Saving Christmas | Say MovieNight Kevin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2015
- Kirk Cameron is back again, and this time it's Christmas time. See what I think about the whole darn thing, on this episode of MOVIE NIGHT!!!!
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As a Liberty University cinematic arts student, I want everyone to know that we didn't have anything to do with this movie.
Haha. But you did nothing to stop it! Remember:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
I think that says it all. Now look at the mess we have. haha.
Say Goodnight Kevin You got me xD
It seems to me that going to a dance can get you kicked out of Liberty U. Yet, towards the end of this film is a hip hop dance sequence. Interesting.
Jennifer T. There's actually swing dancing every week on campus. It's not hip hop but it's something :D
Liberty is accredited, as far as I know.
This movie would have been incredible had it been 90 minutes of Kirk Cameron whacking people with a giant candy cane as the poster suggested.
I love how Kirk Cameron says that the original people in the nativity weren't white...then proceeds to cast white people in their roles.
David Gere was the casting director on Saving Christmas, not Kirk Cameron.
Blame him: www.imdb.com/name/nm1020877/
Hey, he already cast his *one* black friend, what more do you want??
/sarcasm font
Facts 😆
um, we don't have kids together Kirk Cameron.
speak for yourself
LOLOLOLOL
I died XD
As did I.
Yeah us either Kirk, sorry :/
This movie feels really arrogant. Like we're going to tell you why you should celebrate Christmas our way. Um no. Celebrate it how you want to celebrate it. You don't really need to justify it.
it won four razzies. kirk Cameron and his ego won for "worst on screen couple"
James Tuttle Hello Kirk Cameron’s who, or should I say Mrs. Cameron?
Wait- isn't Charlie Brown Christmas the greatest Christian Christmas movie? Can't we all just watch that?
I love The Star and The Nativity Story.
And the Veggie Tales ones are great as well-especially St. Nicholas and The Star of Christmas. :)
I'm going to assume that the year this movie came out, ABC was still airing A Charlie Brown Christmas uncensored. In fact, they played it last year, and Linus, unapologetically, quoted scripture and said "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown." yeah Kirk, tone it down and keep it at your house🤣
Zachary Siple hell ya love that thing.
Even Christians hate this movie. This makes Old Fashioned look like a masterpiece.
My Christmas isn’t complete until I watch this review every year.
You’re too kind my friend!
Nothing is better than the scene where Kevin realizes they aren't leaving the car. Oh, the despair in his eyes!
The makers of this movie really could have taken a cue from Adventures in Odyssey. Adventures in Odyssey did a BTV Christmas episode that explained the origin of Christmas traditions, and did it in 25 minutes. Still one of my favorite AIO episodes.
+Kendyll Hawkins Agreed 110% it was so much better
+Kendyll Hawkins Yeah, Odyssey is much more balanced. It actually acknowledges certain Christmas customs' pagan influences, such as the Roman Saturnalia and Yuletide.
Hence why its one of their best works
Agreed! Love AIO. I have every episode on my iPad.
What’s the name of the episode?
Out of all the movies you've reviewed, all the cartoons, I swear to God, even Psalty, THIS. THIS MOVIE. This is the the absolutely worst thing I have ever seen.
+Aubrey Anderson Psalty was made for toddlers, this movie on the other hand really has no excuse because it seems to have been aimed at adults or young adults.
+Aubrey Anderson Uhm... check out Parables Films. As far as filmmaking goes, some of them are straight-up awkward, even for low-budget films.
+Aubrey Anderson You have yet to see Food Fight. Go and watch it. I dare you to watch it for the entire duration. It cost $65 million to make, you know.
Benjamin Bjorkman Yeah, okay, you win. Lol.
try getting loaded first, it helps make it easier to watch.
My wife and i watch this movie and then your video every christmas. I still have no clue what point Kirk Cameron is making and who the movie is targeted at. His explanations for Christmas are absolutely insane. It’s truly a joy to watch
Understandable. It such a great awful film. Its watchable like The Room is.
