Lucian Arrow's Reviews
Delicious take on Kamen Rider that is too sweet on the messaging
Despite the cheerful and colorful appearance coupled with goofy candy motifs, the mature and sometimes dark undertones that undergird the themes are actually selling point. Furthermore, the bad guys are almost equivalent to human traffickers and drug cartels.
That said, it does try to sell the point that one should seek happiness the way one wants to, but sometimes our happiness actually comes from God and our relationship with Him who leads the way. Now, given this is Japanese culture, it’s to be expected that they would define happiness differently, but I just wanted to put that out there.
One downside for kids who want to emulate heroes like this Kamen Rider- don’t let them have too much sugar!
Created: 02-23-2026
Appetizing yet cliched and almost uneventful story
I’ve seen this movie on Great American Family Network, so I am somewhat caught off guard that there weren’t any biblical knowledge or verses cited on a network that claims it so. I am presuming that it is only because it is broadcasting the movie.
It is almost easy to lose interest in the movie, but for any viewer who loves romance would find it endearing. Few things to note though, the female protagonist calls her lover to be the prince who “completes her”, except it is only Christ who can complete the two. Meanwhile, the way how the main couple helped each other as they grew attracted to each other reminded me of the subtle implications of the Song of Songs book in the bible in how romances should be handled. Finally, there are no woke elements and the film captures the essence of small town America.
Created: 02-15-2026
Burning ruin of rationality because of Wokeness
Environmentalism is still a large part of the film’s narrative, so is the biased assumption of skin color and morality as Quaritch once brought up, and even a pregnant alien female takes part in the battle that is very irresponsible just for a show of feminism, that and other instances of feminist “warrior” culture.
Paganism is plenty in this movie. Aside from deifying the environment as some sort of God that hates humans, it emphasizes the message of following your path in faith that is a displacement of the message that God determines our paths out of goodness. On top of that, the “goddess” of Pandora is made to be a manifestation of nature against mankind. It also pushes transhumanism in the transformation of Spyder to become a Pandora native.
Created: 12-30-2025
A pet lover’s heartwarming movie to warm the heart for Christmas
Biblical lessons are abounded in this movie for Great American Family Channel, that truly keeps the promise of keeping things biblical with none of the wokeness. God brings us on paths we did not expect and James 1 speaks of how God will put us in trials to strengthen us. This is what happens when a veteran forced to retire after a career ending injury meets a pet adoption center owner and starts a partnership that blossoms.
Created: 12-26-2025
Excellent Christmas celebration movie special
An emotional and holy celebration of why Christmas is celebrated worldwide. It reorganizes scenes from The Chosen show to create a narrative that tells the birth of Jesus Christ as told in Luke 2.
Created: 12-26-2025
A new Christmas musical classic for Christmas concert lovers
Faith based and Biblically based magical film telling the story of Christ, the Nativity and Christmas through their live performance.
I first saw this with my church group at a theater and I highly recommend this for those who want a musical and Christmas based experience!
Created: 12-25-2025
Very funny – albeit too inuendo filled -Christmas classic
The movie is filled with too many innuendo moments, but is still a funny feature that my dad finds hilarious.
There is a clever joke derived from a biblical verse. When Clark Griswold unwittingly drives the car with his family underneath a logging truck, his wife Ellen prays to God asking for forgiveness on part for Clark’s stupidity paraphrasing Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
Created: 12-25-2025
A hilarious Santa Claus road trip movie
Arthur Christmas mixes comedy, a road trip concept, a mission, and a Christmas themed movie into this watchful delight.
One sidenote about the motivation is how “worry can get you there.” Arthur, in particular, does the final act of the movie with his improvised team by “doing it with worry”. Worry is a joy-eater and never an excellent emotional state to motivate you to accomplish anything. Jesus Christ coming to relieve us of worry and freeing us from sin is the reason for Christmas, so having a message about doing things with worry counteracts the meaning of Christmas.
Created: 12-25-2025
A tiresome deconstruction of the Santa Claus idea
You will find it hard to empathize with the characters in the film, especially the titular character who is the estranged brother of Santa Claus. It is apparent that it doesn’t have the complete feel of a Christmas movie despite the theme being about what is defined as Naughty or Nice and how it affects people.
While there are no woke elements, I do have some criticisms about the messaging in the movie. The story centers around how people should not be labeled “Naughty” based on their actions and rather by why they act that way. A big flaw in this philosophy however is that everyone falls short of the good standard, even Santa Claus in this movie. Because, if even Santa Claus is a bad judge, who are we judge ourselves?
Another critique is the usage of the word “Saint” and the explanation of how the Claus managed to live long. It is a misuse of the word and is simply an artistic license.
Created: 12-25-2025
An imperfect but classic Holiday film
The scripting and writing are questionable, but it still provides plenty of laughs, a somewhat coherent Christmas message and an essence of escapism that provides a decent film. It also helps that it is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's final comedy roles before he sadly went into politics. He plays a father named Howard who is struggling to be there for his family on Christmas and learns that time with them matters more than gifts; Howard even tries to go to great lengths to keep his wife safe from his next-door sleazy neighbor.
Recently, TV airings of the movie edit out some certain scenes, possibly out of DEI “removing objectionable material”. One is Howard attempting to get a Turbo-Man toy, the hotly coveted toy that the plot wraps around, from an old lady who had it on layaway. Another is a counterfeiter Santa, a small man, who was attacking Howard, only to be accidentally punched across the room by another counterfeiter Santa trying to attack Howard as well.
Created: 12-25-2025
