God's Not Dead 3: A Light in Darkness - The Cinema Snob

[@PaceBreaker]

"Cash grab?" "Doesn't promote a Christian message anymore?" Wow! That demographic showed a new level of hypocrisy and delusion. What movies were they watching when they saw the first two?!

[@SSofIreland]

Claiming that this movie doesn't promote a Christian message says far, far more about the reviewers than it does the movie.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Don't you understand that the Christian message is to go to war over red coffee cups?

[@Adorni]

I feel weird defending a GND movie, and I’d say this is _far_ from a great film, but my personal philosophy is that the best way to gage if a Christian film is doing right by its community is how well it’s accepted *by* the community. If they get salty about it, it’s probably because the film is holding a mirror up to them and asking “What do you see?”

[@matthewkoch6937]

I know.... The themes of being lost, genuine contrition, showing mercy, forgiveness towards an aggressor, and redemption are the heart of the Christian faith. As a Catholic, I think the movie is both realistic and uplifting in its message of bringing hope and compassion to a complex and hurting world.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Hey, these are the same people who simultaneously complain about STDs and safe sex, so...

[@tonyc2123]

I'm impressed. With the third movie, the God's Not Dead trilogy was able to pull off a reverse Godfather.

[@jonathanbethards3689]

Nice.

[@Wirehead18]

What do you mean? There are only TWO Godfather movies *twitch* and GND has THREE movies. I mean, the two Godfather movies are just about perfect, and the second one *twitch* ended on a perfect note with Michael having lost everything for the sake of trying to keep everyone safe. He didn't want to kill everyone, just his enemies, as he said, and in doing so, he lost everything. The perfect shot of him staring out the window, what was left of his humanity essentially gone because of the murder of his brother is almost haunting. It's such a perfect ending. So glad they didn't make a third one. Ha ha, that would be horrible. SO bad. Ha. ... *Sigh*

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Don't get your panties in a twist. The third god father wasn't that bad.

[@alexwright5419]

Kye Dysarthria it’s really not but the first two are such masterpieces

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

I think the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy is a more accurate comparison, even though the prequels are still significantly better overall than this.

[@Batfan103]

“Out of all three movies, this is the only one that bombed.” Because people don’t want to have a discussion. They just want the sense of validation that comes with having their pre-existing opinions confirmed. People went to the first two GND movies because they wanted to have their beliefs and prejudices parroted back to them. But when this one dared to actually CHALLENGE the Christian faith just a little bit, people got offended. To the PureFlix audience, a “Christian message” means saying that only conservative Christians are good people, and everyone else is just wrong.

[@TheKeyser94]

The funny thing is if they have looked harder they would have their pre-validated beliefs confirmed, the message of this movie can be resumed as: "Bow your head and know your place, you never accuse or question the church ever."

[@johnpatterson4816]

WOW!!!Batman and Beetlejuice together in the same movie!!!

[@johnpatterson4816]

Josh Wheedon/Joss Weedon?? Coincidence or Conspiracy???!!YOU BE THE JUDGE!!!

[@johnpatterson4816]

Pure Flix:Giving washed up actors work since 2010!!!

[@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist]

​@@johnpatterson4816I mean, those washed up actors have to pay their bills somehow.

[@zach1997ism]

wait a minute. This movie has actual antagonists who are shown to be complex and has legitimate reasons on why they are atheists and in a way sympathetic with actual conservations with both sides have a valid points on religions. Is this even a pureflix movie?

[@millenniumf1138]

Like most Pureflix movies, this one had a script that wasn't read by the producers and was just assumed to be another strawman persecution movie, so it's not surprising that a legitimately good movie was able to slip under the radar.

[@jacindaellison3363]

@@millenniumf1138 that probably explains why this movie bombed at the box office.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Too bad it falls in the persecution complex territory near the end.

[@exiledPostman]

I would watch a sitcom about a devout good guy Christian preacher and his snarky sarcastic atheist lawyer best friend. It wouldn't even have to be a sitcom. It could be a show where they solve mysteries.

[@handsomebrick]

Sounds like X-Files.

[@exiledPostman]

@@handsomebrick ...shit, you're right.

[@dabestyoutube5433]

They kind of did that with the x files and that new show Evil

[@NyanCatHerder]

@@handsomebrick I was thinking, throw in a supernatural angle (albeit a less explicitly religious one than these movies), and you could have some interesting themes and a good interpersonal dynamic between the two leads.

[@metalmario1231]

it also sounds like it could be a setup for an old kids in the hall skit

[@bigbearkat2010]

Man that scene with black preacher Greg Williams is something else. It's kind of cathartic to see a series so hateful and one sided slap itself upside the head and tell itself to "shut the hell up already, you're making us look bad"

[@batmous]

I have to give at least some respect to director Michael Mason, not only for directing possibly the most realistic entry in this franchise (as demonstrated even in the opening minutes), but also for having the guts to openly call out the "persecution complex" which seems to have afflicted a sizable chunk of America's Evangelical community

[@Backinblackbunny009]

​@@batmousthey're so angry about being called out for all the persecuting they do on a daily basis

[@thetruephoenixful]

The fact that this movie is deemed "the cash grab" and "it doesnt preach a christian message" says a helova lot about the audience of these movies. It shows that the audience actually completely believed what those movies were saying.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

It tells you a lot about these types of Christians when a giant flying fire-breathing turtle created by Atlantis is a better representation of that faith than this drivel

[@normeychiapatterson9559]

It's ironic that the only good God's Not Dead bombed. I liked that they humanized the characters and had plots that made sense.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Not ironic. Just testament to the deluded, hateful, windmill-tilting demographic who made the first two profitable.

