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Really? Your favorite movie is FIREPROOF?

post #1 of 24
1/8/10 at 12:28pm
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"I am out to prove that 80% of my friends will repost, I hope I am right!!!!! Let's lift up His name and make a statement! Sadly, 97% of facebook users will not repost this! When Jesus died on the cross he was thinking of you! If you are one of the few 3%, repost this message....thank you and GOD bless you all....."

That's the quote that led me to the Facebook page of someone I (apparently) knew in high school. I tend to accept requests from everyone and then delete them at a later date, this post caught my eye before the inevitable deletion. It then led me to peruse the "Info" section of this person's profile, where I discovered that her favorite movie is FIREPROOF. I probably shouldn't have been suprised given the above quote but I was staggered that FIREPROOF could ever be someone's favorite movie. It's one of the most inept filmmaking displays of recent years. Couldn't her favorite movie at least be THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST? Can you imagine having a "what's your favorite movie" conversation with someone whose answer is FIREPROOF? Where would you go from there?
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post #2 of 24
1/8/10 at 12:30pm
Is she hot?
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post #3 of 24
1/8/10 at 3:58pm
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Not be unkind, but no.
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post #4 of 24
1/8/10 at 4:00pm
Good, then you have no reason to make any concessions.
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post #5 of 24
1/8/10 at 5:04pm
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Well it was never really about that, I was more amazed that someone's mind could be warped enough by their faith to believe that FIREPROOF is a good movie. For instance, I love cheeseburgers but I wouldn't list GOODBURGER as my favorite movie.
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post #6 of 24
1/8/10 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by The_Bodhisattva View Post
Well it was never really about that, I was more amazed that someone's mind could be warped enough by their faith to believe that FIREPROOF is a good movie. For instance, I love cheeseburgers but I wouldn't list GOODBURGER as my favorite movie.
There are Christian denominations that aren't "allowed" to watch anything secular. Maybe Fireproof is the best of what they are "permitted" to watch?
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post #7 of 24
1/8/10 at 6:26pm
That is indeed a disturbing proposition.
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post #8 of 24
1/9/10 at 4:06am
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Originally Posted by The_Bodhisattva View Post
For instance, I love cheeseburgers but I wouldn't list GOODBURGER as my favorite movie.
That made me laugh for quite a while.
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post #9 of 24
1/9/10 at 4:17am
Well, in all fairness, a lot of people just don't know how to properly watch a movie. They're not gonna be deft enough to recognize things like script, direction or cinematography and they're not in tune enough to pick up on subtleties, subtext and intricacy. And by nature, we really respond to the films to which we're able to connect emotionally, so if you fit into the mold above, then it only makes sense that something like FIREPROOF is what you connect to. Doesn't make you a bad person, just makes you a touch lacking in depth.
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post #10 of 24
1/9/10 at 4:28am
Maybe he doesn't like movies, but likes God and monogamy and stuff. Much like the Los Angeles Galaxy is my favorite American soccer team, but only because I've never heard of any other ones.
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post #11 of 24
1/9/10 at 4:52am
If you've ever beaten the fuck out of a computer that movie will strike close to home for you, I get the favoriteness.
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post #12 of 24
1/9/10 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by Anakin's Dad View Post
There are Christian denominations that aren't "allowed" to watch anything secular. Maybe Fireproof is the best of what they are "permitted" to watch?
Yup, probably this more than anything. When I last went home to visit family (around the time Fireproof hit DVD, so I'm assuming that was also around the time of its tiny theatrical release) there were big fucking billboards for FIREPROOF, DVD stands of it in gas stations, etc. The Southern Baptist Church must have done quite a bit of shilling to get this thing out there.
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post #13 of 24
1/10/10 at 2:54am
I had to clean out my chief's office the other day because she was on maternity leave, but noticed that she had the soundtrack to this movie in one of her drawers. I didn't say anything because nothing popped up in my head, but a one of the officers in my office did walk by, took a good gander at it and asked me: "Why do people like crappy movies?"

I just shrugged, and put the Fireproof soundtrack in her box of other crap. It's really nothing to get worked up about.
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post #14 of 24
1/10/10 at 3:19am
Live and let live I suppose. I hope she dies in a fire.
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post #15 of 24
1/10/10 at 3:34am
As much as I think she's a really good and fair minded boss--that kind of irony doesn't come around too often.

Make it so, Mr. Nunziata.
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post #16 of 24
1/10/10 at 4:17am
Yeah, to be fair saying that it's nothing to get worked up about is kinda overlooking just how condescendingly awful stuff like this is.
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post #17 of 24
1/11/10 at 9:25pm
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Yeah, to be fair saying that it's nothing to get worked up about is kinda overlooking just how condescendingly awful stuff like this is.
That is fucking extraordinary.
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post #18 of 24
1/11/10 at 9:28pm
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Originally Posted by Anakin's Dad View Post
There are Christian denominations that aren't "allowed" to watch anything secular. Maybe Fireproof is the best of what they are "permitted" to watch?
That's fascinating. Secularly produced or just secularly themed? FIREPROOF's a completely in-house deal but that can't be the norm. Could you watch BEN-HUR or THE TEN COMMANDMENTS or something like that?
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post #19 of 24
1/11/10 at 9:30pm
I clicked through everything hoping that there was some nugget of useful information and that my misanthropy and inherent cynicism when it comes to such things was ill-deserved, but no. Even the .pdfs and the links that appeared to be decent appeals to charity all ended up saying "Buy copies of our shitmovie and give it to people like it's a highly incurable sexually transmitted disease."
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post #20 of 24
1/12/10 at 2:49am
Test their faith with this.

http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=148
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post #21 of 24
1/12/10 at 10:18pm
could tell them to watch Brother Son, Sister Moon, but it got some nudity in it. So these people would not watch it.
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post #22 of 24
1/12/10 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by The_Bodhisattva View Post
....I discovered that her favorite movie is FIREPROOF. I probably shouldn't have been suprised given the above quote but I was staggered that FIREPROOF could ever be someone's favorite movie.
I'm not sure if FireSTORM is a better or worse film than Fireproof but I swear to got for about 2-3 minutes I was like "so what the hell does Bodhi have against Howie Long?"
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post #23 of 24
1/14/10 at 2:43pm
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I'm not sure if FireSTORM is a better or worse film than Fireproof but I swear to got for about 2-3 minutes I was like "so what the hell does Bodhi have against Howie Long?"
I would have been overjoyed if this girl had been singing the praises of Howie Long and William Forsythe!

Although, now that you mention it, I do have those ubiquitous Chevy commercials to hold against Howie Long.
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post #24 of 24
1/16/10 at 9:28pm
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Originally Posted by The_Bodhisattva View Post
I would have been overjoyed if this girl had been singing the praises of Howie Long and William Forsythe!

Although, now that you mention it, I do have those ubiquitous Chevy commercials to hold against Howie Long.
He did those intolerable Radio Shack commercials as well.
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