Facing The Giants

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:10 pm

Facing The Giants is a movie made by a Church in Georgia. It's about the football team of a Christian Hish School. I saw it today. It was really good.

If you need to see something spiritually uplifting, this is a great movie!

Have you seen it? What'd you think?

Post by **Catspaw** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:48 pm

I've heard about it, and I saw a trailer for it a while ago, but I haven't seen the actual movie. I'm not the biggest football movie person, but it looked like it might be decent. After your recommendation, I would like to see it sometime! $\:D/$ It might be a while, though.

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:20 pm

A group from my church was going, but the nearest showing is in Richmond, which is a ways from where I live.

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:12 pm

I saw it about a month ago because my dad got an early look at it so he could promote it on the radio. I have to admit that I liked this movie. I'm not a big football fan, but this movie held my attention.

COWBOY OF TEXAS · Post by **COWBOY OF TEXAS** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:54 pm

Some of my friends when and saw it and they said it was really good, but I haven't seen it.

-Cowboy

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:35 pm

They made like 1.3 million on it.

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:47 pm

danadelfos wrote:They made like 1.3 million on it.

I heard 2, but either way they did really good for a movie made by a Church, with mostly members of the church and filmed entirely with one camera.

Me · Post by Me » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:54 pm

Actually, It's number 14 at the box office right now, and has grossed almost 3 million. The budget was $100,000. Donated entirely by members of the church. The only crew they hired was a professional DP (directory of photography).

Most films are shot with only one camera, so that bit isn't unusual at all.

snowflake · Post by **snowflake** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:24 pm

YES!!! Great, awesome and absolutley wonderful! I loved it! True, it wasn't the best actors in the world, but it was real life. and, I mean, how many films get a PG rating because of the GOSPEL!!! $\:D/$

shasta · Post by **shasta** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:32 pm

I read an article on the movie recently, sounded pretty good. Here it is:
http://www.inreview.net/story/how_a_loc ... the_giants

Peace!
-king shasta

LizzieG · Post by **LizzieG** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:23 pm

We saw a clip of it (the part where one of the players carried another across the field) in my New Student Orientation class, in order to inspire us to never give up. Other than that, I haven't seen it...but I'm sure I will sooner or later.

suzanne291 · Post by **suzanne291** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:03 am

Yeah, the acting is pretty bad except the coach is decent. And the movie is really spiritually uplifting. Even if you don't like football. And the PG rating is stupid; there's nothing objectionable. It's really a family film.

snowflake · Post by **snowflake** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:07 am

suzanne291 wrote:Yeah, the acting is pretty bad except the coach is decent. And the movie is really spiritually uplifting. Even if you don't like football. And the PG rating is stupid; there's nothing objectionable. It's really a family film.

it's not THAT bad...and, as I said before...the PG rating was because it was to "Jesus-y"

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:14 am

pinkjeans92 wrote:
suzanne291 wrote:Yeah, the acting is pretty bad except the coach is decent. And the movie is really spiritually uplifting. Even if you don't like football. And the PG rating is stupid; there's nothing objectionable. It's really a family film.
it's not THAT bad...and, as I said before...the PG rating was because it was to "Jesus-y"

I can easily imagine a football film getting a PG rating just for the violence of the football. $\:D/$

Anyway I haven't seen it, but my parents went and saw it yesterday and said it was really good. $\:D/$

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:33 pm

I haven't seen it...just read an article about it in World magazine. It was saying how the rating association rated it PG for "thematic elements," and said it was proselytizing too much. Or something to that effect.

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:52 pm

yeah essentally it was rated PG for being overtly Christian.

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:42 pm

It's made 4 million so far.

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:46 pm

danadelfos wrote:It's made 4 million so far.

Yeah! That's really exciting. I wanna go see it again...anyone want to come with me?

Post by **Catspaw** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:21 pm

macnut24 wrote:
danadelfos wrote:It's made 4 million so far.
Yeah! That's really exciting. I wanna go see it again...anyone want to come with me?

Me! Pick me! $\:D/$ I would like to see it sometime, though I'll probably end up waiting to see it on DVD. I'm glad to see so many positive comments about the movie!

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:30 pm

The Today show did a clip on it and it was very good. You can go to the followiinig link to see it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/

(You'll see it in the list of stories that they have done.)