[@belias360]

They didn't humanize the characters THAT much. Atheists breaking up with their religious partners aren't going to just deface a church just because. That doesn't even begin to follow logic -_-

[@normeychiapatterson9559]

@@belias360 ok the part where after they broke up and he basically burnt the church down wasn't realistic, but at least he felt guilty for what happened and they didn't make him cartoony like in the other two movies.

[@TheCrazyTalkKid]

It's science yo!

[@jordandehart6905]

@@normeychiapatterson9559 Plus the criticisms against the corporate side of religion near the end. I'm a Christian and I agree with the sediment of "it's harder to see what the church is for"

[@shawnconway6009]

"Maybe you'd understand if you were the one being attacked." "I'm a black preacher in the deep south, I could build you a church with all the brick that have been thrown though my windows." Oh damn the movie suddenly got real for a moment. This writer should be doing better movies with that kind of biting insight in a movie like this.

[@sillygrl23]

I feel like this was the writer's subtle hint at a apology or "take that" to the trial scene in GND2 where Dean Cain basically whitesplains MLK's Christian background and how it helped shaped his movement to a AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRINCIPLE! Yeah that scene was soooo uncomfortable.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

That was powerful.

[@ruefullysage]

Well christianity is a white religion so... @@sillygrl23

[@DemonicRemption]

@@ruefullysage Well if you wanna consider the Italians white, I guess it is...

[@frankf684]

comquat123 Jesus wasn’t white.

[@noahmessarge]

God's not Dead God's not Dead 2 God's not Dead 3: A Light In Darkness God's not Dead 4: Back In Action God's not Dead 5: Soul Survivor God's not Dead 6: The New Batch God's not Dead 7: Professor Radisson vs Jesus God's not Dead 8: Jesus In Space! God's not Dead 9: Dawn of the Planet of the Jesus God's not Dead X: Ultra Jesus vs Meca Stalin God's not Dead XI: Electric Boogaloo God's not Dead XII: Prayer Warriors God's not Dead XIII: Revenge of the Sassy Satanic Mechanics God's not Dead XIV: Jesus Goes To Hell The Final Sunday God's not Dead XV: Jesus X God's not Dead XVI: Freddy vs Jesus God's not Dead XVII: Jesus Is Dead The Search For A Script

[@GojiraRising]

God's Not Dead: Endgame

[@angelmarie2]

God's Not Dead: New Mexico.

[@Greendalewitch]

Gods Not Dead: Kirk Cameron saves the day (By beating you to death, unless you proclaim your love for Christ)

[@sebsignat8286]

God's not dead XVIII: God with a shotgun God's not dead XIX: stupid millennials find God God's not dead XX: Thanos' revenge God's not dead XXI: uniting church and state God's not dead XXII: the rise of the Super men

[@GojiraRising]

@@Greendalewitch God's Not Dead: A Little Piece of Heaven

[@KarnRulez]

I'm a devout Christian, but these movies aren't necessary. I don't need a film company to justify my faith and I don't need propaganda to feel safe. I will give GND3 credit in that it at least had a likeable atheist that wasn't some mustache twirling bad guy. This guy just wanted to connect with his brother despite they're different beliefs. That actually happens. No persecution complex, no atheists hit by cars or trying to take Christianity from Sabrina the Teenage Christian. Just 2 brothers with different beliefs reconnecting. Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing more of them together. It would benefit Christians and atheists both to see each others sides of things and still come to loving and respecting each other. Movies like GND don't want that. They want us to fight and bicker. I have no desire to convert others and most atheists want us to be allowed to worship in peace. We all want the freedom to be who we are. I don't need Josh Whedon and the Pure Flix cinematic universe to be a good Christian. Anyone who paints all beliefs may they be Muslims or atheists as evil just want to build walls to divide and cause fear and honestly, I'm not interested. I'm not interested in hating or fearing those that believe differently. I love my Muslim, Pagan and atheist friends and they love me and that's good enough.

[@joshvoyles7870]

KarnRulez In a single post, my faith in good, decent people who can be religious while respecting the experiences and faiths of others is restored. I had no idea how much I needed that.

[@HamStrokers-Ejacula]

We need more people like you, guy.

[@talynhastime9343]

And the world is better for having you in it. I find a person's spiritual and religious convictions to be a beautiful thing that should be protected and respected (I mean, as long as they aren't hurtful or discriminatory), and these films feel like overcompensation. What these films are forgetting is the nature of faith--it's a personal thing that can't be replicated or transferred to another person. You can't make someone feel faith, you can only give them the manual (your texts or sermons) and say "here's where mine came from" and leave it at that, or else lead by example (i.e. Mr. Rogers, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Dalai Lama..yes I'm putting Mr. Rogers in there. His TV show was essentially sermons on love and acceptance for family households).

[@Valdagast]

They should make a wacky sitcom with them.

[@andrewollmann304]

Talyn has time Mr. Rogers was actually a Presbyterian pastor before he started his public television career.

[@slashingkatie7872]

That’s really pitiful that the most humanizing of these movies did poorly. Then again I personally know people who love the first two who probably despise the idea of humanizing non far right Christians. They want to see mean atheists get run over by cars.

