Dogma

[Miss Shelby]

Originally posted by Miss Shelby
The stigmata thing leads to me ask a question. What did you all think about the movie Agnes of God?

Michelle

Hasn't anyone seen Agnes of God?


Michelle

 

[VOW]

To MissShelby:

Nope, I haven't seen Agnes of God. I did see Bless the Child, though.


Peace be with you,
~VOW

 

[Miss Shelby]

Originally posted by VOW
To MissShelby:

Nope, I haven't seen Agnes of God. I did see Bless the Child, though.

Bless the Child--That's the one with Jimmy Smits, isn't it? I can't say that I cared for that movie.

Agnes of God stars Anne Bancroft, Jane Fonda and Meg Tilly. It has to be at least 15-20 years old. I thought it was pretty good.

Michelle

 

[VOW]

I remember hearing about Agnes of God, but never got around to seeing it. I might rent it one weekend.

I had heard good things about Bless the Child, and wanted to see it. It had its good points, but I thought it still lacked something. I wouldn't recommend it as a faith promoting movie.

And it certainly was better than Stigmata. Ugh.


Peace be with you,
~VOW

 

[Religious Crisis]

I have never seen Agnes of God, but perhaps I will rent it this weekend.

 

[Wolseley]

You guys need to broaden your horizons. Dogma was primarily a propaganda flick, airing the writer's views (Kevin Smith, I believe, wasn't it?); it wasn't very good, however. Agnes of God was also a poor propaganda flick.

You guys all need to go rent Triumph of the Will. Now there's a propaganda flick!!!

 

[VOW]

To Wols:

My horizons are already broadened.

Oh, wait, that's my butt....



Peace be with you,
~VOW

 

[Miss Shelby]

You guys need to broaden your horizons

Okay, what about Inherit the Wind? I haven't seen it but I want to. I think it stars Jack Lemmon. Have you seen that one?

Michelle

 

[Wolseley]

Ah, but you should still see Triumph of the Will.

A restored version, without subtitles. It's utterly mind-boggling.

Inherit the Wind is good, too---the sene where Clarence Darrow tells William Jennings Bryan about the rocking-horse he got as a child tells a great deal about his mindset.

And for those of us who are into really intriguing, psychologically challenging, obscure foreign films, there's always Vampyr.

 

[Religious Crisis]

So no one likes Dogma, just because it chalanges old traditions?

 

[VOW]

To Crisis:

Dogma didn't necessarily challenge old traditions.

It misrepresented traditions.

It ridiculed traditions.

And it ridiculed and maligned the very people who believe in the traditions.

It did all that in the name of "entertainment."


Peace be with you,
~VOW

 

[Religious Crisis]

It showed a woman who had lost the faith and her regaining it. Whats wrong with that?