Review of Nerve Full Movie: I haven't actually seen this movie but when I saw the trailer I was very irritated. This is a complete ripoff of a previous movie called 13 Sins. 13 sins are not well known even though it is an incredible movie and didn't get the attention it deserves. Then this movie nerve comes out and completely copied the plot line. If you've seen or are planning on seeing nerve please watch 13 sins because it is by far better 3 of 10. Poor movie.
One hour into this movie and still nothing. It's like watching youtube prank videos but as a Hollywood movie (with dramatic music, etc) and the end is a final...you guessed it, prank. Or dare. Maybe the faces (actors) in the movie will make many feeble-minded (tweens--20s) people Like it but actually, the movie is no better than 3 out of 10. One Star. I am 21 BTW, but honesty means a lot to me. Coming from a 19 year growing up in this era where people are eating their own used tampons, placing objects in sexual areas etc all for attention and friends online I definitely think this film hits that topic and represents it in such a way it definitely will have teens double think what they're doing online after seeing what the movie escalated to. The film is underrated, I personally think it was great, well paced and while it was comical and romantic it hit the serious notes very well. Definitely seeing it again.
It was a very unusual and accurate portrayal of what it would have been like to be an eyewitness of the events of that day. I think the thing that took me by surprise was how poor the early disciples were compared to the vast riches of the Roman Empire. They were just humble fishermen who stood to gain nothing by lying or stealing. I marveled at their simple dedication to "eternal life" and the cause of sharing the good news. I really see how people can stumble and struggle with such a powerful message. The message of the resurrection is the most important event in human history and this showed how the followers of Jesus didn't tamper with the tomb. They just reported what they saw as eyewitnesses. The gospel message is for everyone but I can see why the wealthy can struggle with it.
I also was moved by how dry the area was and how Jesus used that to share the news that he is the living water of cleansing and refreshment and life. Finally, the cast of characters was well done and the acting was superb. I would highly recommend this to anyone.
When we have to travel a long way to recount a story that changed the world. When we have to travel a long way when someone changes our life. When we have come along way to a foreign land we capture. When we the only way we see ourselves reach ranks is to do what we are told. When the only way to show peace and civility is to show brutality and cruelty. When the way life is, needed to change when we are looking for a new leader. When the only way is to have a new leader who rules over us, and shows mercy. When faith takes us a long way when we follow a leader we can't believe is alive. When there is no way someone could come alive after such punishment.
When the only way to show our power is a challenge and overthrow another. When the only way our faith remains when we don't try to show any threat (jew). When the world is changing, and the way of faith is through followers, power, and business. When we give up everything to know what another way of living is, we follow. When the only way to save us from this dismal life is enriching our souls in what we don't know exists. When the way of faith takes us places we never know existed. When we can't show how others ways work, when our power has proven more powerful we put a stop to it (Romans). When the only way the world change is by changing it ourselves. When we must find a way to tell if this new way and how much it enriches us, we spread the news to everyone (12 disciples).
When who we are and what we did goes a long way when others hear of our story and change faiths, titles, powers, and minds when what we saw is true (Claudius). When a faith is doubted and such methods have proven to be false, we look at the stories of those whom have been effected by this significant moment in time and realize this way was never planned or ever manifested, that the story of all these people all coming together could never been organized to account the samething, when all accounts and testimonials show that there once was a man who died and rose again and walked amongst us and spread the way of a faith that we must follow, to take us a new way into life (Jesus). When the only left place to go after we live is death and which way we go in how we lived and whom we followed such paths is left to decide. When the truth about this man is true, the faith that he carried and left for us was the way, and those who followed him went one way and others journey went another.
Having been born in 1950, I grew up seeing all the big Biblical epics, which I always enjoyed--The Ten Commandments, The Robe (a good contrast to this film), Ben Hur, King of Kings, The Greatest Story Ever Told (with the great Max von Sydow in his first American role), The Bible (with the first male naked buttocks), Barnabas (with the great Anthony Quinn), and Quo Vadis, to name just a few. There was always the Cinemascope treatment, Technicolor, the cast of thousands with lots of big stars, huge sets, and a thundering score by somebody like Miklos Rosa.