"Um, we don't have kids together, Kirk Cameron..." HAHAHAHAHA
As a proud member of Liberty University, I object the absolute waste of my tuition dollars that was this movie.
Half a million dollars went into this. *Half a million.*
At least, it wasn't like David and Goliath, which wasted $50 million in creating something utterly unwatchable (even for LULZ).
Sorry to hear that. I get mad because of the money that goes into a city bus pass even though I have a car.
+_ _Yeesh....I'm truly sorry...
Hey can I ask you something? Was the university tolerant? I’m just curious cause each political sides says their opponents are intolerant. So I am a democrat, and I don’t care about republicans or democrats. I just want to know how was your time there?
"He seems like a really nice guy"
Don't even joke about that.
Nothing like a bunch of white people dancing to end a classic Christmas film! Excellent review, Kevin. You made some really great points at the end as well.
not just dancing, but, "hip hop" dancing, and the director seemed to forget to instruct the extras, to "not look into the camera."
Lol the red cup thing. It made me think about people freaking out over Starbucks doing a red cup instead of a Christmas cup 😂
Wait, you meant Santa Claus is really BATMAN?? Next you'll be telling me he's part of the illuminati
Oh dear I commented originally at the beginning and then at the end you talked about he Starbucks red cup!
I want a full song made out of the "IT'S CHRISTIAN" thing! ;)
anyone who doesn't know where it's from... blimeycow's "putting Christian in front of a word doesn't make it Christian"
+Scott Cook Thanks, I'd forgotten! :)
Kirk, if I'm imagining this more 'Lord of the Rings'-y, then there's definitely elves in it, not the Council of Trent.
This is the most passionate ive seen Kevin in a while.
The brother-in-law looks disturbingly like Bryan Cranston in the early eps of BREAKING BAD. Or Ned Flanders.
Kirk couldn't do even a minimal amount of research? St. Boniface began the Christmas tree tradition in Germany.
As the cinema snob has said during one of his reviews of this. I think Kirk looked up the information, was shocked at what he saw because it didn't agree with his views so he has to form a thinly veiled excuse as to stable his faith.
Goodnight, Kevin.
+Ganulous Goodnight, Kevin.
This is the best part of the show every week
I have to say, I've only found your Chanel today, but I genuinely enjoy this! It's like a cross between Nostalgia Critic, JonTron, and cinema snob, but you toned down the language and talk about some already terrible movies that they barely touch. I'll be sure to watch more episodes as they come out!
Kirk is so enamored with the Christmas spirit that he failed to realize there was no cocoa in the cup.
+Say Goodnight Kevin 6:33 It's the....token black guy! Dat is wack!
Exactly!
+L Pace Let me respond in one of the most clichéd token black woman responses ever... Mmmmhmmm!
St Nicholas supported the doctrine of the Trinity when many were rejecting it, can't we just appreciate him for that?
Glasses Guy: *a bunch of valid criticisms about the way we celebrate Christmas*
Kirk Cameron: Hey, you're overthinking this! You know what Jesus would do? He would drink eggnog and break dance.
I have no idea what the purpose of this movie was. I guess it was to explain the origins of certain Christmas "traditions" and justify Christians using them, but I think he's really reaching with his rationalizations here. The symbolism of Christ dying for our sin is nice and I don't actually have a problem with Christians celebrating Christmas since I do too, I'm just saying his logic is all over the place.
You said Relics and Music right beside each other. Relics is a Pink Floyd album, who make music. Pink Floyd has the same initials as Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction stars John Travolta, who also plays in Saturday Night Fever. Fevers were a symptom of the black plague. Darth Plagues is named after the word plague.
IT'S CONFIRMED! YOU ARE A SITH LORD
Liberty University made this? oooooh boy,....
Are they infamous for something?
+japzone Bernie Sanders a democratic socialist spoke there... so yeah. I have know idea why they would want him to speak there.
