Comments on: Prince of Peace – God of War Now Available For Digital Download

By: Ricci

Ricci — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:22:22 +0000

I really enjoyed this film, Religion in the UK at the moment is kind of completely ignored, you only have to see the way Tony Blair waited until he had resigned from his post to declare that he was a devout catholic for fear of being thought of as a religious freak.
But even though people in England are close lipped about religion (chistian religion that is), I still think people believe and would relate to this documentary and there views on the wars.

Have you thought about trying to get this film some TV plays, it seems to be the type of documentary we over here would see on Channel 4, or its sister station More 4, I think it would slot in perfectly on one other these channels, its typical of the type of documentaries they show.

Great job John

Regards

Ricci

By: nbakid2000

nbakid2000 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:33 +0000

I see we’re on different trains here. Discussion for commentary:

1. How did you decide WHO TO INTERVIEW? Had you met these people before?

2. What made you want to do a film on peace and Jesus?

Stuff along those lines. Were there deleted scenes and stuff that you felt ultimately didn’t work within the film?

That sort of stuff = Commentary Gold. I totally respect you John, but seriously, the statement that we “see all the story” can’t be true. It’s impossible. Even if the commentary WOULD last 5 minutes (which if I was conducting an interview/hosting on the commentary track would NOT be true) there is no reason not to do a “mini-commentary” like the South Park DVDs have.

By: John

John — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:41:53 +0000

No NBAKid. There is no behind the scene story. I met them and immediately start the interview. You see all the story. There is nothing to comment on, because the whole movie is a commentary in and of itself. Anything else would be a 5 minute extra.

By: nbakid2000

nbakid2000 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:25:28 +0000

That IS what a commentary is for! You yourself just said “behind the scenes events in relation to individual scenes”! You have individual scenes (interviews)! There were behind the scenes events that made you put certain things into the documentary, like deciding WHO to interview, budget constraints, etc. You must have some thoughts on the people you interviewed. Are you saying that NOTHING went on behind the scenes to make this movie what it was that is worth talking about? A fully independent film funded out of your own pocket over how many years?

By: John

John — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:07:48 +0000

Hey NBA,

That’s not what a commentary is for. I could tell you all those things in about 5 minutes.

REAL commentaries are scene by scene descriptions of specific challenges or behind the scene events in relation to the individual scenes. There was nothing to tell on that level of a sit down interview format movie.

By: nbakid2000

nbakid2000 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:07:23 +0000

The documentary is a commentary of the issue at hand, not a commentary on the making of a documentary. That’s like Spielberg saying “this film speaks for itself.” No. No. No. That film gives us NOTHING on the process of how that comment came to be. As you yourself have said, there is no reason for a filmmaker not to record a commentary, to give us a behind the scenes glimpse of what went on.

By: nbakid2000

nbakid2000 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:00:57 +0000

John, are you telling us you couldn’t talk about how this idea came to fruition, how you chose the subjects, what DIDN’T make the cut into the movie, the reaction by fans/haters, the struggles you encountered making this thing, what you learned along the way as far as movie making went, what you learned about the issue at hand, HOW you went about making this thing, the camera involved, your thoughts and fears while making this film, etc.????????

By: mike

mike — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:41:34 +0000

I saw the 5 minute clip and I have to say I was disappointed. It just serves as a reminder that just because you can critique films well doesn’t mean you can make films well. I was hoping to be compelled to buy the dvd, but I wasn’t.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:16:37 +0000

Just shelled out the $4.99; it was well worth it.

The ending couldn’t have been more powerful. All Christians, left or right, should take the hour to watch this.

By: Crackpotpress

Crackpotpress — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:43:26 +0000

Interesting thought… Liked the first five minutes..

Couldn’t help but think of how TMB thought the Rambo trailer promised excellence.

The Irony of conflict..