[@artbargra]

That's the problem here. These movies' audience simply cannot understand the thought of non-Christians being decent human beings, who only have different opinions. Which is why GnD3 bombed. In actually making atheist likable characters, they insulted their target audience.

[@Shiirow]

its easier to commit unspeakable violence against people that disagree with you if you dont view them as human.

[@billjacobs521]

But it was Kevin Sorbo who got his by a car, so...you know, it could have been worse.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

It's also the most boring of the three as he doesn't have the ''so bad it's good'' over the topness of the first two.

[@nathanschmitz2302]

I think another part of the reason why it bombed is because (outside the further-right people hating the new message) is because a lot of people who knew of the other two would have gotten tired from the other two. I am not sure where else it could have gone (unless they went to the united nations to prove he's not dead.)

[@Canadamus_Prime]

When you said that the audience for these movies declared that this movie wasn't spreading a Christian message anymore I literally said "WHAT?" out loud. This is the only one, from what I can tell, that actually does spread a Christian message. If all the other God's Not Dead movies were like this one I probably wouldn't have to hit my head against hard objects.

[@Crrrow]

I think it just proves that a majority of the Christian base are the judgemental wife beater types that buy into the really warped pseudo corporate/republican one from Rock it's your decision.

[@Canadamus_Prime]

@@Crrrow In other words people who have no idea what their faith/religion is really supposed to be about.

[@Crrrow]

@@Canadamus_Prime Exactly. ^^

[@troin3925]

Matthew Walton I’m a Christian and I’m yelling “Fuck you!” at these people!

[@StygianSkunk]

Same response - from what was shown, it seemed to wanted to spark a discussion. Guess even having the directors step back and give Christianty a few minor criticisms, was too much?

[@HylianFox3]

The fact that this movie performed worse than the first 2 really speaks volumes about the state of Christianity in America

[@PointsofData]

state of the fan base the first two were pandering to*

[@eriannamiecce2030]

Indeed.

[@shelbymckinney8888]

@@PointsofData Agreed.

[@dimitrescu182]

Or also because the first 2 movies are terrible the 3rd one doesn't even have any chance

[@thakraken6995]

That's a strawman

[@KyleRayner12]

17:54 - I can't believe I'm saying this, but that was an incredibly relatable joke. Seriously, I'm pretty sure everyone with relatives more religious than them has accidentally started eating before grace, then awkwardly glanced around and tried to be inconspicuous, at least a couple of times.

[@Kaefer1973]

Not everyone, I'm sure some of my relatives are religious, I have a lot of relatives (numerous Aunts and uncles I never or hardly ever met), I just don't really know any of them, especially relatives fanatic enough to do the "grace".

[@wespapes2054]

The greatest trilogy since Lord Of The Rings.

[@youngsmitty347]

Are you forgetting about the Opum Magnus of the Human Centipede trilogy?

[@DaveFu]

If it wasn't for the snob, I would have never known they made a third one!!!!

[@Cronas1201]

Its honestly easier to sit through than the Hobbit trilogy.

[@smjaiteh]

Actually, it's a bit like the Star Trek films. The first two inexplicably made a lot of money, while the third one replaced its shitty writer, turned out to be the best one and bombed hard at the box office.

[@SciFiBrony]

@@smjaiteh The only difference is that Trek fans typically LOVE Beyond and Christian reviewers hated this film.

[@Spencer481]

*GnD3:* "Hey we made our movie nuanced with less strawmen" *Christian Audiences:* "Thanks! I hate it!"

[@gabe_s_videos]

"The third movie does not promote a good Christian message." Glad we finally know what those people mean when they say "good Christian message."

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

... wait, I thought these guys LIKED redemption or is it because you don't have an invisible enemy to distract you from real issues?

[@gabe_s_videos]

@@matthewmccoyd2578 The people who like these kinds of movies are the kind who use Christianity as an alibi to tell other people what to do.

[@collinmurr3207]

John Corbett is just so naturally likable. He deserves better.

[@jacobellison1763]

So this movie simultaneously managed to be a good movie, preach an actual Christian message, and kill the God's Not Dead franchise? I guess that miracles really do happen

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

It's like it's divine intervention. Praise Cthulhu!

[@smjaiteh]

“Sometimes, dead is better.” - God

[@kennethconklin4140]

Sambou Jaiteh "dont let those kids go in the road....it's that damn road."

[@rafaeltrivino1790]

Yea, lotta history down that road mya

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

"Now I don't have to deal with Ariana Grande"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

And in some strange eons even Death may die.

[@chs9999]

The reason they have to keep reminding us god's not dead is cause they buried him in the pet cemetery

[@CineMasterDamian]

Unlike the other two, I actually want to see this one

[@brentholt7377]

Jackson Roze Reviews it’s on Netflix and at redbox if u still haven’t saw it

[@lcdstudios]

John Corbett is the best thing to happen to this franchise, and - dare I say - cinema.

[@artbargra]

15:48 I literally had to pause the video to laugh.

