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Originally posted by ryan81986:

Maybe it's just my current state of mind but I haven't had a movie make me this emotional in a long, long time. I'll definitely be buying it when it's released and I'll likely see it in theaters again.

There was at least one thing I would change that would have made it a little bit better in my mind and still would keep it true to the actual story, but I won't go into details as to not spoil anything. However that did not sour my experience.

I highly recommend it.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
Shoot me an email. I’d love to hear what you would change about the movie.

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Originally posted by mark123:

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My mom joined the Church of Christ when I was about 5 after her catholic priest refused to baptize my younger brother because her donation wasn’t enough.

They were open and friendly like in this movie trailer and really showed love to us kids no matter our financial status. My mom quit going regularly but I would walk there on Sundays because they were more like family than my family. I got baptized there at 15 and the leaders/preachers would regularly pick me up to hang out or have dinner with them.
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Originally posted by Yellow jacket:
My Dad (and many of his friends) was saved in 1972 in his little country church. He was 17 and into everything the 60s hippie, rock n roll culture could offer. It was a miraculous conversion (they all are but his seemed even more so). Many in his very conservative Pentecostal church were resistant to these young people getting saved and coming to church. One man even stood up and pointed to their row and said "it's a shame for a man to have long hair."

But many of those old beehive, blue haired folks loved those kids with all their hearts. My Dad became a preacher and was a pastor and evangelist for 49 years until he died in 2021. He also turned his musical love to Jesus and made contemporary Christian music and wrote songs all his life. The "Jesus movement" was a true cultural event and one of God's great outpourings in America.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Me and my 3 sisters got kicked out of Catholic school because they wanted my sisters to kneel down and pray to a statue of Mary and my parents refused to let them. Long story that involved my Dad getting divorced and remarried and we ended up at Catholic school because the public school was terrible. We ended up at a Christian school where we all ended going till 8th grade.

You might not think this stuff happens but it does.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
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A little sidebar to Modern Day Savage’s Post about the ongoings at Asbury.

I grew up in Cincy which is about 2 hours from Wilmore, Ky where Asbury is. I would travel there every April till they moved it to summer for a huge outdoor Christian Music Festival called Ichthus.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthus_Festival
We called it the Christian Woodstock. Outside all weekend in the weather enjoying tons of friends (not in quite the same way as Woodstock) and music.
There were quite a few mudfests.

Now, I live just down the road from Asbury and it is great to see this while it is getting some media attention I sure wish it was getting more.
They’ve moved it up the road to Rupp arena where University of Kentucky Basketball plays.

It’s fun seeing the vehicles from all over the country painted up Asbury Bound.

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Originally posted by ryan81986:
Just got back from seeing it. It follows Greg Laurie more so than Chuck Smith or Lonnie Frisbee but it does show a good amount of their story. It is definitely an emotional rollercoaster that's for sure. The way it was filmed/edited and the use of the music definitely made you feel like you were back in that time and was very well done. The acting was phenomenal and if Jonathan Roumie and/or Kelsey Grammer don't at least get nominated for an award for this it will be a disgrace.

Maybe it's just my current state of mind but I haven't had a movie make me this emotional in a long, long time. I'll definitely be buying it when it's released and I'll likely see it in theaters again.

There was at least one thing I would change that would have made it a little bit better in my mind and still would keep it true to the actual story, but I won't go into details as to not spoil anything. However that did not sour my experience.

I highly recommend it.

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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:

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Originally posted by ryan81986:
Just got back from seeing it. It follows Greg Laurie more so than Chuck Smith or Lonnie Frisbee but it does show a good amount of their story. It is definitely an emotional rollercoaster that's for sure. The way it was filmed/edited and the use of the music definitely made you feel like you were back in that time and was very well done. The acting was phenomenal and if Jonathan Roumie and/or Kelsey Grammer don't at least get nominated for an award for this it will be a disgrace.

Maybe it's just my current state of mind but I haven't had a movie make me this emotional in a long, long time. I'll definitely be buying it when it's released and I'll likely see it in theaters again.

There was at least one thing I would change that would have made it a little bit better in my mind and still would keep it true to the actual story, but I won't go into details as to not spoil anything. However that did not sour my experience.

I highly recommend it.

Thanks for your thoughtful review. Your comments confirm my own impressions, just based on the trailers.

I too am interested in hearing what you think could've made this movie better... but as I haven't seen it yet, I'll wait to watch it before bugging you about it.

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Originally posted by ryan81986:
Let me know once you see it!

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Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
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A minor relation here.

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