Good, but could've been so much better...
The torchlighter series is great because most feature a 30 minute animated kids-style featurette but the DVDs also contain a 1 hour documentary as well. I had high hopes for this one as Augustine was one of the greatest Christian father's of the faith. He was a great Christian thinker and after the apostles he was the greatest theologian of the first 1000 years of church history. So I was very disapponted when 95% of the featurette as well as about 95% of the documentary majored on his life prior to his conversion. The documentary seemed to be of lesser quality than other movies in the torchlighter series as well and primarily featured dialogue from a single historian of Augustine. Again, both the animated movie and the documentary were okay....but so much potential was wasted.....
Wow, this movie was excellent
I have watched lots of animated movies about Christian and Catholic/Christian heroes from different companies. Some are good, but many are disappointing. I was pleasantly surprised at how good this was. First, it was very truthful, honest, and accurate. Maybe not in every small detail, but definitely in all the items that matter. Second, it was very entertaining. The suspense was there and it kept your attention. Third, I felt it would be appropriate for children, and they'd get a good Christian message out of it.
I do hear the concern that it would be better to have more on Augustine after his conversion. I agree, although I think the movie would then have had to be longer than 35 minutes.
I love Augustine
We love this series! Make sure to watch the documentary. My children have enjoy watching this entire series and also doing the study guide. My older children enjoyed leading a class of younger children with this. They watched the animated portion and then worked on the activities.
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