Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films With Wisdom & Discernment

Brian Godawa suggests that movies are to contemporary culture what the Areopagus was to Ancient Greece -- a significant arena of ideas and communication. Indeed, through well-crafted storytelling, movie makers communicate powerfully to influence the way we think and behave. We must, then, think rationally and reflectively about the films we watch, especially since each of us should understand and impact culture for the good... Read Full Review

Hollywood Worldviews is a book that is as needed as it is almost singularly notable: a Biblically informed analysis of contemporary film that chooses to light a candle rather than curse the darkness. The author, Brian Godawa, is actively involved in the business of motion pictures as a screenwriter (a check of IMDB shows that he has a film, To End All Wars, due out soon). Godawa has clearly been influenced by one of the... Read Full Review

Publishers Weekly's review is pure Relativism. Apparently they don't believe in correctness or accuracy. They fault Godawa for believing that there is correct interpretation of art and an accurate view of Heaven. Strangely they don't believe there is such a thing as a correct interpretation of a screenplay and yet they assume their interpretation of Godawa's writing is correct. Their review is Relativism at it's most simplistic... Read Full Review

For those people who are interested in applying the Word and Will of God to all aspects of their lives, this book truly identifies ways in which we can accomplish such a task as it pertains to our "movie watching". The emphasis the author maintains on Christian WORLDVIEW provides a guiding theme throughout the book, and provides illuminating lessons to those of us not wanting to be fooled, deceived, influenced, or manipulated... Read Full Review

Most of us just watch movies to be entertained, not necessarily to "learn". Do we realize that when we watch a movie we are seeing the world through the eyes of the writer/director/producer? This book challenges us to open our eyes to the bigger picture and unveils the worldview being taught to us in several movies. I know that I now watch movies differently than before I read this book! Brian Godawa's clear, thought-provoking... Read Full Review