i'm gonna go see the movie "heaven is for real"

[orleans]

either when it opens or the opening weekend

(not because i'm a christian and i believe in heaven but because i'm a spiritualist and i believe in an afterlife.)

i finally found a review on on it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/heaven-is-for-real-movie-review/2014/04/15/95cfed1a-c178-11e3-b574-f8748871856a_story.html

from watching the trailer the child meets his sister who died at or before birth, and he meets his grandfather or great-grandfather

anyone else planning on seeing it?

[cate94]

1. This is the first I have heard of it.

It sounds interesting. I'm curious about your reaction once you've seen it.

[orleans]

2. seen it

greg kinnear was really good--he was the best part of the movie (including the storyline)

that kid started getting a little too cute to suit me, but i'm sure everyone will adore him (except the guy who wrote the review i link too. he didn't adore the kid at all!)

i wanted to be emotionally moved by this film and i wasn't.
it takes you down roads that go no where. and it gets pretty sappy.

one thing that was made clear in the film is that even though the child was "near death" he did not "die" or flatline on the operating table--at least as far as the family was told. and if that is true i wonder how this experience even happened.

some of the movie has nothing to do with anything--especially the opening scene after scene after pointless scene

this review says it lacks dramatic suspense. oh how i agree.

"Heaven Is For Real is cinematic hell… or, at the very least, a painful, theater-based purgatory where time stretches for an eternity and your creative soul wallows in a cliché-soaked limbo begging for the end credits to arrive and set you free. No matter your religious preferences, you’ll find it tedious and pandering – unless you worship at the altar of boredom."
http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Heaven-Is-For-Real-6804.html

i tried to overlook all the religion because i'm such a big fan of the afterlife (long island medium, george anderson, ghost whisperer, celebrity ghost stories, that beyond and back series about near death experiences, etc) but i walked out feeling kind of like...meh...

too bad because they could've had me at hello.

[cate94]

3. Too bad

It sounded like it had some promise and I am a Greg Kinnear fan. Thanks for the review.

[Big Blue Marble]

4. Thanks for the review.

I will skip. Hollywood has a hard time with these topics. My all time favorite is
"Defending Your Life.'

[orleans]

5. i love "defending your life" n/t

[NJCher]

6. I'll wait

Sorry, Orleans, that you didn't have such a good experience with this movie. I think I'll pass on it for now and maybe rent the DVD when it comes out.

A friend saw it this weekend. Here's what he wrote:

Took my family to see Heaven is for Real. an amazing true story of a 4 year old boy who had an out of body experience and went to heaven. He described in great detail who he saw, angels, and deceased family members whom he had never met. The movie reflects directly the book. An extraordinary read. Trisha gave me the book suggesting I read it before seeing the movie.

The boys name is Colton Burpo. He is now 14. One of the most extraordinary things that happened to him in heaven was meeting his sister who died in a miscarriage before he was born. Colton never knew of that story but hos mother confirmed this when Colton asked her about a baby that "died in her tummy."


I read the book. I was a little put off by the references to Jesus, as I am not a practicing Christian. A friend, however, explained it to me like this: The Other Side communicates messages in the language that the person best understands.

So if the person is a believer in Jesus, it's Jesus they see.


Cher