MOVIE BACKGROUND: The Kendrick Brothers are at it again with their latest installment into the Christian movie scene, War Room, which is a lovable and heartwarming film focused on prayer and trusting in God. The story starts off with Tony (T.C. Stallings) and Elizabeth Jordan (Priscilla C. Shirer), a seemingly “have it all” couple with their beautiful daughter Danielle (Alena Pitts), a big house and a white picket fence kind of life style. However, things are not always as they seem. Despite their success, they are a disconnected, dysfunction family who clearly need help! Tony and Elizabeth have a very unhappy marriage and the only way that things are going to get better is if God intervenes (or a divorce, but hey, the Kendrick’s have
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I have always enjoyed watching the Kendrick Brother’s films for their biblical messages and War Room did not disappoint. One of my favorite analogies was in the beginning of the film when Miss Clara asks Elizabeth a question about her prayer life being “hot or cold.” While Miss Clara proceeds to make coffee, Elizabeth responds; “I’m not hot, but I’m not cold either. Just, you know, somewhere in the middle.” Miss Clara hands Elizabeth a cup of coffee, which she begins to sip. With a confused look, Elizabeth asks Miss Clara if she likes her “coffee at room temperature?” Miss Clara responds; “everybody drinks their coffee hot or cold, but nobody likes it lukewarm, not even the Lord.” I truly enjoyed the coffee analogy that Miss Clara uses. I felt like that really got the point across that you cannot just be in the middle with your faith. You are either all in or not in at …show more content…
War Room was one of the Kendrick’s better movies, but “better” is a relative term. Along with this God-fearing adventure of domestic violence comes poor script writing, flat characters and forced humor – the usual trademarks of the Kendrick’s. Some scenes were great like the coffee scene, but others were just simply awful, like the scene where Elizabeth and Miss Clara are being robbed by some weird white dude (J.D. Banks). Here is the thing, some white guy in their mid-20’s with a backwards hat waving a knife around is probably the least believable thing I have ever seen in a film. I remember watching this scene and thinking to myself; “I would not have given him a dime.” The only thing intimidating was the terrific soundtrack in the background. They should have cast somebody that could create a more threatening and menacing vibe than our boy Banks did. Better yet, they should have given him better lines than “Give me your money right now.” It is just pure laziness on the writers’
I have always enjoyed watching the Kendrick Brother’s films for their biblical messages and War Room did not disappoint. One of my favorite analogies was in the beginning of the film when Miss Clara asks Elizabeth a question about her prayer life being “hot or cold.” While Miss Clara proceeds to make coffee, Elizabeth responds; “I’m not hot, but I’m not cold either. Just, you know, somewhere in the middle.” Miss Clara hands Elizabeth a cup of coffee, which she begins to sip. With a confused look, Elizabeth asks Miss Clara if she likes her “coffee at room temperature?” Miss Clara responds; “everybody drinks their coffee hot or cold, but nobody likes it lukewarm, not even the Lord.” I truly enjoyed the coffee analogy that Miss Clara uses. I felt like that really got the point across that you cannot just be in the middle with your faith. You are either all in or not in at …show more content…
War Room was one of the Kendrick’s better movies, but “better” is a relative term. Along with this God-fearing adventure of domestic violence comes poor script writing, flat characters and forced humor – the usual trademarks of the Kendrick’s. Some scenes were great like the coffee scene, but others were just simply awful, like the scene where Elizabeth and Miss Clara are being robbed by some weird white dude (J.D. Banks). Here is the thing, some white guy in their mid-20’s with a backwards hat waving a knife around is probably the least believable thing I have ever seen in a film. I remember watching this scene and thinking to myself; “I would not have given him a dime.” The only thing intimidating was the terrific soundtrack in the background. They should have cast somebody that could create a more threatening and menacing vibe than our boy Banks did. Better yet, they should have given him better lines than “Give me your money right now.” It is just pure laziness on the writers’