thomashdsupply
I been seein movies for a minute now but this one right here was aight. Wish I could have had a bigger role in the movie but the homie Kirk Cameron did his thing so I ain't mad at him. Great movie to watch if you're in the mood for laughs and fun...big bday party in 22 days, hope y'all can make it! The Lord, out!
TheLittleSongbird
Watched 'Saving Christmas' out of curiosity to see if it really was as bad as the universal panning, its ranking on the Bottom 100 and its Razzie wins and nominations in most categories made out. The film is not available in my country, but the full film can be found online for anyone to see just in case anybody is wondering how it came to be watched by me.Finally seeing 'Saving Christmas', it turned out it not only really is that terrible but is one of my most regretted film viewings. One where a very early bailing was strongly considered but generously stuck with it in order to be fair, never judge films without seeing the whole thing (wish that more people did that instead of bragging about walking out after twenty minutes or something similarly ridiculous). It is by far the worst film of 2014, an easy contender for the worst of the decade and is bottom 5 material.And Kirk Cameron's immature and condescending defence of 'Saving Christmas' and attacking those who hated it (note to Mr Cameron, you don't have to be an atheist or even religious to find 'Saving Christmas' a terrible film, speaking as someone who is neither but with not a biased against Christians bone in my body) is a perfect example of what is wrong with how people express their opinions on film, critics and film watchers today. People who have an inability to tell the difference between fact and opinion, resort to the "I'm right and you're wrong" cliché and have to insult others, bash critics and invent ridiculous and easily disproven conspiracy theories.Back to talking about 'Saving Christmas', the whole thing is hopelessly inept. It feels very slapped together with no rhyme or coherence, with amateurishly designed, written and acted biblical flashbacks, a lot of padding with scenes that go on forever (got tired of the scenes in the car fast, which saw lots of forced at best acting and gobbledegook that passes for dialogue), lots of repetition (like with the hot chocolate and the car conversations) and others having no reason for being there and Cameron's dubious generalisations (refuse to call them facts) and narration that come over as preachy, biased, self-absorbed sermonising standing out as especially bad. Oh and that ending dance sequence was an abomination in every sense, pacing, choreography, music, everything.It even looks bad, with some of the most artificial production values one will find anywhere let alone a film, complete with pedestrian photography and disjointed editing. The music was instantly forgettable as soon as the film was finally over and as for the direction, what direction? There is no coherence to the whole thing, the pacing is all over the place (interminably dull mostly) and there has never been more non-existent direction of actors, even on films riffed on MST3K.Writing is appalling from heavy-handed, egotistical start to abominable finish. That for Cameron has already been discussed but there is nothing heart-warming, funny or insightful about 'Saving Christmas', nothing that makes one think hard or feel anything. For a festive occasion, one couldn't imagine and will never see again a more drearily portrayed Christmas, this actually felt like it was made by people who hated Christmas even more than Ebeneezer Scrooge did. One is just bored out of their mind and angry at their life being wasted on a film that has no engagement, is so poorly put together and made, is impossible to learn anything from or get emotionally invested in and talks at them. Am not easily preached at, but 'Saving Christmas' talked at and down to me.Cameron's "acting" is extremely forced and patronising, pretty much like mugging, throughout and his huge ego bursts alive just as much on screen, in his material and how he delivered it, as it did when he attacked those who panned the film for far more legitimate reasons than he and the very small minority agreeing with him can ever give for finding any kind of value in the film. To me he is hypocritical as well as egotistical, due to that it is Christians that are more likely than anybody else to feel patronised to the most. The other cast members are not worth mentioning, don't even remember many, that's how much Cameron and his ego dominates.Overall, one of, and one of the biggest examples of, not many irredeemably awful films out there. Unless watching for curiosity's sake, this is a must avoid. 0/10 (an unheard of rating for me these days, have grown to hate giving them out, but 'Saving Christmas' is in the top 10 of the most deserving recipients of it). Bethany Cox
soldjt1
This movie is none other than stunning. Kirk Cameron shines as "Daddy Christmas." A musical inspired by "South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut,' "Team America," and "The Book of Mormon," this movie hilariously satirizes the Muslim religion. The cast is fan'cast'tic. None other than Joe Rogan himself plays Santa, Rob Schneider plays fat Jesus, and Kirk Cameron is portrayed as gay Muhammad. Don't miss out on this one folks. If you do, you wouldn't have seen it.
Pied-Pfeffer
There used to be a cinema that featured really bad movies. It cost nothing to get in, but the viewer had to pay if they wanted to leave before the film ended. If that place still exists, they should add this one to their list.There are brilliantly bad movies that deserve a "1" rating. This is one of them.