+Brandon Roberts Yeah, LU is pretty embarrassed by this piece of trash. He announced it at Convocation last year and barely two weeks later the entire campus (President Falwell himself included in that) was making fun of it at official university events. And the film school is actually really good, at least according to Mark Burnett.
+Gabe Snode You know what's funny? Political rhetoric has gotten so divisive, with everyone calling names so ridiculous and extreme, that my initial reaction was "Oh, for pete's sake, what a paranoid hunk o'.......... oh wait, that's actually accurate. Never mind......'
+Christine Smith haha
Actually, it also won worst screenplay/writing, Kirk Cameron won Worst Actor, and also won the worst screen combo with Kirk Cameron and his ego.
After multiple viewings the sudden "COOKIES" still gets me. Bravo.
I must say Kevin, I'm almost glad these movies exist, just so I can watch your take on them. I'm excited about next year!
A couple of observations about this movie... did they steal the New York Comic Con logo font? Also, the character introduced at 6:33 seems like a token racial stereotype and it makes me uncomfortable because it's kinda how the modern, evangelical, K-Love listening, church views black Christians. If I was that guy and read the script, I would've been like, 'Wait, wait, wait... AND you're making me the DJ?'
This movie definitely tried way too hard to be progressive against a super strict fundamentalist culture that largely isn't around anymore. I get that there are still Christians that think that Christmas trees allow Satan into your home or whatever crap, but an awful Kirk Cameron movie isn't going to suddenly enlighten them.
Just like Cameron is trying to convince THOSE people to lighten up in this movie, he also needs to lighten up and let people celebrate Christmas however they want, no matter how misguided that seems to be to him.
This whole movie is so backwards and contradictory in its premise.
Anyways, fantastic video from a new subscriber.
+ReplayStationShow "Dat is WACK!"
"Swaddling cloth FOR ANTS?!" 😂😂😂😂
I wrote a Christmas play about a Scrooge-like character bent out of shape about Christmas with a time machine for my church play last year. It was mildly decent.
Kirk Cameron is like kryptonite to Christians
Fantastic Review!
Area 52 would be where Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid get together to come up with mad plans for world conquest.
I'm an atheist and even I love Christmas.
I mean, most Atheists celebrate Christmas. It’s not solely a Christian holiday. Even Christians kind of mixed traditions from multiple cultures, and not all Christians have historically approved of Christmas. At this point, it belongs to everyone, Atheists included.
Me too
HERESY, nah jk
It's a pagan holiday tbh
I can't wait for the sequel, Kirk Cameron: Really Thirsty 2
I just hit that subscribe button so hard.
I think it'd be fun to make that movie: Ebenezer Scrooge: Time Travel Christmas!
+Jacob Hill Yes!
+Jacob Hill ghosts of Christmas past and future he does time travel
+Jacob Hill Starring The Time-Traveling Viking! :D
+John Smith but that was the timeline of one man... it would be interesting to see a man from the past react to how our christmas nowadays, would he change based on what he sees in the future? would he condone the actions or support them? what would scrooge do if he saw the modern time, and not a world without him... plus remove the flying sharks... if they were kept in it would be called Sharknado: Christmas edition
+Jacob Hill I'd pay $11 for a ticket to see it!
1. thank you so much for that Supertones reference!!
2. Unfortunately, there are actually Christians like that still out there, as in the ones who get all butthurt over Christmas... They're in my extended family -_- the!
3. I know it's weird that I watched this video in the summer, but hey, Christmas in July!! :D
also, "the!" was supposed to be "lol!".. thanks autocorrect *smh*
Haha. Happy Christmas in July!
As bad as this movie is, it’s still not as awful as the time Kirk Cameron kidnapped orphans and tricked them into thinking they died and went to Heaven.
love the subtle comments at the start. hilarious
Best review yet, this is absolutely hilarious
The best Movienight yet.
You know, the thing that really gets me about the ending is that Christian organized a hip-hop dance routine.
