A New Era in Film: Families Are Choosing What’s Good, True, and Beautiful

Meanwhile, the live-action Snow White remake was playing in other parts of the country. We had not cared a mite when it was playing in our theater last week. (I was even dubious of the fact that it had played in our town at all, but Mary assured me that it did. It just shows how little I cared whether it did or not.)

And don't get me wrong, there are several Disney remakes that I have enjoyed and I am not of the opinion that everything that comes out of the studio is going to harm children's souls.

But Snow White? Too long ago, cover was not intriguing, and the original story isn't even that relatable.

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And I'm not alone in the assessment of the new Snow White film. I recently saw a social media post saying that if you wanted a quiet theater experience all to yourself, tickets to Snow White would be well worth it.

"Quiet"—the total opposite of our experience watching The King of Kings, which was full of life, with entire families filling the seats. Grandparents were there with their grandkids. Several babies were present too, making their typical gurgles, cries and coos. But it sounded like music because it proved to me that faith-based films are the future of cinema.

It was a little sad, though.

The grandparents bringing their grandchildren to The King of Kings were from the generation that once did exactly what we did for all the Disney films. I know some families were ahead of the curve, thinking Disney was problematic from the start. But for the most part, Disney was the trusted studio that always produced fun family movies to watch and everyone scraped pennies together just to catch the newest release.

What a flip-flop that company has seen over the last decade. In 2016, Disney was trying to crush VidAngel for daring to edit inappropriate content out of Disney films for family viewing. VidAngel eventually split and gave rise to Angel Studios.

Now, nine years later, Angel’s films are the ones families are clamoring to watch—while Disney’s latest release bombs.