Mike Seaver is a porn addict, fire fighter AND he is getting a divorce?!?!!?!?

Fireproof.

Now I will be upfront about my reasons for watching this movie because I believe it will justify all the bones I have to pick with one Mr. Kirk Cameron. I had heard that as a staunch Christian Cameron would not kiss his co-star at the movies big romantic climax because he didn't believe in kissing any other woman other than his wife, even for pretend. Kinda weird if you are an actor but also kinda sweet in a sideways way. Needless to say I was interested to see if it was true. Then with all the pre-VDay previews of the movie my softer side started to think this movie looked kind of romantic in its own so I caved and rented it when it came out on DVD.

Now I expected it to be a little on the verge of cheesy as other low-budget-Christian-made-movies I have seen before. . .

. . .but I gave it a chance. Now Kirk Cameron if you ever read this please feel free to contact me because I would like to ask you some things. 1. Has age made your acting worse, your charm fade or was it just the script? 2. So its not okay to kiss someone other than your wife if you are acting, but it is okay to pretend she is your wife, pretend that you are a firefighter when you are not and pretend that you are an overly aggressive, verbally violent, porn-addicted, un-loving on the verge of being divorced husband?????? I just want to know where exactly that line is. Email me. We'll talk.

Other than those obvious contradictions in the message the movie is trying to get across and the actual ones it send there are some other interesting pieces of the movie. Such as Erin Bethea's accent. Does she really have such a hokey southern accent? And if it was acting why did she have such a strong accent when everyone else was from the south and lacked any discernible accent?

Hmmmmmmm.

Perhaps I over analyzed this one but Fireproof left me questioning the entire story and set-up, mostly because the actual story was so boring that I had to find another way to occupy my time. I do not doubt that this is an excellent movie seeing as it is a faith based production that did surprisingly well in the non-faith-based market that is the multiplex. Kudos for that and for your endurance but in your next stab at this try to be more continuous in your story telling. Less holes in the plot and character development please.

Thanks. And seriously Kirk email.

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