Genre: Drama/Sci Fi
Jake's Rating: 2 stars
Cami's Rating: 3 stars
This is a really low-budget film written by a Twilight Zone and original Star Trek writer. It's been getting RAVE reviews, and we saw it on Instant Play on Netflix, so we watched it. It felt like a Twilight Zone in method--it took place in basically one room, with the same people, and nothing but conversation. Kind of like a play. It was written extremely well, and done well in every way, I guess, so it gets three stars from me for that, but we actually didn't like it because of the outcome of the conversation. If you are not a Christian, or strictly religious person, or you don't mind slandering of your beliefs for the sake of entertainment, you will probably think this movie is great.
Summary: A goodbye party for Professor Oldman with his colleagues turns into an interrogation about why he's leaving, why he never seems to age, and who exactly he is.
Thoughts: So, this will contain spoilers for sure. We didn't like it that if you believe this man really has been alive for 14,000 years, you also have to believe that he was Christ, and that Christ is not the son of God, did no miracles, and that most of the scripture stories are just legends. The way it was presented was very interesting, and at least they put in a sympathetic Christian character, who was very upset, so Oldman appeases her by continuing to "lie" about who he is so she can keep her faith. It reminds me of The Da Vinci Code in that way, but it was more harmless than that to me, because the rest of it was so unreal. It was more of a "what if" story than anything. I don't think they were really trying to convince us that Jesus was really just a caveman who studied with Buddha. Still, for us, as people who hold Christ's divinity as of utmost importance, we did not appreciate that they took it that far. The rest of it was gripping and interesting. Too bad they had to basically alienate an entire group of viewers.
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