A Unique Trend

While I busy myself trying to keep my finger on the movie pulse I, naturally, encounter multitudes of trailers. Obviously, I don't post about every trailer I watch, only the ones that strike me as worthwhile. There are a lot of trailer that just barely don't make the cut. Through all my observing I have noticed a stunning trend that I believe is rather unique. There are five Christian movies that have come out/will come out over the period of a year. Obviously, Christian movies come out all the time, they just usually don't make it to the movie theatre. It's really a direct to DVD market. That's what's so strange! All these movies are coming out and they are going to the theatres and some of them even have people you've heard of in them. Let me show you what I mean.

Two of the five I have already posted about in the past. 'Noah' and 'Grace Unplugged'. 'Grace Unplugged' was the first movie in this trend that I noticed. Since I have already expressed my opinions on these two films I won't repeat them again.

Next is 'Heaven Is For Real'.



You may remember when this kid was in the news and things years ago. I know I do. I don't care what you believe, the idea in this movie has to make you ponder. I, honestly, don't really know what I think about the idea of a child going to heaven and back. I'm a naturally an apprehensive person. What I do think is that it's interesting.

The third trailer in the trend is 'God's Not Dead'.



This one interests me more then the Heaven one. I am very keen to see how it goes. I can say, from personal experience, is that it is difficult to deal with extreme negative societal pressures as a Christian. It is comforting to remember that others have had to deal with it too.

Fifth is 'Son Of God'.



The story of Jesus being told on the big screen. I must admit, I always feel rather uncomfortable with the idea of actors portraying Jesus. What if the actor represents Him badly and herds of audiences get the wrong idea? It's a lot of pressure. Putting that aside, I am intrigued. I'm intrigued if for no other reason than the fact that this, and the other four movies, even exist.

 I do want to emphasise one more time that the reason these movies are so special is that they are feature films heading to the theatres. I'm not sure if all these movies coming out around the same time is some massive coincidence or if somewhere a band of Christians decided to try and counteract some of the disgusting rubbish that tarnishes the silver screen. Either way works for me. I'm happy to see them.