Amazing Love

This movie was kinda cheap however there are great significant and valuable lessons displayed. We see the comparison between the biblical account and a group of teens camping out. The biblical account is God communicating to his people the Israelites. God had a covenant with them but regardless of that they kept on cheating on God. This movie does a great job displaying how God was using Hosea to communicate to his people and how that applies to the campers lives and in return applies to our lives. I'm not giving any spoilers but the campers and the bible characters all match up so in the end it's basically the same story with a few modern differences. This is a great family movie, appropriate and educational for all ages.

My personal opinion is that the movie did a really good job retelling the story of Hosea the modern way and the biblical way. I liked how they did both a modern and a biblical version. How the unconditional love was displayed in the movie was very noticeable. In the movie, Ashley did not think that she needed Jesus and could solve her problems on her own. In the Bible when Israel turned from God saying we don't need you, everything is going good. His unconditional agape love will stay true and never fail unless I reject Him. Even then, He still doesn't stop loving us. If I reject Him, He leaves and lets us choose but still nudges us to go the right direction just like He used Hosea to nudge the people even though they didn't listen . If we listen, we can and will be saved and not be "enslaved" by sin.

I expected an acting, writing, and directing quality on a par with The Chosen, given the common heritage. I've never seen a dramatic production of Hosea and I love the biblical story so I was looking forward to seeing this one.

The Bible story part of the movie is true to the biblical narrative, along with necessary dramatic additions to turn an old story into a modern dramatization. As others have said: good lessons and true to the Bible.

But the acting is painful, on a par with high school drama. The writing is adolescent. Otherwise good actors have a hard time delivering the lines because the language is so choppy and hard to relate to. I hate to say it but this is another typical B-grade production from the Christian drama department.

There's another story that takes up about 60% of the screen time about camp kids in the modern age that are told the story of Hosea and Homer around the campfire. This story basically reduces the target audience to adolescent christians.

If this were focused on Hosea and Gomer and developed into a full dramatization of the biblical story I'd give it a 70-75% even with the disappointing production; with the unnecessary sideline I downgrade it to 50%.

First of all, this movie talks about how the Lord would do anything for you, even if you've turned your back against him, how much he cares for you, and how much he loves you. The Lord tells Hosea to marry a harlot, and Hosea being the good man he is, followed the Lord's instructions and didn't hesitate. The Lord would show how he felt, through Hosea. In my opinion, this movie skillfully portrays the lesson as to why the Lord did what he did, and with the modern-day story of the 5 kids, 2 of which hated each other, this lesson would stick to most people, and be applied to their daily lives, although this movie was not made as well as most, the lesson is still there for us to learn from.

Secondly, this movie sometimes paraphrases or goes into too much detail compared to the book of Hosea. In the book, it doesn't say how Hosea met Gomer, or things like that. And sometimes it skips important things that were mentioned in the bible, although it was mildly touched on, like the name of the three offsprings of Hosea and Gomer, and their names and what they represent.

I like the way the movie began with all those teenagers. Their characters were all different, some were mean and some were good. I like the man because he always shows respect to the teenagers. He help a lot to them that their personal lives were changed at the end because of hosea story. The bad thing for me was when the movie began with the girls hating each other, they were not getting along. It was tough for them, it took a long time for them to get along. But at the end they started talking to each other and started to telling each other about themselves. It was very nice.

Compare

Israel was not following God. God told Hosea to marry the unfaithful women. God told them to have 3 children named Jezreel, Lo-ammi, and Lo-ruhamah, and then She cheated with other men, after that she became a slave and Hosea bought her and they were together again.

Contrast

I thought she cheated Hosea because she was bored of him in the story and she didn't know anything about God, for the movie I saw was that she cheated for money at that time. When Gomer was a slave I thought Hosea bought from the men that Gomer was cheated with but Hosea bought her from another man. At the end they were together again with faith and they trusted each other.

Personal application

This movie teaches me about how much faith Hosea has on God and teaches Hosea how God feels when he has been rejected from his people. It was really hard for Hosea to go through those stuff that have happened to God. God just wants to teach us how much he loves them and show him how much he cares for those who rejected God.

Conclusion

It was a good ending. Some parts of the movie were not the same as the bible but it went great on it.