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Adelynn
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| 02/20/2009 8:31 AM |
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| haha yes!!! Who was the guy that glued the salt and pepper together??? I loved him!! |
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"... I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy..." Acts 2.17
What If His People Prayed? |
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Nicole
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| 02/20/2009 9:22 PM |
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The movie, Fireproof, was so BRILLIANT! Oh man i loved it. I'd love a future husband who could love me like that. I'm a romantic at heart, and it totally touched me. There were a few times i cried, and some times that i totally laughed out loud! It was so great. The movie Facing the Giants makes my top list, and the first one they made, Flywheel, i haven't watched it yet, but i want to.  |
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whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect -Mark Twain |
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getmoreatp
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| 03/03/2009 1:54 PM |
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Don't worry, Austin...I teared up a couple of times too. Such a touching film!
And I think it's about 2 hours long. |
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JoJo
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| 03/03/2009 11:43 PM |
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LOL yeah the guy who glued the salt and pepper shakers together was awesome!!!
I think their church made a 4th movie too, can't remember the name though... |
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Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live
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God Bless!
Mwah XOXO
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Mike
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| 03/07/2009 3:14 PM |
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Would anybody recommend the movie for a date?
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JoJo
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| 03/07/2009 9:26 PM |
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YES!!!!!!!!!! It would be an awesome one for a date!!!
I'd so make my BF watch it with me!!! |
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Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live
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God Bless!
Mwah XOXO
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artyprincess
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| 03/16/2009 4:10 AM |
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My Mum received the DVD of Fireproof for her birthday - after I'd told her about Kirk's pledge to his wife. I liked it - although the scene where they rescue the girl from the house looks pretty fake. Like, the flames are only inside the house, not on the porch area. I almost cried, which is weird because I'm not one to cry over movies. I loved Mr Rudolph! He was HILARIOUS! And the gossiping colleagues at Catherine's work! Ha - how true!
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artyprincess
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| 03/16/2009 4:11 AM |
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| Oh, and Cayla Renae - By God's grace, I am going to save my first kiss! |
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God Can. |
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JoJo
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| 03/16/2009 5:47 AM |
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LOL yeah Mr Rudolph!!!
"Mr Rudolph..." "Caleb"
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Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live
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God Bless!
Mwah XOXO
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artyprincess
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| 03/17/2009 1:07 AM |
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Posted By JoJo on 03/16/2009 5:47 AM
LOL yeah Mr Rudolph!!!
"Mr Rudolph..." "Caleb"
HAHAHA
 
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JoJo
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| 03/17/2009 7:37 AM |
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Totally!!! did y'all see the "Fireproof in 60 seconds" thing... it had the Mr Rudolph thing , every one, in it real fast. Crackup! watch it if you haven't  |
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Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live
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God Bless!
Mwah XOXO
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artyprincess
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| 04/18/2009 2:25 AM |
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Yeah, I watched the 60 second 'Fireproof' - I'm a bit of a special features junkie....
Except when they talk about how they filmed movies (specifically referring to National Treasure 2 here) and you find that half of the golden city is a computer generated image. :'(
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David
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| 05/11/2009 4:09 AM |
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| I thought the movie was pretty good with a good message, however I do have one small problem with it. ***Spoiler alert if you haven't actually seen the movie*** Neither the husband or wife character were perfect and each contributed to the near downfall of their marriage. The husband was into porn, had what (I think) they were trying to show as an unhealthy obsession with buying a boat, and was just plain insensitive to his wife and wasn't concerned with meeting her needs. She too, though, was not concerned with meeting his needs and was also insensitive to him. However, she also had entered into an emotional affair (feel free to argue that point) which was quickly escalating into a physical affair. In my opinion, what she was doing was far worse than what he was doing, yet he is shown as the one who does all the work to win her back and she grants him forgiveness in the end with no mention of her needing forgiveness. I don't know, it just irked me. I think they sort of addressed this when it is revealed that the mother is the one who did the dare with the father, but it still felt a little... uneven. Anyone have the same thoughts, or do I sound completely crazy? |
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
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Nicole
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| 05/12/2009 2:54 PM |
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| Actually, no, you don't sound crazy at all. Maybe delusional... Kidding kidding. But seriously, I do agree with you. While i believe it's the guys' job to take the initiative, the woman should also honor her commitment as well. I suppose in the movie Catherine sort of apologized in the end by meeting her husband at work and asking if (it was too late) to grow old together. The movie could have been more powerful if Catherine was shown actually apologizing for her role in the downfall of their marriage, she had been unfaithful as well. But Caleb wasn't having an affair of any sort, just kind of hooked on porn- something of which i DO NOT excuse, period. But i do see your point, David. i will say though, that I really wish Catherine had done SOMETHING other than throw Caleb's acts of kindness back in his face. (I wanted to slap her at a few points) ANYways, moving on, the movie does depict Caleb doing all the work to try and rekindle their marriage. I believe Catherine (or women in general) should also do their part to keep a marriage alive. But those are just my thoughts. Anyone else? |
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whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect -Mark Twain |
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David
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| 05/12/2009 3:22 PM |
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| I pretty much agree with you, Nicole. |
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
- C.S. Lewis |
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Nicole
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| 05/13/2009 10:31 PM |
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| I just got done reading the book (Fire Proof) and boy did i want to have a pep talk with Catherine at various times in the reading. In my mind she shouldn't have made assumptions like that, and she should have taken the initiative to talk to her husband about her doubts, fears, etc. To underline my previous post: Catherine should have done something to try and salvage her marriage as well. *Just my thoughts though. |
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whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect -Mark Twain |
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artyprincess
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| 06/05/2009 6:42 PM |
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This discussion brings up an interesting point. I agree that Catherine SHOULD have made an effort, but that's not really a realistic expectation, is it? One person has to make the first move, and sometimes have to continue doing so. IF Caleb had waited around for her to do 'her part', it wouldn't have worked.
