“Universal principles are communicated through characteristics or actions that are common to all people. If these are absent from a film it will fail. Why? Because our connection to the characters, particularly the protagonist, is what makes stories work. The… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“But if we have learned anything in the cinema-making efforts of Christians in recent years, it is that you can’t make beautiful movies unless… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“A student once asked me if I would let a two-year-old watch The Passion of the Christ (2004). I answered in the negative; but… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Nudity in art was rarely contested by the church until recently. It was not explicitly condemned until the anti-Protestant Council of Trent in the… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“It is a shame when a Christian gives an unqualified approval to the positive messages in The 40-Year-Old Virgin or Little Miss Sunshine, but… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“It is the gritty portrayal of the darker side of life that often causes Hollywood’s unpopularity among Christian viewers, but it is the idyllic… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Proof for the existence of God cannot come directly from the physical sciences. It’s not that scientists aren’t intelligent people. It’s simply that their… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“God gave all the light that people need to see, but He also left enough darkness for those who don’t want to see.” — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“In other words, magic in both The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia is not equivalent to the occult practices in… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Unless immoral in the extreme, we should not automatically judge a movie as inappropriate based solely on its method of communication. Nor should we… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Whenever we see design, we assume from experience that it came from a designer. We can tell the difference between sand dunes and sand… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“While some of the earliest copies of non-biblical writings date to thousands of years later than their originals (Homer’s Odyssey is unusually good; only… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Stories are the preferred way human beings learn and define our values. In our stories we find heroes whose larger than life examples make… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
