God's Not Dead (2014)

I'll tell you why so serious

Good concept, poorly executed.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

This movie just makes me that much happier to be an atheist, holy ridiculous propaganda Batman. On top of that there's like 284907 plotlines and all of them are inane drivel. Avoid.

This movie is first, hate speech, and second, just propaganda.Aside from being bad acted, having a bad plot, and being boring just in general, the movie, on a childish way, depicts anybody not christian as an evil and inferior being, and that's the point of the movie: Nazi style, 1930, hate speech.

While I do appreciate what this film tried to achieve, it failed miserably because of poor expression and inaccurate portrayal. Definitely a missed opportunity and a lost potential.In simple words, the movie is very bad. The acting is terrible. The script is weak. The sound score is messy and annoying, it's all over the place. The details of which many are somewhat inaccurate. And worst of all, the film itself is a piece of misunderstood Christian propaganda, most likely by the dumbing down of Americans. I felt like this movie was an insult to Christians, Muslims, and Atheists alike. Quite ignorant, ridiculous, and naive if you ask me. Spreads confusion than light.Most of all, I did not appreciate the negative and inaccurate portrayal of Islam in this film. Typical. How about I quickly run down through a few known facts that this movie missed?~ The Head Scarf - This is one of the biggest misconceptions around the internet and western understanding. The headscarf, also known as hijab/mandeel, is NOT forced onto women of the faith, nor do their spouses or fathers have any say in the matter. Just as Jewish women and Christian Nuns wear them also, so do women of Islam, for God only, not for anyone else. It is an independent choice that the women commit to, out of love and respect to God. Any exceptions or anything contrary to this, would be solely political or cultural gain. Leave the religion(s) out of this.~ The Apostate - This is another questionable one, as it is moving backwards. For a Muslim to convert to Christianity, is as backwards as a Christian converting to Judaism. It is degrading, literally, as you go from the final build, to the previous beta, to the to the first alpha. Keep in mind that while the Torah is known for being the Old Testament, and the Gospel/Bible being the new testament, the Quran is known and considered to be the Final Testament, of the Abrahamic Faith.~ The 'Other' Religion - Though the words 'Islam' and 'Muslim' have been avoided in the film, they're strongly implied and pointed towards. Not to mention, the portrayal of this faith under a negative and ignorant perspective. Let's make something clear for those who don't know any better, shall we? In the Abrahamic Faith all the prophets of God, starting from Adam and ending with Muhammad, are considered MUSLIMS. By definition, 'ISLAM' literally translates to 'SUBMISSION.' And the word 'Muslim' literally translates to 'The Submitted' (to God that is). As such, we know from the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran that all the prophets submitted themselves to God as they all prayed to Him and were his most loyal servants and messengers.I think this will do from me, I'm sure others have a lot more to say.

Before I begin the review, let me disclose that I am agnostic (not Christian, and probably partially atheist) so despite my best efforts, I might be just a little bit biased. That being said,this is one of the dumbest films I've ever had the displeasure of watching. No teacher who does the things that the main antagonist does would ever be allowed to be a university professor. All of our protagonist's arguments for the existence of God are completely nonsensical and can be debunked by simple rational thought. All of the subplots are almost worthless and add nothing to the story. The acting and writing are beyond terrible. And to top it off, this film subscribes to the insane notion that Christianity, the world's leading religion, with over 2.2 billion followers, is somehow under attack. The only good things I can say about the film are that the cinematography, directing, and editing are decent and the score, minus the song at the end, is at least passable. However, these don't even come close to redeeming this film. If there is a loving God,then the people who made this film deserve to burn in the fires of hell for all eternity.