[@iainronald4217]

I wish he gave this amount of charm and effort to My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

[@TheMediaRaptor]

Y’know what would’ve been really, REALLY interesting? If we follow the main pastor dude, and the kid who started the fire. The kid believes he can’t be forgiven and falls into a deeper and darker hole, then the pastor dude finds him and befriends him. The two spend time and talk about life, turns out the kid has a decent family, he only started the fire because a.) It was a dare or b.) his dad died and he blames God for not saving him. The two grow closer and they begin to share their doubts and fears about life, in the end, they decide that this happened for a reason, they aren’t sure why, but the pastor dude leaves to travel the country, helping those in need much like the kid, and the kid begins talking with his friends and family. Bringing a ‘Light’ into the darkness. Sure, it’s not perfect, but it’s LEAGUES BETTER THAN THESE FILMS!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

and then the priest goes to jail because the parents accuse him of molesting the kid.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Add some kung-fu David AR White and I'd see it

[@demilung]

Wait, so a pissed kid throws a brick through a window, which accidentally knocks out the world's flimsiest gas pipe which then causes an accidental explosion. This has God's will written all over it, Onyango just got an express call to the boss, nothing else.

[@rikowolfin4984]

It's ether god, or the Final Destination movies have become more church friendly.

[@theSemiChrist]

@@rikowolfin4984 it was pretty crazy when Christ was crucified by those nails that a train sent flying at him.

[@mistletoe3343]

Onyango?

[@LogicalMan6]

Looking forward to you covering all the future sequels Brad. God's Not Dead 4: A New Savior God's Not Dead 5: The Atheists Strike back God's Not Dead 6: Return of the Christ (with Kirk Cameron playing Jesus, of course) God's Not Dead 7: the Faith Awakens God's not Dead 8: The Last Christian (Kirk Cameron reprising the role of Jesus) And we'll of course have the prequel spinoff movie where we see Pastor Dave's past as a scrappy rogue.

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Naww...Kirk Cameron was born to play the Anti-Christ!

[@Readingrebel]

No, Rob Walker needs to return as Santa Christ!

[@Valdagast]

What about the Holiday Special?

[@LogicalMan6]

@@indumatipngtuber2790 That's why it's a dual role, he as Jesus and Satan

[@LogicalMan6]

@@Readingrebel If they somehow did that I would watch that movie so much

[@mikethegrunty5968]

God’s not dead 4: oh hell no!

[@LogicalMan6]

Not sure why, but this title made me imagine Tyler Perry's Medea as a character in it

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Of course. And it will take place in outer space. Because in space, nobody can hear you pray. Lel.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

Ceris Beech than maybe we can finally get christnauts vs Jews in space?🤔

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

@Brandon Roberts God's not dead 13 Wishes.

[@GamerGuysReviews]

God's Not Dead: The Final Chapter, followed by God's Not Dead V: A New Beginning

[@michaelryall5752]

Take solace that this trilogy is one of the few exceptions to the rule as its third installment is good/even better than the previous installments

[@FallenKuroTaiyo]

That wasn't exactly hard though.

[@rockleefanlj]

Michael Ryall Solace, it's fucking solace, how do you not get autocorrect on whatever you used to type this out?

[@TheRealNormanBates]

So this is a reverse SUPERMAN III or JAWS 3-D.. or ALIEN 3.. or GODFATHER III (man, so many third film fuck ups)

[@GuyfromPA99]

I'm reminded of the existential quote from Spy Kids about how God stays up in heaven because he's afraid of his creations (humanity) when watching these kind of films.

[@thunderlion1317]

I am afraid to ask if that is real

[@williammorahan4907]

@@thunderlion1317 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoOpqKyll9mhgaM Ask and you shall receive.

[@XardionZ]

"I'm a black Preacher in the deep South. I can build you a Church with all bricks been thrown throw all my windows!" Wow. Yeah, that's actually a well written line.

[@chayden153]

Agreed, that was an incredible line

[@Zdenek1023]

This is objectively great

[@poochyenajones1362]

This was my favourite line.

[@pringlescan81]

As much as I love the tone of the Cinema Snob character, I believe Brad’s frustration towards the end of the video to be genuine. It has it’s silly moments but it’s far and away better than what they were cranking out before. As a Christian I feel like it’s an insult to my intelligence to paint a person with a different belief system than me in to a villain. The way that this film handled the college kid and the brother was the best part. The lawyer was very likable and I admit I shed some tears when the pastor forgave the kid and gave him the Bible. Not a great movie but a significant improvement over the first 2. The only one worth checking out imo.

[@sfighter0085]

To be honest, I was expecting this to be a lot worst. But did I just see a "God's Not Dead" movie, the third in this series, that didn't totally demonize atheists, have a story that was more well written, and try to promote Christianity in a more positive light? Pure Flix...what are you now? Welcome back Brad, great episode.

[@thequietdreamer2186]

sfighter00 Disingenuous

[@planescaped]

I dunno, seems like David A.R. White was actually trying to address all the criticism for the first two movies.

[@thequietdreamer2186]

That’d imply he could take criticism in the first place...

[@planescaped]

@@thequietdreamer2186 The copyright claims on Snobs religious movie reviews came form someone other than him IIRC. One of the producers/directors.

[@thequietdreamer2186]

planescaped Touché, but the point still stands.

[@crazy1234573]

I love John Corbett, his character in Northern Exposure was one of the best on television. "One man's savior is another man's pair of lead boots " - Chris Stevens

[@AaronTheBlackDragon]

Just you wait for God's not Dead X.

[@germanvisitor2]

By then the characters know they are just characters in a movie and try to kill their actors.

[@SuperDevolution]

The series will get really weird when it goes to space.

[@MartianManHunter2258]

In space

[@scottylewis8124]

Uber God.

