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LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:27 PM Nov 2014

All Hell Breaks Loose On ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ After Kirk Cameron Begs His FB Fans For Positive Reviews

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/11/kirk-cameron-rotten-tomatoes/



Oh, Kirk Cameron, what has happened to you? Oh, Chelsea Noble, you’re awfully quiet, what must be going through your head these days? I have to ask.

Perhaps the best thing about Cameron’s new movie, Saving Christmas is the way it has effectively inspired viewers to tap into their higher, more artful natures in search of how best to describe this attempted assault on holiday movie audiences everywhere.

The former teen heartthrob’s latest cinematic fiasco tells the tale of Cameron’s brother-in-law who has lost the spirit of Christmas. Cameron–whose mannerisms and facial expressions seem to indicate all of his marbles have evaporated into outer space–attempts to convince his b.i.l. named “Christian,” (?) that all of the materialism associated with the holiday is, in fact, all good and well because it is how we honor Jesus.

A thinking individual might be confused as to how celebrating materialism puts the “Christ” back into Christmas when Jesus despised materialism. No matter, logic is a foreigner here. Cameron goes on to sound the “War on Christmas” dog whistle brought on by those who have the audacity to wish you “Happy Holidays.” Then the whole thing wraps up with a hip-hop dance off.

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All Hell Breaks Loose On ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ After Kirk Cameron Begs His FB Fans For Positive Reviews (Original Post) LiberalArkie Nov 2014 OP
But does it feature a crocoduck? exboyfil Nov 2014 #1
LOL ProfessorPlum Nov 2014 #19
Typical "christian" oriented film. Dawson Leery Nov 2014 #2
If I was having doubts about Christmas, that trailer sealed them jmowreader Nov 2014 #13
"Jesus wept. Then demanded a full refund and punched a reindeer." –P.j. G cali Nov 2014 #3
The movie sounds bizarre. Brickbat Nov 2014 #4
I love going to movies and in fact love seeing movies yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #5
Maybe this will beat Ed Wood's Ghost of Tom Joad Nov 2014 #21
Some of those reviews are hilariously scathing! nt MADem Nov 2014 #6
Let's put the "Mas" bmbmd Nov 2014 #7
Well...Kirk is the one who declared that the shape of a banana was proof of God's existence. classof56 Nov 2014 #8
I can buy that maybe there was God, but I think he left in disgust thousands of years ago. LiberalArkie Nov 2014 #11
If I can get in free shenmue Nov 2014 #9
he's lost it completely noiretextatique Nov 2014 #10
I cannot possibly count the ways the photo in the OP is creeping me out. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2014 #12
Well we all know the real reason Jesus chucked all of the money changers out of the Temple... bluesbassman Nov 2014 #14
Cameron is sounding more and more like a huckster/moneychanger himself. Orsino Nov 2014 #16
That bastard is getting eveything thing he deserves right now, and I hope he even gets more. William769 Nov 2014 #15
Certainly. Dawson Leery Nov 2014 #17
"Saving Christmas" is an epic fail on multiple levels. Initech Nov 2014 #18
"When discussing Kirk Cameron's new film, be sure to say "It's a shitty CHRISTMAS movie," not "It's FSogol Nov 2014 #20

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
13. If I was having doubts about Christmas, that trailer sealed them
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:10 PM
Nov 2014

Just the trailer makes me want to ask Santa and the Baby Jesus for a battalion of howitzers and the coordinates of Kirk Cameron's house; I don't want to think about what watching the whole movie would do!

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
3. "Jesus wept. Then demanded a full refund and punched a reindeer." –P.j. G
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:34 PM
Nov 2014

I can't stop laughing.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
4. The movie sounds bizarre.
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:35 PM
Nov 2014
Set during a lavish Christmas party being thrown by his sister (Bridgette Ridenour), Kirk is rocked to his core when he asks about how brother-in-law Christian (Darren Doane, who also directed and co-wrote the film) is doing and Sis tells him that Christian just isn't really in the Christmas mood this year. This cannot stand, and when Kirk finally finds Christian, he is sitting out in his driveway so as not to ruin the party with his mood. He confesses to Kirk that he thinks that the true meaning of Christmas has been lost and that even the party going on in his own house is a symbol of how things have gotten so out of whack. "That money spent—how many kids could we have fed? How many wells could we have dug?"

