Christian Movie Under 'Mob Attack'

DoctorE · #1 by **DoctorE** » Jan 24, 2012 4:17 pm

I am sure the movie sucks

NASHVILLE, Jan. 24, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- The highly-acclaimed Christian movie, 'Suing the Devil' has been attacked by atheist groups on the Internet. One of the groups emailed the producers warning of a 'mob attack' on IMDB.

Within three days, the film's rating dropped from a near 7 to a 4 on IMDB, which is the largest film site on the Internet.

Anti-Christian comments such as 'Christian propaganda', 'Christian-brainwashing' 'Christian idiots' and 'Eliminate Christians' permeated through the film's message boards.

"It was a direct attack on all Believers," a spokesman for RiverRain Productions said. "There were over 400 people who voted a '1' overnight despite the film not coming out until April 2012."

"We've let IMDB know about this attack, but they've done nothing," the spokesman continued. "Other Christian films, like 'Courageous' and 'Facing the Giants' have also suffered these attacks -- it's a way of smearing and discrediting these films."

At the same time, the director and producers are urging forgiveness on the part of the attackers. "We have to show them love," says Tim Chey, the film's director. "Jesus said if they hate me, they'll hate you."

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GrahamH · #2 by **GrahamH** » Jan 24, 2012 4:23 pm

Mob attacks? What's wrong with these people?

[ETA] What's wrong with these people is probably that they watched a really crap movie.

Mob, what mob?

Ironclad · #3 by **Ironclad** » Jan 24, 2012 5:30 pm

Juvenile.

GrahamH · #4 by **GrahamH** » Jan 24, 2012 5:49 pm

Reading some of the 1-vote reviews reveals erudite views of people who simply thought it was a bad movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615075/reviews?filter=hate

Even some of the high-scoring reviewers said the acting was poor.

There are some amusing reviews:

This is an amazing film. The special effects are amazing. The acting is amazing. The script is amazing. It's just all-around a real amazing piece of work.

After the first ten minutes, I knew this was going to be a wonderful film. The middle part followed immediately after the first part. It was great too. And then after that, the ending was amazing. I could not believe the film was so wonderful and great.

Give this film a chance. Don't believe the people who are saying it is bad. They don't like Jesus at all. Not even a little bit. That's why they are so mean and cold-hearted. Would they attack Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? Would they attack The Wizard of Oz? They would attack anything that isn't mean and cold-hearted. They don't even like puppies or sunshine or flowers. That's why they don't want this amazing film to do what this amazing film does best: Be the greatest film of all time.

Mostly the bad reviews I read go something like this:

I usually read the review on this site before I watch a movie, and up until now its been a good indicator. The acting is beyond bad, its as though a kid in a classroom was forced into reading a passage from a book. The story is not very imaginative either. If you are one of those people who are active in praising God on a day to day basis this may appeal to you. If you are a movie lover and just want to watch a good movie then stop right here. This is not A FEW GOOD MEN or any similar law movie. I don't have the colorful language skills to appropriately define this as a below B movie, use your imagination. The courthouse does not look like the kind of supreme court house befitting such a trial. furthermore, the costs of taking someone to the supreme court requires going through lower courts first. I am not a lawyer or ever studied law but I know at least this. There are several judges too, so how come there is only one judge?.

Animavore · #5 by **Animavore** » Jan 24, 2012 5:55 pm

So is the film out or not?

"It was a direct attack on all Believers," a spokesman for RiverRain Productions said. "There were over 400 people who voted a '1' overnight despite the film not coming out until April 2012."

It looks shite.

HughMcB · #6 by **HughMcB** » Jan 24, 2012 5:57 pm

Within three days, the film's rating dropped from a near 7 to a 4 on IMDB, which is the largest film site on the Internet.

I wonder what's more plausible, that the first few users to rate the film gave it high marks and it gradually dropped as the sample set grew. Or that this was an internet conspiracy by concerned atheists who thought it was SO good that it threatened their very existence.

BTW this film got 51% on rotten tomatoes, you know, that website that is rated by film critics. :popcorn:

Animavore · #7 by **Animavore** » Jan 24, 2012 6:06 pm

HughMcB wrote:
Within three days, the film's rating dropped from a near 7 to a 4 on IMDB, which is the largest film site on the Internet.

I wonder what's more plausible, that the first few users to rate the film gave it high marks and it gradually dropped as the sample set grew. Or that this was an internet conspiracy by concerned atheists who thought it was SO good that it threatened their very existence.

BTW this film got 51% on rotten tomatoes, you know, that website that is rated by film critics.

It has a 52% rating from the audience. There is only one critic review. Not enough to form consensus.

And that review is... eh, not a review! http://www.jacksonville.com/entertainme ... range-park

:scratch:

Shrunk · #8 by **Shrunk** » Jan 24, 2012 6:10 pm

HughMcB wrote:
Within three days, the film's rating dropped from a near 7 to a 4 on IMDB, which is the largest film site on the Internet.