[@Shiirow]

with Pastor Uber-Dave?

[@onearmedbandit84]

This God's Not Dead 3 represents a major shift in Pureflix movies, this is when they started to suck out all the entertainment value that internet reviewers can get out of them. It's like David A.R White realized how much of a laughing stock they've become online and hired some specialists to clean up. It's truly an end of en era.

[@InfiniteAnvil]

Oh it's not the end. War Room is getting a sequel.

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@InfiniteAnvil War Room is whole different company though I can see how the mistake could be made.

[@InfiniteAnvil]

@@bigbearkat2010 I just meant that the era isn't dead yet :)

[@artbargra]

@infiniteAnvil Pureflix's not Dead

[@jackramer]

InfiniteAnvil I saw the War Room sequel trailer in the theater. I was literally squeeing.

[@merrittanimation7721]

4:54 Speaking in tongues doesn't make him a Satanist. It makes him Pentecostal.

[@mastermarkus5307]

I was going to say! Stop throwing the satanists under the bus, Snob!

[@merrittanimation7721]

@@mastermarkus5307 Possibly Pentecostals too. Really nobody wins.

[@edisonlima4647]

Brad, how do you do that? Building a fanbase by tearing movies apart and yet... you... allow yourself to say it when you like something in a movie that would be so easy to blindly mock? And without breaking Snob's character? You even risk a bit annoyance from people who only go to the KZbin for naggings. I'm not used to this much legitimacy from my KZbin reviewers. Kudos.

[@amethyststohner7110]

Going way back, I remember him mocking the shit out of silly things he liked. I think around Mommy Dearest is when he opened up to blatant positivity.

[@billjacobs521]

He's always done that, pretty much. At least since he did Pierre Kirby week, which was like the 50th episode anniversary, so goddamn forever ago. I think he actually likes most of the movies he reviews (especially in the old days, not so much with some of the more recent entries), he just enjoys their bad aspects too.

[@SeanDDaily]

Now you know why I watch him, So It Goes.

[@jctripplesticks]

19:38 The moment where my jaw actually fell open with the impressive writing

[@mordecaieagle4240]

Well damn, this review got my hopes up for this movie series going into better direction and maybe taking the rest of pureflix movies to the same path but of course it bombed at the box office.

[@youngsmitty347]

So, who's ready for God's Next Dead 4: In Space Nobody Can Hear You Pray?

[@willthechill3992]

Gods next dead?

[@stonecoldku4161]

I would've gone with God's Not Dead 4: In Space. What does God need with a starship?

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

God's not dead 5: The Atheists Strike Back.

[@GanguroKonata]

@@indumatipngtuber2790 God's not dead 6: I know what you said in confession

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Which will be followed by God's not dead 7: In space nobody can hear you pray. @@GanguroKonata

[@svartfrasr9755]

So is the Darkness the first two movies...?

[@jackramer]

Svart fra Sør No, that would be JJ Abrams Trek II

[@svartfrasr9755]

Well played.

[@handsomebrick]

The darkness is all three movies, and the third one is the light inside of it.

[@LabMatt]

Snob makes a reference to Sleepaway Camp 2 on the same day I rewatched his Sleepaway Camp 2 review.

[@babypurplebat2610]

(X-Files theme plays)

[@stranget92]

🎵 *OH! I'M A HAPPY CAMPER...* 🎵

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Sleepawayception.

[@mangmerciless9606]

It's a miracle!!

[@TheAirBear2000]

So it's the best movie in a trilogy whose worst installment was its second movie. In other words, it's the Ragnarok of Pureflix?

[@300IQPrower]

TheAirBear2000 no, because Thor 1 was good.

[@TheAirBear2000]

@@300IQPrower Compared to any of this shit, even Thor 2 was good.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

No. I don't like Waititi take on Planet Hulk's story. And i don't like how it reduced Thor to a goofball fratboy.

[@capmar-vell92returns20]

Not really. I'm not a big fan of how 616 Thor and his supporting characters have been handled in the MCU, specifically as depicted in Ragnarok and beyond. Taika Waititi quite famously never read a Thor comic, and it shows in that the film is a very pale imitation of Walt Simonson's fantastic run with a Planet Hulk knockoff shoehorned in because they couldn't do a solo Hulk movie. Marvel's Asgard has so many great characters that will never truly get a chance to shine in the MCU. Sif and the Warriors Three were completely wasted. Balder, Karnilla, the Enchantress, Tyr, and many others don't even exist and won't because Asgard is destroyed and they're adapting Aaron's controversial run for Love and Thunder. Even Skurge's sacrifice, the single most badass moment in Simonson's run, was cheapened by stripping away its original context and the fantastic prose that surrounded it. I would have loved to see Thor's knock-down, drag-out battle with the Midgard Serpent on the big screen, the true climax of Simonson's Ragnarok, but it's not to be. Thor should have been the MCU's Lord of the Rings, but instead it's yet another generic milquetoast sci-fi. Edit: Also, as someone who frequents the Marvel database wiki, it's fucking hilarious to see the Time-Keepers and that one Mark Gruenwald homage, Mobius, as some of the most popular articles when not even comic fans gave a shit about them beforehand. They were almost completely inconsequential except for their involvement in Avengers Forever, which will never be referenced again because Kurt Busiek's Avengers run seems to also be forgotten now.

[@baroquebougie3527]

Whooooa did not expect nuance and depth in a God's Not Dead movie, we're being punk'd aren't we?

