Faith-based movies like 'Sound of Freedom' resonated with audiences that are hungry for entertainment that matches their convictions, a media critic said.
"I think satire is most effective when there's a little bit of sympathy and understanding for the subject that is being satirized. So I think that satire is less effective when it really makes the thing it's satirizing two-dimensional. I felt like that happened here," he said.
"Ken has a little bit of redemption at the end of the movie, but even then he's kind of this weepy puddle. So I don't think men come off very well in this movie at all…as I think about this aspect of culture and cultural conflict, it's like— can we try to right some of the historic wrongs that women have faced without being a zero-sum game?" he pondered.
Holz says Plugged In approaches movies like"Barbie" as a whole, noting the positive and negative messages from a Christian perspective rather than dwelling on"soundbites."The Christian ministry has been around since 1991, originally as a newsletter and then as a magazine before launching as website in 1999. Holz says they review movies, music, television shows, video games, YouTube channels, books and music.
"We want to think through the bigger ideas, the worldview ideas, the narratives, and help families sort of compare and contrast those with a Biblical worldview. So that is where we're coming from, and we hope that we can help your family think critically about the vast amount of entertainment that we have in our world today through the screens that are everywhere," he said.Kristine Parks is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Read more.
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