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Saving Christmas (2014) (Original Post) pokerfan Nov 2014 OP
No, and I have no plans to.... daleanime Nov 2014 #1
Hadn't even heard of it Goblinmonger Nov 2014 #2
Straight to dvd? AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #3
Charlie Day looks weird on that poster nt MisterP Nov 2014 #4
One comment I read on this film went COLGATE4 Nov 2014 #5
funny review pokerfan Nov 2014 #18
Huh, it's actually fleeced $1.9m so far. Not bad for an 88 minute piece of shit. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #6
I know right? Promethean Nov 2014 #8
POS blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #7
This is a joke, right? cbayer Nov 2014 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author edhopper Nov 2014 #10
deleted previous post edhopper Nov 2014 #11
I might actually see it. I'm putting it in the same category as Sharknado, which I love. cbayer Nov 2014 #12
Sharknado was fun edhopper Nov 2014 #13
Lol, rottentomato meter reading of 8%. cbayer Nov 2014 #14
That's up from last i saw at 4% edhopper Nov 2014 #15
There is a single positive review and it is bland. cbayer Nov 2014 #16
Here is an earlier film edhopper Nov 2014 #17
Opening Weekend: $651,276 brooklynite Nov 2014 #19

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
5. One comment I read on this film went
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 01:30 AM
Nov 2014

something along the lines of "I'd rather watch a video of some unknown person passing a taperworm wbile picking nits out of my chest hair". Seemed reasonable.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
18. funny review
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 04:07 PM
Nov 2014

One of the imdb user reviews...

The film begins with an uncomfortable scene involving Kirk Cameron sitting in a chair, lecturing at the audience. "They don't want us to love Christmas," Cameron declares authoritatively, never bothering to define exactly who "they" are. Cameron drones on for several more minutes, and at this point in the film, I heard a kid in the back of the theater yawn loudly—perhaps an audible protest that this film would not be the exciting romp promised on the poster.

<snip>

The majority of the film takes place in this car as Kirk lectures to Christian, with occasional cutaways to Biblical imagery. Cameron tries to make the case that Christmas traditions, such as celebratory trees and gifts, all somehow originated with Christianity, not paganism. (Never mind the fact that ancient paganism predates Christianity.) "Last time I checked, God created the winter solstice!" is the type of asinine reasoning you'll hear from Kirk Cameron throughout the film. Cameron's facts are both dubious and sparse, and his connections are spurious—but Christian is nevertheless invariably blown away by Kirk Cameron's apparently amazing insight.

<snip>

The film ends with a dance sequence that feels like it lasts ten minutes, as well as multiple, gratuitous blooper scenes—I suppose for no reason other than to pad the running time. Just when you think it's finally over, we see Kirk Cameron again, and he continues to lecture the audience—this time about how materialism is just fine, because Jesus came to us in a material body, after all.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
6. Huh, it's actually fleeced $1.9m so far. Not bad for an 88 minute piece of shit.
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 01:44 AM
Nov 2014

And that's why Kirk Cameron's net worth is 20 million, and mine is not.

Response to cbayer (Reply #9)

edhopper

(33,584 posts)
11. deleted previous post
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 01:24 PM
Nov 2014

uncalled for snark.

No, it is very serious to many Christians in this country.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
12. I might actually see it. I'm putting it in the same category as Sharknado, which I love.
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 01:37 PM
Nov 2014

So bad it's good.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
14. Lol, rottentomato meter reading of 8%.
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 02:55 PM
Nov 2014

Hilarious reviews.

How do you prove a horse is an animal? Because I like Sweden

edhopper

(33,584 posts)
15. That's up from last i saw at 4%
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 03:03 PM
Nov 2014

I have heard that Cameron has gone to facebook and twitter to get his fans to load the rt site with positive reviews.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
16. There is a single positive review and it is bland.
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 03:06 PM
Nov 2014

I still think it could be funny to watch, but only if I can do so for free.

brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
19. Opening Weekend: $651,276
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 04:58 PM
Nov 2014

Opening Weekend: $651,276 (USA) (21 November 2014)
Gross: $1,912,263 (USA) (21 November 2014)

I guess people are skipping the movie so they can give the DVD as Christmas presents.

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