You might think that most right-thinking people, even those who wholeheartedly embrace the season, would have little reason to argue with such sentiment, especially when delivered by someone who is taking pains to keep it to himself so as not to spoil the mood. Well, Kirk has something to say about that and it boils down to "You're all wrong—you drank the Kool-Aid." To his eyes, every gaudy symbol of the season that is putting Christian off has deep-seated religious roots, and only by venerating them in the most ostentatious manner imaginable can one be truly close to God. Take Christmas trees and Santa Claus, for example—even though such things are never mentioned in the Bible, Kirk uses cherry-picked Biblical details, a certain degree of extrapolation and no small amount of smugness ("Last I checked, God made the Winter Solstice&quot to prove his points with such stunning finality that Christian instantly realizes that he has been the jerk all along for "terrorizing" his family by not realizing, for example, that the giant stack of presents under the tree can suggest the skyline of the new Jerusalem.


The result is perhaps the only Christmas movie I can think of, especially of the religious-themed variety, that seems to flat-out endorse materialism, greed and outright gluttony. (Towards the end, Kirk admonishes one and all to "get the biggest ham...the richest butter.&quot


http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/saving-christmas-2014
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
5. I love going to movies and in fact love seeing movies
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:35 PM
Nov 2014

That most would not see on DU. So I decided to take a look at the preview to see if all the hoopla is warranted. Wow! A horrid mess. If I refuse to see this, I know it is horrible!

classof56

(5,376 posts)
8. Well...Kirk is the one who declared that the shape of a banana was proof of God's existence.
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:49 PM
Nov 2014

I mean, it fits so perfectly in the human hand, what else but Intelligent Design could account for that?

And then there were those indescribably awful Left Behind movies. Maybe Kirk should get himself a red-letter Bible (the ones where Jesus' words are printed in red ink) and refresh his memory as to what his Lord and Savior actually taught. Just a thought..

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
12. I cannot possibly count the ways the photo in the OP is creeping me out.
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:09 PM
Nov 2014

The thought of actually seeing him move and hearing him talk is just more than I could ever endure. I'd rather muck the reindeer stalls for eternity than sit through 80 minutes of this! *shudder*

bluesbassman

(19,361 posts)
14. Well we all know the real reason Jesus chucked all of the money changers out of the Temple...
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:32 PM
Nov 2014

was so he could throw Himself a big birthday bash.

Poor Kirk, all that blow on the set back in the eighties has left a mark.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
16. Cameron is sounding more and more like a huckster/moneychanger himself.
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:38 PM
Nov 2014

The plea for positive reviews smells faintly of an actor's desperation rather than of evangelism. I'm sure he'd like to continue to be employed.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
17. Certainly.
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 03:38 PM
Nov 2014

These productions aimed for the "Christian" audience are worse than anything put on Lifetime/Hallmark.

Initech

(100,042 posts)
18. "Saving Christmas" is an epic fail on multiple levels.
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 03:56 PM
Nov 2014

But some of those comments had me rolling:

"Jesus preached love, tolerance and non-violence. But this movie is so bad it would make Jesus want to bitch slap Kirk Cameron. –Lori G"

"I’ve had hemorrhoids more enjoyable than this movie. –John M"

"“This movie turned me from bisexual to full lesbian.” –Ashlee V"

FSogol

(45,452 posts)
20. "When discussing Kirk Cameron's new film, be sure to say "It's a shitty CHRISTMAS movie," not "It's
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 09:25 AM
Nov 2014

a shitty HOLIDAY movie." - Frank Conniff

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