Since the movie doesn't show them after they re-affirm their vows, I can only guess that they would have both worked on their marriage after that. I guess they would have apologized too.
Anyway, I don't want to argue, but I don't fully agree with what you're saying. |
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David
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| 06/05/2009 7:53 PM |
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Posted By artyprincess on 06/05/2009 6:42 PM
This discussion brings up an interesting point. I agree that Catherine SHOULD have made an effort, but that's not really a realistic expectation, is it? One person has to make the first move, and sometimes have to continue doing so. IF Caleb had waited around for her to do 'her part', it wouldn't have worked.
Since the movie doesn't show them after they re-affirm their vows, I can only guess that they would have both worked on their marriage after that. I guess they would have apologized too.
Anyway, I don't want to argue, but I don't fully agree with what you're saying.
It's all good. Debates are fun.
I suppose, for me, it depends on how I look at the movie. If I look at it as if it were a documentary of real people, I would agree with you. But it's not. It's a movie. Particularly, it's the kind of movie that carries with it a lot or messages and a real sense of "you, the viewer, should be doing this and this." It is more than just a story, it is instructional material (in fact, more often than not, movies serve this purpose whether you realize it or not). As such, the message can be one-sided, and that would be wrong. It would be like reading the book Love and Respect without the Respect. Or if only FYMO was written, and not FYWO. As a realistic portrayal, I can see your point. As a message, it is lacking.
"IF Caleb had waited around for her to do 'her part', it wouldn't have worked."
As to that, I would argue that if both people don't do their part, it will never work. I doubt anyone is strong enough to carry a bad, disfunctional relationship by themselves, permanently. So eventually, she certainly would have had to do something.
"Since the movie doesn't show them after they re-affirm their vows, I can only guess that they would have both worked on their marriage after that. I guess they would have apologized too."
While as a realistic portrayal this might be true (which the movie is not intending to just be), it is not true as a piece of instructional material (which is the real point of the movie). Because this is a message movie, not showing something is as good as saying it's not true. In a message movie, it is impossible to leave things like that up to assumption. I do think they addressed the unbalance I am speaking of by the twist with the father not being the one who did the dare, but the mother instead. But we can't just assume they (or she, the wife) would have done anything, and have that be a part of the overall point of the movie. It would be like if I wanted to make a movie about someone who got heavily into drugs and then got cleaned up, but I ended the movie as soon as the guy hits rock bottom because I think people should just assume that he gets cleaned up. Without showing it, the movie no longer makes the point. |
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
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Nicole
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| 06/08/2009 2:44 AM |
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| Well, yes, if they both did sit around waiting for the other person to take the initiative and make the first move, they might as well have been waiting for manna to fall from heaven. It take two to make a relationship work; if one person makes the whole effort while the other is on the receiving end and never on the giving end, it's not going to work after a while. In the movie, Catherine should have taken more initiative; I do agree that it might be an unrealistic view- in the sense that we shouldn't expect Catherine to do anything, but I really do think that the message could have been more powerful if Catherine was depicted in somehow returning her husband's gestures of kindness. I thought it would have been wonderful if the directors of the film showed Catherine confessing her part in being unfaithful to her husband: she was flirting and even going out of her way to spend more time with the Dr. Galvin; she didn't stop his not-so-subtle flirting and I think she knew what she was doing. Being unfaithful doesn't necessarily mean physical contact. *But hey, that's just my rebuttal. Nothing against any of you guys. |
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whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect -Mark Twain |
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David
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| 06/08/2009 1:40 PM |
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| Nicole makes a very good point. |
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
- C.S. Lewis |
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