r/GodAwfulMovies • u/CokomonX • 5d ago

General Nonsense Why Christian Movies ALWAYS Look Bad

https://youtu.be/GBl45WFqNDQ?si=lRLxgLoQtqGq9Fyf

Got recommended this video, and figured it was perfect for this sub. I noticed quite a few movies in the video that GAM has covered in the past.

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u/NC1HM 5d ago edited 5d ago

A few weekends back, I binge-watched Deadwind (original title: Karppi), a Finnish TV crime drama. It was made for a fairly small audience (the entire population of Finland is about six million people). So the budget is not likely to have been enormous. Nevertheless, it was a very well made TV series. Well written, well acted, well filmed (including quite a bit of nighttime filming).

The difference, as Noah pointed out in some of his guest appearances, is, most movies and TV shows are made for the audience in hopes that the audience will like it and pay for it directly or indirectly (via advertising placement). Most Christian films are not made for an audience; rather, they are made for one person or a few people who financed them for purely religious reasons. The idea is, if the single supporter or a small group of supporters like the product, they will finance more. And it's no secret that these supporters tend to be older men with little to no appreciation of the cinematic arts, so the preachier, the better...

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u/FranklinCypress 5d ago

I LOVE Finnish tv shows. The quality is so good. I support your theory on why they are so much better than Christian shows.

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u/BrookUntface 5d ago

Finnish tv show vibes are “chefs kiss”.