The Prayers of Jesus: Six In-Depth Studies Connecting the...

Buy This Item The Prayers of Jesus: Six In-Depth Studies Connecting the... by Zondervan  Available from Amazon  $24.99  on 11-29-2008     I really had to hunt to get all these, but I am seriously disappointed for 2 reasons. First, the presenter. Oh dear. OH DEAR. I am sure he's a great guy and all, but a presenter fit for filming he simply is not. His attempts to appear spontaneous and unscripted make him look VERY silly. VERY SILLY. You can see straight through it as clear as day. This ties in with the cinematography. Each presenter is teaching an invisible person. The camera angles follow the person if they are walking, or still, slightly to the side of the person. But where is the person the presenter is talking to? Oh my gosh. EYE CONTACT. They never eyeball the camera. It makes you feel very weird. I have never seen anything filmed like this. So the whole entire time you're watching you just want to see who the HECK are you talking to? but you never see, because there isn't anyone, and it is insanely frustrating. So it's like the presenters are talking to you, but they NEVER look at you. Argh. It's an exercise in patience as it just makes you want to slap the guy and say, "HEY, I'm over HERE, LOOK at me". The way I am expressing it, it doesn't sound like a big deal, but watch it and you'll find out. Imagine watching Katie Kuric on the evening news, but she's looking to the diagonal all the time, never at you, you'd want to slap the TV. <br /> <br />Another problem is the continual stop-start nature of the teachings. Every few minutes you need to hit play to keep going. <br /> <br />My second serious gripe is the way they have encoded the DVD. Clearly the DVD producer didn't know how to create scripts in the project because every chapter has been saved as a title. This means ripping the DVD to watch on your AppleTV or iPod, computer etc is impossible. To some this will not matter, but for me it's a big issue. <br /> <br />I am sure the teaching is great, if only I could stand to watch it, which I just can't. I have tried several times over the last few months and it's just frustrating. Overall it's an incredibly amateurish project totally out of character for something with Zondervan's name on it. This is why it simply must have a 1 star rating. Reader Reviews My small group has enjoyed the teachings on the dvd (some more than others) and have learned lessons on prayer that we were not expecting. The contextual information and images of the Holyland are terrific. As with most 'what do you think' questions, my study members get tired of giving really obvious answers. My opinion is that the study questions are average, while the teachers and their points have more impact. I think the dvd is too expensive.

The Prayers of Jesus: Six In-Depth Studies Connecting the... Available from Amazon Price: $24.99 Updated on 11-29-2008.

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