Movie Review: "The Imposter" Starring Kevin Max
Monday April 6, 2009
Categories: Christian music in movies
The new movie, "The Imposter," tells the age old music industry story: sex, drugs and rock and roll, and the rise and fall of a star. Except this time, we're not talking about some mainstream act; we're talking about...
Filed Under: Bryan Duncan, Christian music, dcTalk, Downhere, Jeff Deyo, Kansas, Kerry Livgren, Kevin Max, movie, video
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Kevin,
Who are the three most influential people in you life....why....
M.E. - I posed the question to Kevin via his publicist and this is the reponse I got:
"Unfortunately, Kevin read the review of 'The Imposter' and he was bothered by the criticism of his weight. As a result, he has declined to respond to the request below. Sorry!"
Joanne
host of the GS blog
Hi Joanne, I appreciate your review and it pleased me to see that, at it's heart, you got the message of the movie.
Hi Kevin,
PLEASE IGNORE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT, THAT IS NOT MAKE ANY SENSE, YOU ARE A GOOD SINGER, MOST OF PEOPLE THEY WANT TO SEE SUPERFICIAL , BUT SOME OF US WE LOOKING IN YOUR GREAT TALENT,AND THE GREAT PERSON WHO YOU ARE.
SINCERELY,
JESUS NORIEGA ( FROM TIJUANA - MEXICO )
MY E-MAIL : jnoriega_75@hotmail.com
GOD BLESS YOU.
Jesus, listen, I was not making a comment about his weight - but the costuming, which made him look huge. I don't know that he's even gained weight in reality. But the jackets they had him wearing were big, so that the shoulders out of place and the sleeves super long. I figured it was just costuming to make him look like the character, who was abusing his body. But he looked terrible.
On the other hand, the best part of the film is the soundtrack. Kevin Max is an incredible artist. About that there isn't any question, that's for sure!
Joanne
host of the GS blog
Very good article. You got the point of the movie. As far as Kevin, if your readers watch secular movies (which I am sure you do), the actors change their appearance and clothing to fit the character. I am sure that is what was done here. I have seen the movie in special showings and really felt that Kevin WAS the Johnny C character. For what I think was a first time acting role, I thought he looked and showed the part he had to play. I felt sorry for the character- a guy who doesn't quite get it, yet- and Kevin really conveyed it well, I thought.
I saw the movie, and was overall, quite impressed! We got a bonus feature, in that an assistant director accompanied the film, as he's our pastor's brother-in-law! He filled in some wonderful details about how the film was made, etc.
The movie gave me pause to reflect on my own life, as I go through some real crises right now. ANY of us can get off at any time, and the Lord uses crises to get us back on track. To this I say, "Hallelujah!"
It is, indeed, sad to think that our idols are not perfect -- in fact, fame can get one even farther off-
track. I've experienced this first-hand, albeit on a VERY limited basis!
On another subject: If this movie had a conclusion, it would have been another "Fireproof". To me, "Fireproof" may well be the best Christian movie EVER, IMHO. But I'm going to put "The Impostor" in the same conversation, because of the way it handled reality.
Kevin: OUTSTANDING job! I hope we see
you in films many more times!
Kerry: Wonderful to see you there, too!
Jeff: Likewise!
"Popeye": I would LOVE to meet you in real life -- I have a feling we would do an awful lot of laughing together! MARVELOUS!
To the rest of the cast: You all did well! Thank you for getting this old geezer to thinking about his own life!
Eric in MN
[Hopefully, I dd not double-post this comment -- my computer is being weird!]
I saw the movie, and was overall, quite impressed! We got a bonus feature, in that an assistant director accompanied the film, as he's our pastor's brother-in-law! He filled in some wonderful details about how the film was made, etc.
The movie gave me pause to reflect on my own life, as I go through some real crises right now. ANY of us can get off at any time, and the Lord uses crises to get us back on track. To this I say, "Hallelujah!"
It is, indeed, sad to think that our idols are not perfect -- in fact, fame can get one even farther off-
track. I've experienced this first-hand, albeit on a VERY limited basis!
On another subject: If this movie had a conclusion, it would have been another "Fireproof". To me, "Fireproof" may well be the best Christian movie EVER, IMHO. But I'm going to put "The Impostor" in the same conversation, because of the way it handled reality.
Kevin: OUTSTANDING job! I hope we see
you in films many more times!
Kerry: Wonderful to see you there, too!
Jeff: Likewise!
"Popeye": I would LOVE to meet you in real life -- I have a feling we would do an awful lot of laughing together! MARVELOUS!
To the rest of the cast: You all did well! Thank you for getting this old geezer to thinking about his own life!
Eric in MN
c'mon people. Kevin Max is yesterday's new and the movie is horrible.
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