A Jornada: Uma Viagem pelo Tempo

I caught this movie on Sky Movies early one morning. When I was 12, I remember watching scary Christian films in the 70's about the last days, the rapture and who gets left behind.

I'm 38 now and I felt that this movie delivered a better message. I have personally witnessed the decline of values in the last ten to fifteen years. No-one respects anyone else and so much is simply accepted rather than questioned or denounced. Very young children use profanities as punctuation. They have no shame.

This movie is a wake up call to the world.

It's not about how good it was to live in the 19th century - it's about how bad it is to live today without spiritual guidance from a Christian point of view. Other major religions will have their own methods of delivering their values to believers and non-believers alike.

I know of some Christians who will not like this movie and many non-Christians too. They are likely to criticise the acting, plot or script but that's because it's bringing the Truth home to them and they do not want to hear the REAL Truth. They do not want to be labelled as being weak while they enjoy their lives.

There is a strong message. It needs to be strong and it needs to be in your face so you get the message. There are no gratuitous scenes that glorify Satan.

A Very Good Movie. One for the family.

AFter reading the comments of viewers, I came to the realization that one thing is certain: No matter what one thinks or how one feels about this film, it's premise is absolutely true. Narrow is the road that leads to life and many will miss it.

When I rented this movie I didn't realize that it was a Christian movie. It looked interesting because of the subject "Time Travel" but from the comments on the jacket I thought it could go either way. I was delightfully surprised when we watched it. I thought it was well done and suspenseful. The characters were likeable and you could just feel the love of Jesus and the compassion that He has for the world coming through in the story. I could tell that the whole production was well thought out. Jennifer O'Neill's testimony also was very moving. D. David Morin did a wonderful job in his role as well. God is going to continue to use this production for His Glory!

I originally bought this film because I collect time-travel movies and read about it on the internet ( it's unknown in Europe ). On a purely time travel basis, I was very satisfied with the movie. There were limited special effects, which is a good thing and it was funny to see our hero's reaction confronted with modern day life ( like in Time After Time ). The picture quality and dialogue were wonderful and it was easy to understand what was going on. Naturally, if you are not of the Christian religion, you may find the film less interesting as there are certain passages where there is a lot of Christian preaching. But as a Christian myself, though not a very good one, this does not bother me at all. I nevertheless felt that the story could have been a bit longer and a bit more exciting. On the moral side, I was very happy to hear the man lashing out at today's moral standards because, even if there was immorality in 1890 ( there has always been immorality in the world ), it is even worse today. Certain bad things of 100 years ago have been corrected but other, even worse things, have taken their place. If you take for one example, violence in the cinema, it is today far worse than fifty years ago. Music has become more violent. The world of Commerce has become more violent. Road rage, rape, abortion, insider dealing on the stock exchange, the size of bombs and weapons ....the list is endless and there's no point in insisting. Of course it's very difficult to live like Jesus Christ ! There's too much material temptation in our path which leeds to greed etc ..... but one must start by at least admitting the lack of morality before trying to correct it. It's normal that a hundred year jump in time should cause our hero to be greated with total shock and to change his views on certain things when he returned to his time frame. If we could do the same we should probably change our views. Anyway, putting all this moralistic stuff aside, the film was a pleasure to watch because it didn't contain violence and because our hero's thoughts were pure and naive. I can understand it not being everyone's cup of tea but I for one should like to see more of these films on the screen - some preaching, of course, but also a lot of humour and some originality !!

The gist of the story is that situational morality becomes the standard when there is no authority behind the morality.

The lead actor occasionally overacts, but the acting throughout is otherwise solid.. Hard to go wrong with actors we've loved in our childhoods. It's well produced. The soundtrack is excellent, subtle where it needs to be.

There ARE mini-"sermons" throughout the film, but they are relatively short and they are relevant.

Time travel is an interesting concept and has been done many times with varying degrees of success. It's not "Quantum Leap," but it was an overall enjoyable film.