FIREPROOF: The Movie
October 26, 2008 – 3:00 pmMy wife and I saw Fireproof the opening weekend. The theater had about 30 people in attendance for a late afternoon showing and both my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Since then I have spoken to other Christians who have seen the film, and everyone reports a similar level of enjoyment. The theme of the film surrounds the broken marriage of a Fire Captain and his Marketing Director wife. While not the highest budget film, the elements of the film satisfy the bare minimums for a Hollywood production. The heart of the film surrounds the way a family can fail and how that failure can lead to a growing distance and poor choices in decision making. The solution is presented in the form of "The Love Dare," a challenge to love unconditionally those we are commanded to love, and more specifically our spouses. The film touches on the topic of sharing the ...