Dance routines, especially rehearsed ones, take at least a couple of months to reserve. Sure, he's buds with Deandre as evidenced by his presence at the Christmas party, but not even Deandre could've whipped up a dance number with his troupe in a minute, especially one that's implied to have been choreographed to a T. Earlier, the movie states that Christian had been in the anti-Christmas funk for at least a couple of months. His wife looks frazzled, as if she's had to do most of the arranging for the party - even getting Uncle Bill to play Santa - and is genuinely pissed at Christian for reneging on his duties for quite some time.
So, this either tells me that:
1. Christian pretended to be in an anti-Christmas funk for a couple of months just to surprise his wife with the hip-hop dance routine, which is near-borderline abusive in that he deliberately reneged on his duties and lumped them on his wife to the point where she'd chew him out during his apology, or:
2. Christian organized it begrudgingly, which is contrary to what the hip-hop dance routine is meant to symbolize (the gospel-bursting joy of terrible, terrible crunkcore), so he's trying to keep about-face to Deandre and his wife.
YES!! Thank you, Kevin! I've been waiting so long for you to do this movie!
Kevin, I have this habit of watching like the first 10 mins of Say Movienight Kevin, stopping and then coming back like a week later and finishing 😂😂😂
That's ok. haha.
Oh goodness, that manger scene... nicely done Kevin.
You are very good at inserting ad breaks
WAIT? didn't Eve steal the fruit? My head hurts
26:01 Did Kevin just swear?
*MY LIFE IS A LIE!*
+josiah jenks Haha. Is that one a swear word now too? I can't keep up with which ones are ok. :-P
+Say Goodnight Kevin Apparently in the UK (and possibly other places?) it is but where i come from it really isn't. great episode btw. I couldn't stop laughing both because of your hilarious commentary and because of how absolutely HORRENDOUS this movie is. im still mad about the fact that the movie poster was SO misleadingly awesome. Your ending remarks were amazingly insightful and true too. I feel like what you said is the tagline for all MovieNight eps and alot of Christian movies in general
+Say Goodnight Kevin Look up the definition of the word you used at 21:51. I knew it wasn't a good word but I didn't realize it was that bad. I like your movie reviews but I wish you wouldn't use words like these.
Gabe Snode This is actually the cleaned up version. :-)
+Say Goodnight Kevin I wish you hadn't told me that. I have done tons of stuff just as bad so I will attempt to worry about myself. :)
I have waited so long for this Kevin, thank you.
At the 7:20 mark, all I was thinking is "discount Chris Rock"....
TWO SAVING CHRISTMAS REVIEWS IN ONE MONTH???? THANK YOU UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!
I think it's so weird when Christians try to rationalize putting up Christmas trees and other non-religious decorations. Most Christians I know, including myself, will say "Yeah, trees are ripped from paganism. So?". Like I don't even care about the tree and decorations because that's not what this holiday is about. It's about Christ's birth and what it means to the world. I'd honestly be content without a Christmas tree or anything, though it would be weird.
I remember dragging the family to the theater to see this after watching Kirk Cameron promote it on Bill O'Reilly. I've been apologizing to my family ever since. Although, we still talk about Santa Claus clubbing a heretic like a baby seal, even after all these years.
If I recall, the entire run time of the movie was about 70 minutes. And the whole thing felt like they were stretching out the run time just to make it long enough to show in a theater.
Unlike Kevin, I did enjoy the conspiracy theory guys. I thought they were the only redeeming virtue this dumpster fire of a movie had.
How did Kirk Cameron regress this far
The review I've been waiting for! Thanks Kevin!
Family Force 5 gave them the rights to the song? Wow they've gone down hill since SoulGlow left
Great review as always Kev :)
Goodnight, Kevin. Goodnight, John-Boy
+Thomas Wilkinson LET ME OUTTA THIS TOWER!
The poster was extremely misleading
``St. Nicholas = Santa Claus'' is actually a pet peeve of mine,
because they ARE NOT the same person!