Then came the 70s with Jesus Christ, Superstar, and Godspell. with their modern music and minimalist staging. In the 90s and early 21st century, it was the controversial Christ re-telling, films that were not very popular, since critics like them, but audiences were shocked. Now, with this film, perhaps a new treatment and I liked it--a practical man who tries to come to grips with an experience beyond his ability to reason. The filming style is bare bones and realistic, no awe-filled thundering score and theatrical, Shakespearean declaiming here, Christ is very much just a gentle, loving and compassionate man whom the disciples greet with hugs and smiles. His ascension isn't staged like a Baroque painting--he blends into the morning sun. I liked it--it was a story on a human scale and actually left me with more to think about than the epics, which made all the decisions about how you were supposed to feel for you, super-imposed on you almost against your will. The treatment here is--this is what this practical, cynical soldier saw, he accepted it. Whether you do or not is up to you, the viewer, who saw it as he did.
It was a very unusual and accurate portrayal of what it would have been like to be an eyewitness of the events of that day. I think the thing that took me by surprise was how poor the early disciples were compared to the vast riches of the Roman Empire. They were just humble fishermen who stood to gain nothing by lying or stealing. I marveled at their simple dedication to "eternal life" and the cause of sharing the good news. I really see how people can stumble and struggle with such a powerful message. The message of the resurrection is the most important event in human history and this showed how the followers of Jesus didn't tamper with the tomb. They just reported what they saw as eyewitnesses. The gospel message is for everyone but I can see why the wealthy can struggle with it.
When we have to travel a long way to recount a story that changed the world. When we have to travel a long way when someone changes our life. When we have come along way to a foreign land we capture. When we the only way we see ourselves reach ranks is to do what we are told. When the only way to show peace and civility is to show brutality and cruelty. When the way life is, needed to change when we are looking for a new leader. When the only way is to have a new leader who rules over us, and shows mercy. When faith takes us a long way when we follow a leader we can't believe is alive. When there is no way someone could come alive after such punishment.
When who we are and what we did goes a long way when others hear of our story and change faiths, titles, powers, and minds when what we saw is true (Claudius). When a faith is doubted and such methods have proven to be false, we look at the stories of those whom have been effected by this significant moment in time and realize this way was never planned or ever manifested, that the story of all these people all coming together could never been organized to account the samething, when all accounts and testimonials show that there once was a man who died and rose again and walked amongst us and spread the way of a faith that we must follow, to take us a new way into life (Jesus). When the only left place to go after we live is death and which way we go in how we lived and whom we followed such paths is left to decide. When the truth about this man is true, the faith that he carried and left for us was the way, and those who followed him went one way and others journey went another.
Having been born in 1950, I grew up seeing all the big Biblical epics, which I always enjoyed--The Ten Commandments, The Robe (a good contrast to this film), Ben Hur, King of Kings, The Greatest Story Ever Told (with the great Max von Sydow in his first American role), The Bible (with the first male naked buttocks), Barnabas (with the great Anthony Quinn), and Quo Vadis, to name just a few. There was always the Cinemascope treatment, Technicolor, the cast of thousands with lots of big stars, huge sets, and a thundering score by somebody like Miklos Rosa.
Then came the 70s with Jesus Christ, Superstar, and Godspell. with their modern music and minimalist staging. In the 90s and early 21st century, it was the controversial Christ re-telling, films that were not very popular, since critics like them, but audiences were shocked. Now, with this film, perhaps a new treatment and I liked it--a practical man who tries to come to grips with an experience beyond his ability to reason. The filming style is bare bones and realistic, no awe-filled thundering score and theatrical, Shakespearean declaiming here, Christ is very much just a gentle, loving and compassionate man whom the disciples greet with hugs and smiles. His ascension isn't staged like a Baroque painting--he blends into the morning sun. I liked it--it was a story on a human scale and actually left me with more to think about than the epics, which made all the decisions about how you were supposed to feel for you, super-imposed on you almost against your will. The treatment here is--this is what this practical, cynical soldier saw, he accepted it. Whether you do or not is up to you, the viewer, who saw it as he did.
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