Caleb’s mother makes a valid point about this: “She can’t do everything, if she’s working.” This is true however, I think it was intended to inspire Caleb to take up more of the slack, rather than to provide an argument for “keeping at home”. Much of Catherine’s discontentment is related to the workplace, which is a place many if not most of those in my circles hesitate to put a married woman in a full-time position. Some may not necessarily consider this a negative, but it is certainly worth mentioning. One of the firemen who works with Caleb is wildly self-centered, and we find amusement in it. I like to save the best for last, in good things, and to save the worst for last, in bad things, which means that we haven’t gotten to the upsetting stuff yet. One married couple kisses in silhouette, to hide the fact that they substituted the actor’s wife for the original actress in that shot. Caleb’s final battle with this addiction begins with an internet pop-up advertisement featuring a photo of a woman’s face and the words “Wanna see?”Ĭatherine struggles… or, no, actually she really doesn’t put up much of a struggle, with a more than strictly-business relationship with an otherwise gentlemanly colleague who is aware of the fact that she’s married, but doesn’t seem to think much about it. He never strikes her, but if he had I don’t know that we would have been surprised.Ĭaleb and Catherine both deal with extra-marital attractions, and Caleb’s is internet pornography this is referenced several times in vague terms. Caleb and Catherine fight very convincingly, and the hostility rises to a level of intensity I don’t think I have seen in Christian movies before. It is a highly intense part of the film*, but the other scene I have to mention is one that, while not as nerve-racking, may be more emotionally disturbing for some viewers. Of course, a close call (and by that, I mean a very close call) has enough scare-factor on its own, but perhaps the most alarming elements are the bloody face and hysteric screams of the young girl in the driver’s seat. The two most violent scenes, however, are not exactly “routine.” The firemen arrive on the scene of a wreck that left a vehicle astride the tracks of an oncoming train, and two people trapped inside. From a brief statement about pulling a child’s body from a lake, to the on-screen action of pulling a child from a house fire, we are given quite a sketch of a fireman’s duties.
WHO MADE FIREPROOF THE MOVIE MOVIE
This is not a movie about firefighting, in a literal sense, but that is a leading sub-theme, and in praise of the filmmakers (I think), I found it to be a good deal more intense than I expected. It really says something about a movie when I can only fill up half a lined page with notes on negative elements, especially when you know how many of those elements are more or less the point of the story. However… Fireproof ’s strong message doesn’t always quite go far enough. “However” is a word I don’t think any of us wanted to see in connection with a Christian film of such great merit. Obviously, the message didn’t come from Hollywood, and the statistics show that its anti-divorce theme didn’t come from just any church, either. You could have convinced me that the talent came out of Hollywood. He just doesn’t have to work so hard at it, this time. Yes, there is some wooden acting, some poor acting, but, as was the case in Facing the Giants, the main character is strong enough to pull the other actors up with him. The script was convincing, even in the conversion scene the danger looked real and Kirk Cameron was good. In spite of my cynicism (or because of it, maybe), I admit I could about stand in awe of Fireproof ’s bold dash into artistic territory that was still relatively foreign to the Christian film industry. Whether this is good or bad, I don’t know yet at any rate, it keeps me from merely going along with the crowd when they stand in awe of an imperfect Christian effort, as they do with Fireproof. And I ’ve become a true-blue cynic when it comes to Christian media. Like everyone else, I ’ ve fallen victim to the recommendations of both extremes.
The tendencies of evangelical audiences in the past have been to dismiss the artistic for the sake of the upright, or else to do the reverse and, given their options, one can hardly blame them for the desperation that drives them to these habits.
Unfortunately, one person crying through a movie is no guarantee that the next person in line will even like it. It is no exaggeration to say that, when it first came out, Fireproof was the most talked-about film in my usual circles since I knew these circles existed, and it would be an impossible task to count the number of Christian women who have cried at this film.
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