[@TheBonkleFox]

honestly why bother with this movie? they killed the biracial pastoral bromance, AKA the only thing keeping me invested.

[@cathieupchurch4166]

Humanity: "God is dead". Everybody gets a text, "Quit telling people I'm dead!". Humanity: "Some times I swear I still get messages from him".

[@Advent3546]

If only we could have gotten the entry we were all dying to see. God's Not Dead: Professor Radisson Goes to Hell

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

OH, RUUUUFUSSSS!

[@kieranelliott5607]

You joke about the actor being able to act that his cup is full, but I've seen some of the greatest actors out there fail to do it in TV shows and movies of great quality - apparently it really is that hard!

[@edisonlima4647]

It is a recuring joke in his reviews. I must say that I *NEVER* noticed anything wrong before, even when he pointed them out, until now, that he showed it being done correctly in this movie. Wow. It... really is different.

[@GamesFromSpace]

It bothers me so much. Why can't they just put a small weight in the cup, if it's so hard to make it not look empty?

[@charliedawson4877]

Out of curiosity, I once tried to fake drink a cup of coffee in front of the mirror. It actually is pretty difficult. I recommend you try it.

[@SatoXian]

It is a joke towards Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas .

[@kieranelliott5607]

@@SatoXian I know, but it's also such a true point - once you start looking for it in movies you see it everywhere

[@MiXVoy]

now it's Ralph Sepe's (ralphthemoviemaker) turn to review

[@AndjeiKuna]

oh boy you still don't know, do ya?

[@thejedisonic67]

@@AndjeiKuna oh boy, you didnt watch the Justice League review did ye

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Ralph was joking in that.

[@LinksBetweenDrinks]

David A.R. White is so damn likable that he absolutely carried the first two garbage movies on his back, and he really stretches his acting ability well here. Really well. It's great to see what he can do with material from a good writer, that's endearing to his base, but challenging to it as well. So of course, the movie bombed. Of course. C-cash grab?! I-it's the ONLY ONE that's NOT a cash grab!

[@eingi8597]

Brad sure made up his absence with this review.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Is it Christmas again already? Where's the onesie?

[@shellac23]

Why was he gone so long?

[@jasonhunter2819]

@@shellac23 death in the family

[@alicianelson1252]

Honestly if they dropped the whole persecution plot and focused on the burning of the church and the relationship between the two brothers this would have been a good movie. That's more then I can say for the first two movies.

[@giovanniorellana2200]

The greatest trilogy since Toy Story and Back To The Future

[@GamerGuysReviews]

So, in this third entry, Josh Wheaton is a mute after the events of the first movie, and spends most of the flick lumbering around a hospital with a brain cap on his head, right?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

The message of the movie is basically: liberulz have become so powerful that they started recruiting people who aren't mustache twirling sociopaths and they managed to make 'Murica incompatible with our beliefs. Woe is us.

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

* Twirls mustache while drinking wine * Yes...brilliant, is it not?

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Ironically, some so-called "liberals" are sociopaths. They usually write op-eds.

[@capmar-vell92returns20]

​@@indumatipngtuber2790 Yeeessss. Muhahahahahahaaa!

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

You know who hasn't changed his viewpoints? Dinesh D'Souza. And Death of a Nation made even less money than God's Not Dead 3.

[@differentboy9697]

That guy was bullied by a dem in high school probably. There's no other reason about he's so bizarrely anti democrat

[@lcdstudios]

Is "Science, Yo!" the sequel to "Jesus, Bro!"?

[@TheFlyingJew13]

If it is, it better star or co-star Aaron Paul

[@aiberlane3390]

To save everyone the trouble, I looked up Curious George pictures. There's not a single one of him with a tail, not even in early pictures. Anyway, great to see you back, Brad! I hope you're doing okay.

[@j3ssthealien283]

Yeah the Mandela effect is a bunch of bulshit our brains are way easier to trick than you think

[@Meirstein]

More importantly, Brad's not dead.

[@MrBacon-ui6uq]

I guess you could say that pure flix..........CROSSED the line I’m not sorry

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Nailed it.

[@thequietdreamer2186]

For some of us, crossing the line is considered a sign of treachery. Ok it may be a picket line, but it’s all the same to the minds like those running Pure Flix.

[@rafaeltrivino1790]

They'll be struck by lightning for sure

[@JonSmith-yq1dw]

Crucified that joke

[@thequietdreamer2186]

Let’s all sing! 🎼Always look on the bright side of life...

[@ludenunes6606]

So... When is that David A. R. White action movie's review coming?

[@jongon0848]

"I'm a black Preacher in the deep South. I can build you a Church with all bricks been thrown throw all my windows!" Whoever wrote that line deserves to be writing better movies. Holy shit that was actually good!

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

Oh come on we all know Bobby Hill started the fire by accident trying to cover up his poop smell with a match

[@KittyGoldPaint]

It was the man with the terrible smell!!

[@AngelofMusic04]

Damn lutefisk.

[@bethanyoneal5789]

Cat Fight Find the man with the terrible smell!

[@huerfanoproducciones]

With the low light indoor shots and the shakycam this can unironically be a Snyder cut

[@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540]

Why does the only black character have a surname that's scarily close to "Kumbaya"?

