What did you think of the movie Fireproof

[LittleBlessings]

What did you think of the movie Fireproof ?

[Triciabn]

really lame.
I think men should watch it but ultimatly I thought it was super lame.
Tricia

[Peppermint]

I expected to like it, but found that it was a bit "too" preachy (and I'm pretty religious) and really poor acting/movie quality.

Most of my friends who saw it LOVED it

[lilyka]

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[cocoanib]

The movie had a great message, but the poor acting and writing was embarrassing at times.

[isign]

While the acting was not the greatest, it really was not about the acting but more about the message. I thought the message was great, and am looking forward to the third movie from that church.

[iamme]

I thought it was okay-worth renting, but not buying. I thought the messages were perfecto, but the thing most lacking was children. Add children to the movie, and that may be worth buying!

[cappuccinosmom]

Loved it.

I think the acting was not great, and the wife's character gets off rather easily considering she was having an emotional affair and generally being a really icky mean person to her husband....but, all told, I did like the message.

Dh *hates* pretty much any movies that aren't documentaries, but I wheedled him into watching it with me and he thought it was great.

[sagewinna]

I wanted to love it, I only liked it though because of the acting/writing. Good message!

[luv-my-boys]

I actually just saw it a few days ago and although I liked the message of the movie I thought the acting was less than steller. It kinda reminded me of one of those old school after school specials

[genifer]

Yeah, the acting isnt the best but the message was good enough to keep me watching it and I ultimately enjoyed it. I would buy it actually altho I agree that if you added kids into the mix, boy do the dynamic change. I would buy it to support the film makers in making more films of this kind. It beats the utter nonsense and crap hollywood makes anyday, imho.

[pants]

the story line was right on to what marriage is supposed to be. The acting was a little lame. But we genuinely enjoyed it and actually own a copy.

[weliveintheforest]

I am hoping to rent this. I'm glad I've been warned the acting sucks, maybe it won't seem as bad with low expectations

[BabyHaysMama]

I agree, the acting is quite lame. The message on the other hand, is fantastic. I would recommend it to everyone who is married just for the message.

[lilyka]

i haven't seen i was filing for divorce after it came out and my xh was like "oooo we should watch this" and since he had been sleeping with someone for the last five years I figured there was no way a movie was going to save us.

BUT

I agree children totally change things. talking about marriage without talking about children and parenting play into it is unreality for me.

If you want them to adress this in future projects write the church who puts these out. Its such a small production company that I am sure they are interested in your thoughts and feelings.

[light of mine]

I am always glad when Christian movies do as well as Fireproof did, but overall I didn't exactly agree with the message. It laid all the blame over the marital problems at the husband's feet, and even implied (IMO) that the wife's emotional affair should be blamed on the husband.

There was another great Christian film that came out just a little while after Fireproof, called Not Easily Broken, IIRC, and the storyline and acting was much better. It a showed a marriage from both sides of the issue.

If I knew someone was needing help regarding a marriage, I would be slow to recommend Fireproof, because it really seems more about laying blame than about fixing a marriage.

[sonie716]

I thought it was great!

[lilyka]

"Not Easily Broken" actually looks really good.

[xekomaya]

I went into it expecting it to be terribly cheesy so I was not disappointed I thought it was a cute little movie and its always nice when any movie gets a positive message out -- most movies these days are such trash. I did find the emphasis on porn as the root of the problem to be somewhere between awkward and embarrassing. I know its a big problem, but (and maybe I'm wrong) I can't see its the root of the problem in most failed marriages.

And I agree about children. That was very significant to me. Not so much that they should have been added to the dynamic, but at least explained why they had no kids after all those years, and if at the end they had a better understanding of the role of their marriage in regards to children.

[CherryBomb]

I liked it overall. Some bad dialogue/acting, but overall it was good.