice to everyone: take your spouse, your fiancée, or someone who might be married someday and go see this film.
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