God’s Not Dead, released a month ago, is about a philosophy teacher (Kevin Sorbo) who goes out of his way to convince his students that - yes - God is dead and/or not real and/or you’re stupid if you believe in God. Son of God, released in late February, is a condensed version of the 2013 History Channel miniseries The Bible, which tells the story of Jesus. But the familiar tale of Noah’s ark (never forget its remix, 2012) remarkably takes more cues from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers battle scenes than your average religious text reenactment. And that should not come as a surprise, considering its status as a $125 million epic starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, and Anthony Hopkins. Total 2014 Domestic Gross (All Charts Supplied by Box Office Mojo, 4/21/14)Ītop the religious film food chain in 2014 is Noah. Three others, to be exact, exerting their will on the secular mainstream film industry.
Yes, there was Noah (biblical: yes Christian: debatable), but there were others. It just felt right.īut also because of the hard-to-ignore reality that a handful of Christian films were beginning to put up atypical numbers at the box office. Or watching The Jacksons: An American Dream on Thanksgiving. You know, like watching A Charlie Brown Christmas in the days leading up to December 25. I didn’t even have a clean suit to wear to give the impression that I was taking a post-church afternoon stroll.įeeling out of sorts on a day that’s usually filled with friends and family and rituals and food and colors sorbet, it seemed as good a time as any to go see Noah. Not as a plea, not saying, “Hey, God, you see me, down here at Noah - you see this, right?” I went so I could live a topical life. I overslept and didn’t make it to a church. From the jump, this wasn’t a normal Easter Sunday.
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