.... at least, over here in the Netherlands they are two different persons, with two different celebrations, both involving giving and getting presents! :D
(St. Nick's is 5th of December, and christmas is with christmas, of course ;-) )
This isn't the first movie which claims they are the same, and it probably won't be the last, but it always grinds my gears, so i really just wanted to get it of my chest.
Unfortunatly (i find it unfortunatly, at least,) there has been a big controversy a few years back (and around St. Nick's it's been brought up again, every year since) involving the party....
The controversy comes from the fact that St. Nicks in the Netherlands is traditionally celebrated by... painting your face black... yeah.....
I do get why a lot of people are against this practice, cause it is very similar to the very racist use of ``blackface''.
However, there's a little bit of a missunderstanding, since the St. Nick tradition of painting your face has ABSOLUTLY NOTHING to do with race.
In fact, if you can believe it, the practice actually comes from another tradition about cleaning your Fireplace, espacially the Chimney. The purpose of the black facepaint is to look like a chimney-sweeper.
I swear that i'm not making that up!
I hope someone has learned something to day, and the more you know, etc.
bye :)
Forget not the greatest Christmas character of all, Bellshnickle.
Black with curly hair an red lips mmm yep
@@jborrego2406 I forgot I posted this comment (It has been 6 years ago). I'm not the same person as back then and yes: Zwarte Piet is absolutly problematic, even racist. I'm convinced of that now too, and I'm ashamed I defended it in the past. I don't think everyone who celebrated/celebrates Zwarte Piet hates black people (I didn't), I just think they don't know how much the tradition hurts black people (I didn't, but I do know now, which is why I completely changed my opinion).
Awesome review dude. I really dug the message/mini-rant at the end too. Well done.
Wow. I'd never heard of this movie before, and I'm kinda wishing I'd still never heard of it, except that I got to watch you review it, Kevin!
My favorite part was your big rant at the end. It's a rant I needed to hear, and it was entertaining to boot! Great work, as always!
Or maybe, I don't know, the true story of Saint Nicolas. That would be a great movie.
+Laura H (Goofy Girl) Holy Christmas, you're totally right! That WOULD be an amazing movie!
+Say Goodnight Kevin Especially if they have him punch the guy questioning the deity of Jesus, that would be interesting.
The gold was Kirk Cameron's response to the criticism.
According to the wikipedia article, despite being panned by professional critics, Cameron is convinced that his film's low rating from IMDb users is the result of "haters", "pagans" and an atheist conspiracy that was allegedly hatched on Reddit.
I had a great Christmas movie idea, like a thriller drama movie idea.
I don't know what your policy is on non-religious filmmakers tackling Biblical stories, but is there any chance that you might review Noah or Exodus: Gods And Kings?
+Troy Wullbrandt NOT NOAH!!!!! THAT MOVIE WAS CRAP!!!!!!! (not yelling at you... I just really hate that film)
I know, I want to see Kevin rip both of them apart.
+Troy Wullbrandt I don't know, I feel like Say Movie Night Kevin would be better if it stuck to films that some of its viewers might actually contemplate watching. Otherwise, we're just laughing and shocking ourselves at how bad a movie is. That's fine if all you're looking for is entertainment, but I want this to be more than that. Just my view.
Garet Robertson Well, I would argue that ripping Noah apart would be an appropriate thing to do. In terms of filmmaking: it was atrocious, and its use of biblical inspiration was non existent (its like grabbing the names of very famous characters and changing the world around them to your whim... which is stupid) I would argue that the main points to look at when reviewing this film (of the first 20 minutes at least) would be a good lesson in how far is to far in terms of creating a Bible based film
Still haven't seen Noah, but Exodus: Gods And Kings is the Last Airbender of Biblical stories. Everything is toned down, the plagues are set up in a strange way, God is misrepresented, and Moses has absolutely no arc as a character.
Love movie night with Kevin.
Man an 8-minute that could've easily been made into a 10-minute film. Sheesh, there's so much padding in this film. I feel so sorry that you had to watch this film, flat-out review it. Great job!
