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Summary: Too True For Some Fans....
Review: I loved this movie! I can understand why a lot of Catholics wouldn't though. The film portrays the Catholic church in a most unflattering light. I read one reviewer who wondered why the Catholic church would speak out against a film like Dogma and not this film...Easy answer, the St. Thomas gospel is a very real document discovered in 1945, and rest assured the Catholic church didn't want to speak out against this film because they didn't want it to receive any more publicity than it was already going too, and they had no real argument as the document is real and does exist. The church(and not just Catholic ones)are a multibillion dollar industry, and if people were to go by the words of Christ himself in the St. Thomas gospel, then church's around the world could stand to lose a lot of support and money. "The temple of God is inside you, not in mansions of wood and stone, split the wood and you will see me, lift a stone and you shall find me"Understand?
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Summary: Brilliant....the best film of the century!
Review: Stigmata is simply the best. Never before has a film evoked such strong emotions from me, or all of the other people I know who have seen it. Everything about this film works. The photography, the music, and especially the actors. Patricia Arquette is yet again amazing and dynamic in a part that most actresses could never play. She is strong and gritty, and sweet and vulnerable. She just knows how to convey emotions on screen, like no other actor can. And her scream...comes from her womb, not her head...so bllod curtling. Gabriel Byrne is also well utilized here, presenting strength here...we can see he is a human as well, not just a hero. if you want to think, if you want to be scared, if you want to be entertained and have something to talk about, see Stigmata. watch out fot the attack scenes...the most startling scenes ever shot on film...you feel as if you are being crucified!
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Summary: Good statement of what happens to those who God(s) visit
Review: I enjoyed this movie immensely. It is a pretty graphic statement of what happens to those who the Gods or Goddesses take an interest in. If they do life can get very interesting. Interesting in the sense of the Chinese curse that is. The best thing I liked about the DVD was the director's commentary. It is one of the best that I have heard. He really gets into the way the film was made and the problems that were encounterd. The only disappointment was that the commentary didn't continue onto the director's ending which you would think would be the obvious place for an explanation.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE !
Review: i`ve been watching scary movies since i knew how to touch a vcr. i`ve seen over 2000 horror movies. so when i say something is SCARY its SCARY. and this movie was SCARY. i laughed at the exorcist...but this movie, is creepy, the acting is beyond comparison. and the effects are too cool. the part where she is floating but then flips to look in the position of god on the cross, and when her eyes roll back in her head and she starts talking in deep voices, those are my favs. this movie deserves 10 stars. so rent it on video or wait to buy it on VIDEO, because i have a DVD player, and DVD rules. but WIDESCREEN SUCKS. this is definitly one you WONT regret seeing. its not too bad for the kids too....being that it has NO LANGUAGE, and NO NUDITY. just blood. very very cool movie. ENJOY !
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Summary: bleedin typical
Review: This is one of these uninspiring movies that no body will remenber in five years. There is a lack of plot in this movie.it is just the bleed typical nonsence that you would expect to come out of hollywood.Every time the tension sags ~Patricia arquette will be afflicted with a new wound and gabriel byrne(the priest) will look very worried. Okay so the acting is very good for this type of movie which is the main reason why i even gave it the two stars along with the impressive special efects. The film is also far too short and you almost feel as if the director had rushed the end of this film. I find it surprising that films like dogma were attacted by the church and this type of film wasn't.
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Summary: Really,why?
Review: It took 10 minutes of this movie to make me bored. What a story! Ok, so this COULD be an exciting plot, but what a bad way to let us all down. The all to usual love story that just couldn`t happen to be let out of it. The almost pathetic way of realizing the characters. In every aspect, I was so terribly let down. Let`s just forget all about this masterpiece of terrible directing. It is not to be bought at any cost, and I mean that!( They could have put Eddie Murphy in there, and it wouldn`t have mattered even in the slightest!)
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Summary: Well Done and very entertaining
Review: O.K., so in the past year or so I have found that I don't enjoy the movies that get "Thumbs up". If I want to see "real life", I'll look out the window. When I pay to see a movie I want to be entertained. So I was expecting to like this movie (since critics didn't). But what I saw was a movie that was extremely well acted by ALL involved, a movie that was beautifully photographed (with some amazing shots throughout)and a truly brave story line that was sure to alienate a HUGE market share. I can't possibly imagine what the critics did not like about this well paced, well acted thriller. At the least it is the most underrated movie of the year. One note...Inside the booklet that comes in the DVD case, there is a letter from the Director. It explains that the DVD comes with an alternate ending, and to please watch the entire movie WITH the alternate ending (as opposed to watching the alternate ending as a seperate scene after viewing the theatrical version). And sure enough, when you click "play movie" from the main menu, you must make a choice. Go with the directors cut. I viewed the theatrical ending after I watched the directors cut, and the film lost it's impact. The transfer to DVD is excellent, and the sound is fine. There is nothing muddy or muddled about this movie. And although the subject of stigmata has been handled before,I guarantee that you have never seen it handled like this. I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish by this fine movie. If you are on the fence about buying stigmata, go for it. It's the best thriller I have seen in a while.
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Summary: very interesting
Review: overall this movie is superb, the acting is excellent. the story provocative. it is there to make us really think about what we believe. the effects are not amazing but they do suit the movie and cover all that is required. i highly recommend this movie watch it and make your mind up. i would have given it 5 stars but there are a couple of story things that could have been better.
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Summary: Stigmata
Review: Whether you're a "believer" or not, shouldn't really matter. The idea of Jesus Christ's own writings (not just a translation by Mark, Matthew, John, etc... regarding what he said) is simply intriguing. It's like reading the personal diary of someone famous, instead of reading a story in the tabloids about them. There's simply no comparison. And the fact that the story is somewhat believable, makes it so much more. Predictable and boring? I think not.
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Summary: A Dissapointment
Review: Leaving the cinema after this film was one of the rare occassions when I have felt really bitter, and cheated out of my hard-earned cash. I had been looking forward to this film, but felt it plagiarised rather more than going it's own way, the Exorcist being a note-worthy victim of this. In conclusion, I wasted 2 hours of my life on this rubbish - don't bother! Life's too short!
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