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Summary: HORRIBLE
Review: Sorry. I'm just a stupid person, and unfortunately I coudl not see the so-called "greatness" of this "Movie". It doesn't offends Catolhics at all, it doens't offend Protestants at all... It only offends the intelligence of the public, forced to watch the horrible duo of Affleck and Damon performing the worst characters of their movie carrer, and forced to watch a ridiculous blonde guy using bad language all movie long, and forced to watch the unshameful commercial appearance by Alanis Morrissete, as a totally unconvincing God. For a person to think this garbage is "polemic", he really must have his head closed to daily life...
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Summary: NOT PROVOKING AT ALL, JUST BORING AND BAD TASTE
Review: THis is a horrible motion picture, from scene one till the end.... There's some good acting and the general concept idea is good, but the execution of the idea is horrible. I'm not the least shocked by the cheap language, by the supposed "polemic" themes shwon in the movie. No. I'm shocked by this being such a bad movie, disconected, unpleasant to watch due to bad direction. And come on, this team of Affleck and Damon never worked, they think they are great but they're not !
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Summary: Thumbs up for Dogma
Review: I saw this film finally last week, and what a movie. Kevin Smith has matured as a writer. The film itself is powered by infectious performances especially by renagade angels Affleck and Damon. It allows for character development and during which the audience is empathetic with the leads even when their moral centre goes completly awol. I myself, a catholic was thoroughly and profoundly impressed, but how could I expect less from the ever impressive Kevin Smith. It doesn't make comments about catholism but instead observations, about just how contrived religon has become in the 21st century. As Selma Hayeks' character says "You don't celebrate your religon, you mourn it". Having only seen one other Smith movie (Chasing Amy) I was soooo pleased with the increased participation of Jay and Silent Bob. Those two never cease to make me chuckle. I highly recommend this film to anyone who's not uptight, it's witty, complicated, hysterical and believe it or not spiritual. See it now, it is one of the best films to come out last year.
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Summary: Biting Satire at it's finest
Review: I quite enjoyed Dogma, and it was one of Kevin Smith's top efforts so far. The 'controversy' that it caused was mostly unfounded other than via plain ignorance by those protesting. It's purpose is to get you to take a wider look at religion by finding ways to poke fun at it..and at the same time enhance the understanding of what it all is suppossed to mean. All the characters were decently fleshed, and well cast..
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Summary: A BAD JOKE
Review: After Watching this film i feel Kevin Smith Should Seek a Real Job.this Film was Horrible.part Bill&Ted's Excellent Adventure part History of the World part 1&the Rest all junk.Chris Rock is Flat in this Film.same goes for Linda Fiorentino.Matt Damon&Ben Affleck add nothing to this Poor Excuse of Film-Making.i see nothing funny in this Mockery of Catholicism.it's a Travety that this Film was even ever made.
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Summary: Achingly Pretentious, Leaden Comedy
Review: It doesn't really matter what your religion, DOGMA remains a ponderous, pretentious, and finally irritating attempt to mix frat-boy comedy with supposed "deep thoughts" about organized religion - the equivelant of hanging out for hours with a group of inarticulate beer-guzzling would-be philosophical undergrads who just can't seem to put a cork in it. Despite a few passably interesting performances, this is the weakest effort yet from director Kevin Smith, who's CHASING AMY looks brilliant by comparison, despite it's sometimes didactic script. Unless you're an aforementioned would-be philosophical, brain-free, beer-guzzling frat boy, DOGMA is most assuredly not for you...which means to say most of us.
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Summary: The downward spiral that is Kevin Smith
Review: First he made a no-budget black and white comedy set in a store. Clerks. It was funny, clever and hugely enjoyable. Then he made the under-rated Mallrats. An enjoyable, yet idiotic, romp through a Mall. Then he tried something more serious with the twisted love triangle and came out with Chasing Amy, a film with some great moments, but never a truly satisfiying whole. And now Dogma! Which, let's face it, it a steamy pile of pretentious Dogdo! OK, so, there's a couple of funny lines. Wow! And Silent Bob and Jay are in it. Um, Wow! And, um.... it's just garbage. A great big sweaty pile of pretentious garbage. I'm so not looking forward to his next film if this is that pattern of his career.