I wonder what's more plausible, that the first few users to rate the film gave it high marks and it gradually dropped as the sample set grew. Or that this was an internet conspiracy by concerned atheists who thought it was SO good that it threatened their very existence.

And, of course, those "first few users" were completely random and objective. Not a "mob", I'm sure....

Shrunk · #9 by **Shrunk** » Jan 24, 2012 6:13 pm

I see Malcollm McDowell is in this. Sad.

Not to derail things too much, but does anyone know what the point was of his cameo in The Artist? I kept expecting him to come back as a crucial character later on, but that was it.

ScholasticSpastic · **#10** by **ScholasticSpastic** » Jan 24, 2012 6:17 pm

I've seen movies with christian themes which were enjoyable. I looked forward to and enjoyed "Devil's Advocate," for example.

Judging by the trailer, I'd pay the price of a ticket not to see "Suing the Devil." I'd buy someone a large theater popcorn to help me keep away from it. The Devil as portrayed in this film is the least effective possible Devil and his followers are caricatures. But at least they're balanced in their treatment. The christian characters look like they may also be caricatures.

I'm With Stupid · **#11** by **I'm With Stupid** » Jan 24, 2012 6:26 pm

Well done for making sure it gets more publicity, idiots. I hate anyone who judges a film without having seen it.

GrahamH · **#12** by **GrahamH** » Jan 24, 2012 6:29 pm

I'm With Stupid wrote:Well done for making sure it gets more publicity, idiots. I hate anyone who judges a film without having seen it.

Who says they haven't seen it? The people promoting the film, eager for publicity?

HughMcB · **#13** by **HughMcB** » Jan 24, 2012 6:34 pm

I'm With Stupid wrote:Well done for making sure it gets more publicity, idiots. I hate anyone who judges a film without having seen it.

Try not to hate me too much.... you haven't seen me yet. :razz:

Animavore · **#14** by **Animavore** » Jan 24, 2012 6:40 pm

There's only 844 votes on the film and it's been outover a year. Here's the breakdown.

188 21.3% 10
78 8.8% 9
67 7.6% 8
27 3.1% 7
32 3.6% 6
33 3.7% 5
44 5.0% 4
59 6.7% 3
94 10.6% 2
262 29.6% 1

I'm With Stupid · **#15** by **I'm With Stupid** » Jan 24, 2012 6:56 pm

GrahamH wrote:Who says they haven't seen it? The people promoting the film, eager for publicity?

There might be plenty who have seen it and didn't like it, but if there was some kind of organised attempt to reduce the score of the film with poor ratings and reviews, I think it's safe to say that plenty of the people in question would have done so without seeing the film first, just based on the second-hand account of its content. I also refuse to listen to the opinion of anyone who mentions in their review that they didn't watch the whole film.

GrahamH · **#16** by **GrahamH** » Jan 24, 2012 7:00 pm

I'm With Stupid wrote:
GrahamH wrote:Who says they haven't seen it? The people promoting the film, eager for publicity?

There might be plenty who have seen it and didn't like it, but if there was some kind of organised attempt to reduce the score of the film with poor ratings and reviews, I think it's safe to say that plenty of the people in question would have done so without seeing the film first, just based on the second-hand account of its content.

The at a quick glance the bad reviews on IMDB are not just one-liners or cut-and-paste. They give the impression that they are by people who have seen the film.

Animavore · **#17** by **Animavore** » Jan 24, 2012 7:02 pm

Where as one poster reckons about of a lot of the good reviews...

if you do a little digging you will realize that most of the reviews are coming from pseudonyms all linked back to a single user who registered in dec 2006. It looks like the shilling is the work of one or two people bent on pushing their christian crusade on us.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615075/boa ... #193291976

Mick · **#18** by **Mick** » Jan 25, 2012 5:02 am

Animavore wrote:So is the film out or not?

"It was a direct attack on all Believers," a spokesman for RiverRain Productions said. "There were over 400 people who voted a '1' overnight despite the film not coming out until April 2012."

It looks shite.

GrahamH · **#19** by **GrahamH** » Jan 25, 2012 8:30 am

Animavore wrote:Where as one poster reckons about of a lot of the good reviews...

if you do a little digging you will realize that most of the reviews are coming from pseudonyms all linked back to a single user who registered in dec 2006. It looks like the shilling is the work of one or two people bent on pushing their christian crusade on us.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615075/boa ... #193291976

Ah, so the "mob attack" is really a lone Christian posting the positive reviews to try to keep the ratings from hitting rock-bottom as the film deserves?

zulumoose · **#20** by **zulumoose** » Jan 25, 2012 8:45 am

The trailer shows clearly that the writing and acting is on a par with the porn industry.

Love the point at 2:08 where he asks himself the question "had I BACKSLIDDEN so far from god.....?"

Backslidden?

Really?