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 Director
: Kevin Smith
Starring
: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek,
Jason Lee, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock.
Picture
1.85:1 & 4:3 Fullscreen, DD 5.1, Dual-Sided, Keep Case
Running
Time : 128 mins
The
story:
Faith
is a funny thing !
Loki
(Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) are fallen angels
destined to spend the rest of eternity on earth after a
drunken incident left them permanently out of favour with
God. After stumbling upon a loop hole that could mean they
regain their status and place back in heaven they travel
to New Jersey to gate crash a catholic dedication ceremony.
Faithless medical worker Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) is visited
by Metatron (Alan Rickman) who is the messenger of God.
She must avert Loki and Bartleby visiting the church and
being cleansed of their sins or the whole world and existence
itself will be no more. With the help of two foul mouthed
profits (Kevin Smith & Jason Mewes) and a bit of divine
intervention from a friendly apostle (Chris Rock) and a
muse (Salma Hayek) she must stop them at all costs. Unfortunately
Lucifer also has something to include in the mix and the
party just keeps on getting bigger and bigger until revelation
is finally at hand.
The
summary:
Dog'Ma
n. article of belief
Religion
is one of the few things in life that most people get very
uncomfortable messing with, to the point that they squirm
in their seats when it is mentioned. . We only have to look
at history to see that most wars begin over religious belief's.
Whatever it is that you believe in faith is a tricky thing
to tackle.
Kevin
Smith has never been a director or writer that likes to
skirt around issues. Hit them head on and take things as
they come seems to be his mission statement. Dogma takes
all that on board in a definite attempt to completely provoke
whatever it is inside people that gets them so passionate
about their beliefs. It takes that and pretty much tells
them where to put it!. Filled with endless references to
the Bible, God and Christ this film offers a comedic fuelled
diatribe against everything that we have learnt in an attempt
to explain a lot of the endless questions that millions
of years have failed to uncover. Sounds like I hate it right
? well actually no. Despite the fact that I feel it sets
out to shock with its blasphemous disregard for political
correctness it actually says what it has to say pretty damn
well. This is a film that should not be taken seriously
- its a warped view on religion and the people that follow
it. It is loud, foul mouthed and oh so cool into the equation.
Despite their obvious differences this movie attracts the
same controversy that The Life of Brian did twenty or so
years before it for its parodies of the teachings of faith.
The
uproar that this film caused on its release is understandable.
It was shunned by movie goers and critic's alike for its
disregard for following the rules but like Life of Brian
before it will no doubt become a cult classic due to its
great dialogue and great performances - Alan Rickman is
inspired. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon again shine together
as the two wayward Angels trying to gain entry back into
heaven and Chris Rock is perfect as the forgotten "13th
Apostle".Whatever your beliefs or religion give this
film a chance and look beyond the shocks to see something
more entertaining.
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