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Summary: Get a grip...open your minds and wnjoy this movie
Review: I'll keep this short. It's funny. It's got good dialogue and good acting. From the beginning to the end, this movie does not fail. To all you out there who complain about it, well...they sure could have made it better with a $100 million budget, but you gotta give credit where its due. Watch this movie, and open your minds. And yeah, wait to the end and listen to the song written by Alanis Morissette for the movie..its quite touching.
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Summary: Catholicism HUH?
Review: On many levels, "Dogma" falls flat. The problem starts with filmmaker Smith's written intro. In this, he claims that "Dogma" isn't a ridiculing attack on Catholicism, but a mere insubstantial fantasy. Yeah, right. If it's a fantasy, it needs to be outright "ha-ha" funny, with lots of imaginative wackiness throughout. It isn't. If it's a satire attacking Catholicism, it needs to be incisively witty. It isn't. Smith unsuccessfully tries for something between these two approaches. He tries for humor solely through disrespecting Catholic beliefs. Lest you think I'm a defender of Catholicism, you should know that I'm 100% atheist. And I've never been Catholic, so I have no axe to grind. Smith is annoying in his twisting and scrambling of Catholic dogma. You've heard of cafeteria Catholicism? This is a Catholicism food fight! One shouldn't write like this if one isn't an outright unbeliever. Work out your crisis of faith in private, Smith, not by attacking your religion in theaters everywhere. If Smith can still consider himself a good Cathloic after writing "Dogma," then this in itself is a powerful refutation of Catholicism. The extremely complicated plot-with lots of exposition from the characters-is hardly worth following. "Dogma" has a poor script. Attempts at realism are thwarted by it. Characters' genuine questioning of God's purposes are met with no answers or worthless, trite answers. It lacks the wit necessary to make a truly effective attack on Catholicism. To be fair, I must say that all the actors gave superb performances. They did the best they could with the weak script. Though Carlin was miscast. He made it hard to accept the movie's initial premise. Some criticize the movie's directing and editing. I found no problem there. Any awkwardness can be traced back to the screwy theology and poor script. If you really enjoyed this kind of apocalyptic comedy, allow me to recommend the novel "Good Omens" by Prachett & Gaiman. With more skillful writing, this movie could have been a much more effective satire of Catholicism. This atheist gives "Dogma" a big thumbs-down.
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Summary: The Ten Commandments + MallRats = DOGMA
Review: Dogma, the latest in Writer/Director Kevin Smith's line of unrelated movies starring the same actors, is an absolutely hilarious satire of organized religion. I'm sure that this movie has and will continue to offend many catholics, but at it's core, dogma is simply an incredibaly funny and well written movie. As two angels, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's chemistry is as good as ever. They bounce off each other with perfect timing and rythm. Chris Rock adds his own element as the 13th apostle, Rufus. "Knew him (christ), nigga owes me 12 bucks," Rock says of his relationship witht the Messiah. Alan Rickman stars as the voice of God, a windswept ball of stress trying to save existence. The movie is full of satire and parody, and if taken as that and nothing more, the movie is just plain funny. Expecting more will only lead to disappointment, as the movie's near apocalyptic ending falls short of expectations. It's undeniable however, the characters and the script are a ruckus of laughs and "oh wow, did he just say that?" types of reactions. Throughout, the movie is full of laugh-out-loud jokes and scenes. It won't change anyone's views on religion (no mentally stable person anyways), and it won't cause a revolution. It's simply a funny movie that should be viewed in the same light as Mel Brooks movie, or any of Kevin Smiths' other films.
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