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For those who yearn for things eternal, this movie was a great encouragement. Yes, it is low budget and yes, it is preachy. But sometimes preachy is what we need.
While there is not much entertaining about the story itself, the speech by David White's character in the final philosophy club scene was very compelling.
If you are serious about your Christian faith, the message should spur you to read more in your Bible about end times themes. If you are not quite there with faith and a relationship with God, take note of the message and seek further.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/01/23
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Gives you something to think about.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/17/23
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The funny thing about these sorts of Christian films, wherein a Christian is harassed by those intellectual (read as: evil) atheists, is that it invariably begins as a lesson on <i>why</i> Christianity is bad. Then, by the end, the Christian emerges as the victor in all debates and/or battles because the opposition -- without fail -- either gives up or inexplicably shows that they are in fact truly evil. The hero never has to actually verify any of his beliefs: they're true by virtue of the fact that this is a Christian movie.
<i>End of the Harvest</i> begins with a philosophy club meeting (a.k.a. the atheist club... because, you know, only <i>atheists</i> would care about philosophy) where a Christian is futile in his attempts at proving God's existence.
"If God is real, how come we can't see him?" one of the atheists asks.
With hands on his hips, the Christian speaker chides, "Guys, be serious! He's invisible!"
Wow.
It seems like the movie's intent is to show just how ridiculous this Christian guy is, but then we are introduced to his friend Scott (Brad Heller). Scott is so pissed off about the way that his friend got butchered in there that he decides he's going to speak to the philosophy club in order to get revenge on them. His topic? THE END OF THE WORLD. See, Scott's friend Matt (David White) found this paper some kid at the school wrote 50 years ago that details, Biblically, when the world will end.
So the majority of the movie consists of montages of Scott feverishly studying the Bible and this 50-year-old paper and repeated, ominous close-ups of the yellow flyer announcing the philosophy club meeting. Occasionally, the lousy pack of atheists will meet up with Scott in the hall and ask him an innocuous question such as, "Going to be at the meeting tonight?"
Scott will then sneer at them and yell, "Yeah! What's it to you? Huh? Huh? Huh?"
Scott seems to be severely unhinged.
When it comes time to do or die, Scott chickens out and says that he doesn't know enough about either the Bible or the prophecy paper to go through with his plans for revenge. Therefore, Scott's friend Matt takes over for him and suddenly becomes the main character of the film.
Matt goes to the meeting with the intention of apologizing for Scott's absence, but gets suckered into explaining when the world will end (probably soon), and showing that Jesus Christ is the only way not to spend eternity in hellfire and torment. After his monumental monologue, Matt smirks toward the leader of the group, "If you know what's going to happen at the end of the world, then let me know. If not, then you'd better get right with Jesus."
I'm paraphrasing.
In a fit of wishful thinking -- the likes of which can only be seen in a Christian film -- this ridiculous monologue goes unchallenged, and actually converts several people in the room to Christianity. Hallelujah?
I'd like to see a Christian movie where the arguments are actually thought-out in any way. Providing a false choice like that -- my answer or none -- is a glaring fallacy of logic that would be pointed out immediately by anybody in a supposed philosophy class. Not knowing how the world is going to end does <i>not</i> prove that Jesus is the path to salvation.
My guess is that we'll never see a Christian movie that tackles faith versus reality in any sort of meaningful way (i.e. one that doesn't require fighting tired, old straw men), precisely because faith has no footing to begin with.
<i>End of the Harvest</i> has precisely what I look for in these silly movies. A preposterous plot, bad acting, hilarious dialogue. It was very enjoyable to watch.
But by <i>any</i> standards, it is not a good film.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/15/23
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