BTW, I don't even think that anyone should call this a film.
I and my family went to see this movie solely based on that very misleading poster. I agree with your review. This movie was such a lie and it was pretty bad
I think your review is the best of all I've seen!
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been wanting you to review this movie forever
This makes me want to see it.
Truly amazing. This is such a heavy handed approach to something that isn't really a big issue around Christmas. I mean I know a few people who avoid the Christmas season like the plague, even avoiding church services on the day, because of the blatant materialism, greed, and idolatry that the world is so well know for. They don't try to force their beliefs on others; they just avoid Christmas. That's it! There's no overbearing film trying to justify every little thing they believe! Except someone thought to make this junk. Great thoughts, Kevin! I love what you do.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, KEVIN!
Man...funny as this is, those last "two cents" hit me right in the feels. Just exactly where I am right now. Thanks. :)
Honestly, I know some Christians who don't celebrate Christmas, because they don't think it's a Christian holiday or whatever, but they're not up in people's faces trying to rain on their parade. On Christmas they just stay home, relax, and have a nice meal.
12:50 - "I will edit ur movie for free" *Hovers hand over call button crying of joy over the new studio I will open.* - 12:55 "offer only extends to Kirk Cameron" *Crushed.*
9:45 That's a great idea... Telling my friends, come this Christmas, I've got a great idea or a play!
I love your show!!
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, FOLKS!
Finally, a movie that speaks to me about my angst over losing crazy-shirt day at my work. So comforting to know there are at least two of us in this world. Only sorry this important indignation was buried in a "Christian" prosperity gospel propaganda "film". The "man" must be stopped for ripping away our rights. This will not stand.
Haha.
Well this is refreshing. A review of this movie from the perspective of a non-Enemy.
I know, right, it seems like all these reviewers are either Athiests that just hate Christians, or Christians who think its good just because its Christian
Merry Christmas and other such seasonal holidays everyone.
Wow. That rant at the end was my favorite yet of yours! Great job as usual, I'm sorry you have to sit through these terrible movies, but I'm thankful that you do so I can just watch these videos instead :)
St. Nick probably never actually punched Arius. Arius wasn’t even present at the Council, so it’s likely a later legend. Another aspect of the legend is that he was deeply repentant over it and hoped that people would remember him for his good works instead.
Yeah history really did him dirty.
Unfortunately for everyone, the course does not exist. That would make sense, and this movie has none of it
+Ben Schubert Well, it was a theory....A FILM THEORY!
Well, spread this video around to all your class mates. I'm sure they'll enjoy it. haha.
+Say Goodnight Kevin ...And...CUT!!
+Say Goodnight Kevin Our film school obviously was not contacted for helping out, because our film school is actually pretty good. I know a few Cin. Arts majors and they are much more talented than this.
Ben Schubert
By chance, would you happen to know anyone who was involved in this "film" or how it got made? Was it, like, a bunch of bored staff members and an equally bored Kirk Cameron who realized they had a camera lying around and decided, well why the heck not?
+Sting SniperScope I do not, but I'm pretty sure how LU got its name on it. In 2013, Kirk Cameron did another movie with LU called "Unstoppable." It was decent. LU assumes Saving Christmas will also be decent, so they put some money behind it. Worst decision ever.
Been curious about this film since it came out and seeing the trailer for it. Now knowing what the movie's about I'm super confused why it had a theatrical release. Seems more like one of those videos the pastor plays before the sermon that the AV team put together over the weekend. Really enjoyed this movie night Kevin! Each one keeps getting better and better :)
Again kevin, I ask you...PLEASE DO "WHERE HOPE GROWS"!
I can't believe how bad the movie is. Really just incredible
...I dont even know what to say...
CAN WE PLEASE GET KEVIN A BUDGET TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN MOVIE
Its sad that I can't tell what parts of this are audio from the movie and what parts are audio you edited in. And I love it.
Kirk really has changed since the year 2005 (Left behind 3)