Does the Bible make for good movie material?

Submitted by David on Sat, 2009-02-21 02:22

I was a little surprised when I first came across the following quote in Christianity Today from the creator of VeggieTales:

Bible stories aren't written to make good movies. They are historical. In Hollywood, the idea is, The worst possible reason to put something in a movie is because it really happened. If it doesn't make a good movie, change it. We don't have that leeway because we're dealing with Scripture. We have to tell those stories very literally. That can be compelling for a half hour but doesn't make a good movie.

- Phil Vischer

Honestly, I don't think that it's really consistent with a lot of the stuff that VeggieTales did.

I tend to be a bit of an iconoclast, although at the same time I take Isaiah 53:2 to suggest that in most instances it's not an issue worth much fighting over if someone happens to disagree.