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Pizza My Heart (2005)
Cute Movie
I enjoyed this movie. It was nice to see a movie about two people falling in love without crude, sexually explicit jokes, or pre-marital sex. However, I do have a couple of complaints on two matters towards the end of the movie: Do the writers really think the audience would believe that such a fire that destroyed both family restaurants would spare the tree that Gina and Joe sat in as both restaurants burned to the ground? In reality, the tree would've caught fire and burned to the ground as well! Also, after both families return to see their restaurants burned to the ground, and relieved and rejoicing that Gina and Joe are alive and didn't perish in the fire, is the audience to really believe that these two young kids can just waltz in and tell their parents that they (Gina and Joe) have decided to merge both restaurants without any objections from the parents, who have been enemies for how many years? To just come in a take over? It's as if the writers executed a pretty decent script for most of the movie, then threw the ending together.
Other than that, a cute movie. The acting's decent, and the actors who played Gina and Joe looked really cute together.
Lay It Down (2001)
Great Witnessing Tool
I am a Christian, and thought this movie was pretty good! :) While the acting wasn't Academy Award caliber, I thought it was good, considering the cast has had limited acting experience at the time this movie was made.
The Gospel message and the transforming power of Jesus Christ was explained wonderfully. The message that the director was trying to get across (which is THE important thing, not how the characters dressed!) definitely got through. The theme of having the main characters involved in illegal drag racing was a good idea, too (cool muscle cars, btw). I think this movie will definitely reach out to a lot of young people.
I would definitely recommend this movie, it is a great witnessing tool! :)
Flywheel (2003)
Wonderful, Inspiring Movie!
First, to those who criticize how one comes to Christ (only when their life hits the skids), this happens because of our own foolish pride in thinking that we can manage our lives just fine without God. Only when we see how bad our lives become without Him is we turn our things over to Him, then God will work wonderful things in our lives. This is the theme with the movie. This is true to life, and is not "fantasy".
Jay Austin is a "lip service" Christian (someone who claims to believe in Jesus, but doesn't act like it, a hypocrite in other words), who owns a used car lot. He lies to his customers and cheats them when he sells cars. He is a lousy husband and father and his marriage isn't going great. On top of this, his used car business is $32,000 behind to the bank, who threaten to repossess all the cars on the lot. One night while watching t.v., Jay encounters a preacher on television with a message that hits Jay over the head, making him realize what a jerk and dishonest person he's been. Jay repents, and turns his life over to the Lord. God then begins to work out the problems in Jay's life. It is truly inspiring to watch.
This movie has a wonderful message, it is very touching. I wanted to cry a couple of times, because the things I've seen portrayed in this movie demonstrates God's love and provision to us in real life, and makes me realize once again, what an awesome God we have! I encourage anyone who reads this review to catch this movie, it's definitely worth checking out! :-D
Out of 5 *****, I give it 5 *****.
The Gathering (1998)
Great movie!
This movie is great! It tells the story of Michael, who becomes a Christian.
His wife is not happy with his new love for Jesus, as she feels that he doesn't love her as much anymore (which is the opposite, he loves her even more now that he has Christ in his life.) His mother-in-law, an atheistic college professor has a strong dislike for Christians (she even academically harasses a Christian student in her class. She is also shown mocking the return of Christ, fulfilling prophecy that in the last days, there will be people who mock the return of Jesus Christ.) Also, the people at his work are giving him a hard time because of his new found faith. Michael has recurring dreams of the rapture, a future event where Jesus will call all His followers to heaven; this period will be followed by a 7 year tribulation of judgments so horrendous, that over 50% of the world's population will die (read the book of Revelation, starting with Chapter 4), before Jesus physically returns to the earth to set up His Millennial Kingdom. His wife and mother-in law are also having recurring dreams about the tribulation; his wife, about facing taking the mark of the beast or being killed; his mother-in law, being one of the people who turns in her daughter in for refusing to take the mark. At the end of the movie, Michael is raptured, but not before leaving a message for his wife that it's not too late to accept Christ. His Christian-hating mother in law witnesses two people disappearing in front of her eyes after a meeting at her school. His wife is at work at a daycare center when the rapture takes place. She and her co worker witness the children disappearing, and cling to each other crying, while his wife says "Michael was right...what are we going to do?"
This movie is excellent, and I definitely recommend it. My only complain is that it's only about an hour and 15 minutes long. Too short in my opinion! :)