An Anti-Christian Movie Criticism
I haven't seen The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie, so of course I have no opinion on whether it is any good, but I found a fascinating assumption in Lou Lumenick's review of the film in the New York Post.
Lumenick suggests that a work reflecting Christian values must necessarily be bad.
In an outline of what's wrong with the film, Lumenick states the following:
The CGI animation is crude, the humor is cruder, and the plot is Christian-friendly. Proceed at your own risk.
My advice to all, including non-Christians: when reading reviews in the New York Post, proceed at your own risk.
Comments
Doesn't a film that includes "crude humor" clash with Christian-friendliness?
I'm not really a fan of animation, but there was a time when a great many "Christian-friendly" films were made. Maybe Lumenick means that the film is overly preachy.
It's hard to take this review seriously. Maybe Lumenick is the one with the crude humor!
Posted by: Robert Champ | January 25, 2008 05:27 PM
I don't know, Bob, I should humbly suggest that The Canterbury Tales, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Gulliver's Travels, Tom Jones,, and Humphrey Clinker are Christian-friendly. Crude humor is fine with me if it's in a good cause. However, I fully agree that it's hard to take Lumenick seriously. Crude humor indeed!
Posted by: S. T. Karnick. | January 26, 2008 12:16 AM