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Because the makers of this franchise probably still think that weed is worse than heroin

[@dragonfire420blazin8]

God's not dead=BAD God's not dead 2=VERY BAD God's not dead 3=A light in the darkness(Good movie)

[@thefirstbourne149]

dragonfire 420blazin I don’t remember it being called that. I remember it’s only called the “not as bad” one.

[@handsomebrick]

more like insane, very insane, and actual movie.

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

I'd beg to differ and state that the first movie was the worst mainly because how stupid the argument between the protagonist and antagonist were overplayed.

[@dragonfire420blazin8]

Glasses&Mouthplates fair enough. But the argument was stupid in both gnd, gnd 2

[@ghty43]

My favorite review of this series. I’d love to see you eventually try to cover some more Sherwood movies like Courageous and Fireproof.

[@zacharysiple783]

6:53 These 2 stars were in the Disney Channel show Good Luck Charlie.

[@TheHannahcast]

I went into this film SO expecting to hate it. But I completely agree, I was legit shocked at how much of a course-correct this was. God's Not Dead: A Light In Darkness, dare I say it, I actually feel is UNDERRATED.

[@SSofIreland]

Oh boy, time to see the Snob rip this franchise a new one yet aga- "This one's not as bad." What? Snob? Snob, no.

[@fnln3011]

JUDAS!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

It's Religious Movie Avengers! Boy!

[@connorsullivan1855]

*Surprised Pikachu*

[@NatalieLeeNorment]

This is the only GND movie available on Netflix, so I assume Netflix didn't want to house the other two for its hateful messages against atheism. Thanks Brad! By the way, I dislike Josh for his stupidity because he gave up romance for his belief in God. Wait, why hasn't Josh been punished?! Your reviews of the GND movies gave me inspiration to write my own inspirational love stories.

[@lometraid6798]

I mean... if a person tells you you HAVE to give up your religion in order to keep your relationship that relationship is incredibly and stupidly toxic to begin with

[@lisuru5302]

John Corbett is the best thing to happen in the history of these religious movies and all of cinema PERIOD. He was the only one that got me through this film. lol

[@sirnotappearingonyoutube3073]

Love how the thumbnail almost looks like you're taking a sad leak!

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Gotta put the fire out somehow.

[@metalcoffie]

"Nevermind, the pool did it." I spit out my chicken laughing.

[@chrisvossler8795]

The movie about repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation is the one that doesn't promote a Christian message? I think we are confusing "Christianity" for "American Christendom."

[@matthewkoch6937]

Or confusing "Christianity" for "fundamentalist Evangelicalism." Episcopa;ians and Roman Catholics would get behind the movie's themes a hundred percent. After all, the whole climax focuses on confession, contrition, and forgiving those who wrong us, hallmarks of both denominations.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Yeah, for people who talk about God's redemptive purpose, they didn't really seem to like the 2018 God of War

[@miyuruify]

One thing to say, The cover art for this movie is dope!

[@Jarod-sm5rf]

It’s like goldilocks and the three bears the third one is just right👍

[@Edax_Royeaux]

God's Not Dead 1, "What do you believe?" God's Not Dead 2 "Stand with God." God's Not Dead 3D "Was a new dimension in terror." God's Not Dead 4, The Revenge, "It was personal." God's Not Dead 5, "It was just business." God's Not Dead 6, "It was pure pleasure." God's Not Dead 7, "Cyber atheists made you afraid to log on." God's Not Dead 8 "Made you afraid of robotic atheists." In God's Not Dead 9, "Professor Radisson's grandson assemble a team of super-Christian hunters." In God's Not Dead 10, "It was Man vs Atheist vs Christian" God's Not Dead 11, "Outer Space!" God's Not Dead 12, "The Prequel!" God's Not Dead 12, Part 2: "The Sequel to the Prequel!" God's Not Dead 14, "A New Era of Atheist Terror Began." God's Not Dead 15, "Battle the Communists!" God's Not Dead 16, "God Takes The Big Apple!" God's Not Dead 17, "50 Shades of Jesus!" God's Not Dead 18, "The Mind Blowing REBOOT!" God's Not Dead 19, "The Christians are disappearing and now the Christians must ATTACK to save their homes!"

[@tophers3756]

So in three films they couldn't come up with one realistic, legitimate scenario where the Christians are being persecuted. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

[@Crrrow]

Or that the one that actually attacks the issues of faith in a realistic and fair manner is the only one of these films to tank. I think that says something about Christianity as a whole.

[@evanbradley6169]

I'm certain they could, but not without mentioning topics the church is uncomfortable with. This movie would feel a lot more realistic if instead of the board kicking the church out for no real reason after being vandalized (which resulted in an explosion, no less) they had given in to public demands following some sort of controversy surrounding churches in general (sexual abuse seems to be a fairly common one). I think that movie would go something like this: a church (possibly on another college campus) is implicated in a sex scandal, people rally against the church (or maybe just the idea of having churches on college grounds), the board decides to have the church evicted from campus but then a group of students comes in and shares stories of how the church has helped them, B-plots come to a conclusion, and christian rock music plays over the credits. I think I've written a better movie than pureflix, and I'm a drunken atheist.

[@DuelaDent52]

Sci Eh, I think that says more about this kind of Christianity than that does Christianity as a whole.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Well, they can't go to the Middle East. Then they'd have to *gasp* confront real issues, oh heavens!

[@djvoldemort1]

Really cathartic to hear John Corbett say everything the smart audience members have been screaming at the screen since the series started.

