PROS
+ The movie is overall faithful to Scripture, although the translation is not very accurate and rather distracts from fully enjoying the movie. They used the liberal NIV translation, edited for screenplay by permission of the International Bible Society.
+ They developed a great idea, to show the plot, mixed with scenes where 'Luke' is narrating the plot.
+ Very beautiful scene with the healing of the lame beggar and many other powerful scenes.
CONS
- I did not appreciate the display of JESUS - especially the scene where he was taken up into the smallest cloud one could imagine. It would have been wise to have not shown JESUS at all, and to have 'Luke' narrate the first 11 verses of the book of Acts.
- Min 24: The Apostles are shown to pray with head coverings, which is a serious violation of Scripture. One of the signs of a Christian was his clear visual distinction from the Pharisees with their unbiblical head coverings.
- Min 47: It is a highly problematic scene when Simon the sorcerer is shown to pull an object from under Philipp's head covering. To make an Apostle an object of sorcery, is heretical, no matter if he is just used.
- Min 53: Baptism of the eunuch in a river instead of full immersion.
- Min 133, Paul is laughing while saying: "I served the Lord with great humility". Overall I agree that the dialogues have not always to be spoken in a very serious manner, but this movie sometimes goes into a problematic area, where common sense would expect more fear of Scripture.
- Min 140: The Apostles and other believers are once again shown to pray with head coverings. This is now after the Jerusalem council in 50 AD, when the New Covenant was well implemented. It is therefore a more serious transgression of Scripture than in minute 24.
- Min 153: Jesus is shown in a room with Paul, taking the reading of Act 23:11 in an ultra-literal manner: "The following night KYRIOS stood by him". This is heretical, because JESUS made it clear that He would come back at the end of our times, not sometime after 50 AD to Paul. The word 'stood' can also be translated with 'abide' and it would have been wise to either show a vision or to simply implement a voice.
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
- It would have been great to show a simple map and the respective journey when the Apostles travelled to another city. Then the viewer could literally connect the dots and follow the journey.
