Honestly, I was surprised that I enjoyed Samson more than I thought I would. I went into this movie knowing almost nothing about it and when I saw that it had been created by Pureflix my heart sank a little. The best they can do is OK and the worst...
Well, anyways, the acting was OK. There will be no Oscars handed out for these roles, but it wasn't so bad as to be distracting... most of the time. The scenes and backdrop were beautiful. It almost makes me want to get on a plane and visit South Africa. The fight scenes were not all that impressive. When Samson picked up the jawbone to kill one thousand men... I kid you not, I laughed the whole way through that bit.
Like I said, overall it was not really all that bad for a Christian film. What truly bothered me far more than the production value of this film was the way they warped the message in an attempt to add spiritual value. If you look at the Biblical account of Samson he was not a good man. Delilah was definitely not a good woman, and yet in order to make this movie more appealing to their target Evangelical audience (of which I am a part), this film comes off making both decent, or at worst Byronic, heroes. Rather than creating a Biblically sound movie, the end result is more of an apologetic for Calvin's just war theory.
Well, anyways, the acting was OK. There will be no Oscars handed out for these roles, but it wasn't so bad as to be distracting... most of the time. The scenes and backdrop were beautiful. It almost makes me want to get on a plane and visit South Africa. The fight scenes were not all that impressive. When Samson picked up the jawbone to kill one thousand men... I kid you not, I laughed the whole way through that bit.
Like I said, overall it was not really all that bad for a Christian film. What truly bothered me far more than the production value of this film was the way they warped the message in an attempt to add spiritual value. If you look at the Biblical account of Samson he was not a good man. Delilah was definitely not a good woman, and yet in order to make this movie more appealing to their target Evangelical audience (of which I am a part), this film comes off making both decent, or at worst Byronic, heroes. Rather than creating a Biblically sound movie, the end result is more of an apologetic for Calvin's just war theory.