[@wildernessstyle8810]

God's Not Dead 4 God joins the Avengers.

[@abselby]

When I saw you uploaded this, I screamed and made popcorn!

[@jacobellison1763]

He's back, he's bad. He's bald, he's mad

[@cenakruegerlover]

The man behind the mask!

[@Made_In_Heaven88]

🎵"He's Braaaaddd" 🎵

[@lowenergyvideos4658]

Picture of Joshua Fuckstain holding a coffee cup! Oh I love how small youtube can be

[@addisonlulay6223]

How many more are left in the gods not dead cinematic universe

[@LogicalMan6]

Should be nine films altogether, then a couple spinoffs, TV series, 3 animated series, and a theme park

[@dancepiglover]

"God's Not Dead" isn't dead

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Just wait 'til the prequels drop.

[@thegamingfox8662]

I like the reuploads of classic snob reviews, but it is always a wonderful thing for new content. Thank you brad!

[@horrornado9121]

If you have to scare people into clinging onto their faith, maybe their faith isn't that strong.

[@artistwithouttalent]

14:54 Hey, Legal Eagles, D. James Stone here! In all seriousness, it's good to see you again.

[@nathanbinns6345]

I am both a devout Christian and worked at a Christian bookstore for many years I can say that I have seen more Christian movies than most (though not more than Brad, it seems! He's much more devoted to punishing himself with terrible movies than I am). I can confirm that basically 99.9% of all Christian movies are absolutely dreadful. Really, F-, 0/10, 'Birdemic 2' dreadful. I would always cringe with embarrassment whenever the next big movie came out that we were promoting (like God's Not Dead, for example), and we had to play the trailers, put up posters in store etc. I also felt sad for all the people buying them and saying how wonderful they were. The problem I had with them (on top of the usual terrible acting, awful script, bad direction, non-existent budget etc) is they're just so fake. The non-Christian bad guy character (coz you know, that's totally how Christians are supposed to view non-Christians) is always a caricature who either converts at the end or suffers some shame or humiliation as the Christian character emerges victorious. The main character's problems always magically resolve through prayer (their marriage gets better, their rebellious children return, their cancer goes away, or whatever). Life just doesn't work like that (and you'll never reach people with the message of Christianity if you're constantly misrepresenting them in film! Incidentally, the best/only good religious-themed movie I've seen is 'Amazing Grace', about the story of William Wilberforce, the member of parliament who campaigned for decades to outlaw slavery in the British Empire. But then, the movie itself was not intended to be religious, it's just that Wilberforce himself was devoutly religious so it inevitably comes through in the movie, so it's not quite the same category as something like God's Not Dead.

[@literarylady1125]

I remember the Wilberforce film and that scene with the bagpipes playing Amazing Grace were beautiful.

[@garrtoons4303]

I'm shocked by how not terrible this movie was. From the decent acting to the more competent writing, I feel like I actually have reached Heaven. 🤣

[@Pineappolis]

Honestly, if you count [insert slightly altered name of Hollywood director] as a series of cameos given how little he impacts the plot, you could even say the majority of the core cast turned in downright _good_ performances. It's kind of staggering how much difference a better director can make (although I've always maintained Kevin Sorbo's performance in the first one was, in its own strange way, brilliant - he didn't come across like a human being, which would _usually_ be a fairly serious dent in that statement - but, well, the filmmakers specifically wanted him not to and he played what they did want with everything he had).

[@ChromeDestiny]

God's Not Dead: Friedrich Nietzsche Got Fingered

[@williammorahan4907]

🎶Siggy would like some sausage?? - Siggy would you like some Sause-Age-Ezzs?🎶

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

And it ends with Nietzsche destroying Pureflix with a multiverse-sized drill while a rap song plays with opera music in the background. JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!?

[@catalinamelo9932]

Oh my god. God's not dead 3: We Break on Everything, Even the "3rd One is Always the Worst" Tradition

[@mitchnin10dofan]

I'd like to see you review this Christian movie called To Save a Life. It's a movie that I watched in my religion class back in high school and it's pretty bad, so it would be fun to see you rip it apart.

[@chayden153]

What's it about

[@televisedrevolution-vt6ds]

10:43 WRONG😂🤣. Can't wait to see what you do with the 4th one. Get better soon brad.

[@billding6032]

I wonder what happens if David AR White’s character meets an angel that has him do a “what if I was never a pastor” storyline

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Oh noes, his room's a mess

[@toamatau8785]

I've never actually watched these movies in whole but I actually felt sad when Jude died. And actually got hyped when Josh returned.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

♪ ♩ ♫ ♬ Snob's Not Dead, He Is Surely Online ♪ ♩ ♫ ♬

[@SpeedyEric1]

4:33- This is a weird wording of the phrase "It's always darkest before the dawn."

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

A God's Not Dead movie is actually good??? What sort of miracle is this?

[@dreamlandnightmare]

I wouldn't go so fart as to call it good. It's just not the crass piece of shameless propaganda that were the first two.

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Yeah, I feel that's fair. At least it's got actual characters who act like characters, unlike the last 2 movies. @@dreamlandnightmare

[@manband20]

It's not much that it's a good movie, it's the closest thing to an actual "movie" in this trilogy and it isn't 100% blatant propaganda.

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

​@@manband20 True. But eh, at least it's not a complete dumpster fire of hot trash like the first two.

[@louist.sanville4445]

I've been waiting for this video for so long. Definitely worth the wait.