Wednesday, October 23, 2013

I'm In Love with a Church Girl --- "Praisics" of a Movie


I went to the premiere of "I'm in love with a church girl" and I have to admit that I was more than pleased with the performance of Jeff 'JA Rule' Atkins' as the lead actor. I've always been skeptical of rappers/singers wanna-be actors. I especially loved the scenes where he's talking to God and breaks down before Him, the emotions it generates are palpable and the audience can relate to such moments; the honesty he conveys in admitting that he's not sure to be the godly man that Vanessa's parents are wishing for their daughter.
I wish I could ravel on the co-star's (Adrienne Baillon) performance. First of all I had never heard of her before this movie. So my first reaction was that, hey this movie is giving some aspiring actors a chance to show their craft, how cool is that. Then a couple of days before I actually watched the movie, a teen friend told me that she was a serious actress. So I even more so looked forward to the movie.
Except for a reference to the kids waiting , which extracted a few laughs of me,and her in a hospital bed, Ms. Baillon acting was down right, boring, fake and forced. Before I actually took time to write this piece, I googled her and was somewhat impressed by pedigree.So what happened where was that genius during the shooting of the film? Maybe she would have fared better had she had a singing part? Well, there is still room for improvement and I'm glad that there young aspiring actors who would find cool to play in a faith based movies.
That said, I wouldn't go as far as it give it a one star like the so-called critics at the WaPo. I would bump it up to two or maybe a tow and half out of 4, for the non-cussing and non-nudity (which in most decent films is unnecessary) .
However in regards to all this, I had some concerns or rather some questions such as: Should the church encourage missionary dating? Dating a non-believer in the hopes that he or she will convert. How many believers have dated a non-believer, went to club parties, slept over at the boyfriend's house wearing the boyfriend's night gown and resisted the temptation to have sex before marriage?


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