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Summary: Better than counting sheep
Review: Two words best describe this stinker: Boring. Tedious.The premise: Jesus sits down and writes his own gospel story/scripture. (Yeaaa!) Then, oops, he loses it. (Rats!) Then his personally chosen disciples write their own scriptures which, for no conceivable reason, are contrary to Jesus' gospel. (Booooo!) Then suddenly Jesus' gospel pops up from nowhere 2000 years later. (Yeaaaa!) Then, the eeeeevil catholic church tries to squash this gospel because they want to protect their billion dollar hold on religion. (Booooo!) Then Patricia Arquette shows up with bleeding sores and saves the day. (Yeaaaaa!) Unfortunately, this comatose storyline never explains how we should distinguish the "St. Thomas" gospel from the literally hundreds (possibly thousands) of other equally "lost gospels" which have repeatedly surfaced over the last 2000 years (notable example: the Book of Mormon). The movie also predictably omits that no bible scholar (even university academicians with no religious allegiances) has ever regarded the "st. thomas" gospel as anything other than a mediocre fabrication. As a "study of religion", the movie is pretentious and silly. It is a religion story for the MTV generation: all sound byte and no substance. If you must see it, do so for the only legitimate reasons -- lots of special effects and a blaring soundtrack.
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Summary: Interesting and satisfying.
Review: Stigmata turned out to be quite an interesting and viewable movie. I didn't consider it to be excellent, but it still was satisfying. I couldn't help realizing that it reminded me more than a little of The Exorcist. I wouldn't call Stigmata a clone of it though (it wasn't totally the same). Stigmata was a well-made movie. What was most impressive about Stigmata was the priest played by Gabriel Byrne. He did an excellent job in his role indeed. Stigmata was a film that was different. Worth a watch.
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Summary: Strange stylish good looking horror film.
Review: The cinematography is very good in this film. Well director and written. Good Performances From Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne. Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins, did the music for the film. Unusual supernatural horror film, it`s has more on style but short on sense. Grade:B+. Super 35.
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Summary: Great
Review: I saw this movie in the theatre thinking that it was going to be like every other movie that's supposed to be scary-I'd just sit there and not think about a thing. This movie has great substance. I left the theatre actually thinking about something besides the traffic(and I can't even drive). Anyways, I sit watching movies and they don't scare me or phase me at all. This movie was different. It wasn't really scary, but it was a little scary. It hit my nerves and I must admit-I was a little scared. It was a great movie!
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Summary: The best movie out!
Review: This is my favorite movie out on DVD right now. I went to the theater to see it, and couldn't wait until it came out so I could buy it. After watching the movie, I was so happy to find out about the "words of Christ". I don't belong to a church. I don't go to church. But that doesn't mean I don't beleive in God. I am a good person. I try to live my life correctly and I don't need to go to church to pray. I don't need to tell someone else what I've done wrong. I don't need the Middle-man. I loved this movie because it tells you that. "Christ said"; you don't have to worship me or my father in a building. I will be there, anywhere, you need me. That's not the quote from the movie, but a summary. This is a must see movie!
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Summary: Pretentious!
Review: This is one silly, pretentious, little film,very confused (by no means confusing) and judging by its imagery and sentiments aimed directly at minds raised on MTV. Please! People of faith will not be moved. The admonition, as I picked through the mire that is this film, was to be not like "whited sepulchers..full of dead men's bones and corruption" to have a living faith... Gee, who said that, I wonder? It's in the Gospels. As far as this little flick is concerned: No "revelations" here. Read the Book instead!
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Summary: Don't pass this up so quicky...........
Review: The dynamic opinions of this movie may make it difficult for one to deciding whether this movie is worth buying or not. Based on the overweighing consensus, you are MORE likely to ENJOY this movie than hate it. So go for it! I personally loved every aspect of this movie: the story line, acting, photography, special effects & Dolby 5.1 are all top notch. If you have a good home theatre set-up, the DVD format is a true delight for all your senses.
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Summary: I loved this movie!
Review: Not so much a horror movie as a drama, I really enjoyed the visual style and statement it made about religion. A lot of people I talked to did not like this movie, if you are expecting an action packed horror film you will be let down, but if you are interested in a thought provoking supernatural drama check it out. Gabriel Byrne is excellent!
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Summary: A Good Movie, and a great dvd....
Review: This is the type of movie you either loved or hated... I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Terrific acting, terrific f/x, solid story and plot, and well it's a very well made movie and it delivers the chills and thrills when it needs to. This is a fun movie, I've seen countless horror and thriller movies, it's unfair to compare this to Exorcist. It's not right to either movie. Stigmata stands on it's own feet, and while it's not the scariest movie, it's makes up for it with the acting and soldi story telling. You actually care about the characters in the movie, and like I said it's a well made movie, give it a chance, make up your own decision... As for the dvd, it's a beautiful transfer. Before I move on, I highly recommend viewing the alternate ending directors version of the film. You do get a choice when you hit the play movie button. The different ending has more of an impact, than the orginal ending. Back to it, all in all it's a great dvd, nice deleted scenes, some of which are understood why they were cut, but there were a couple that would have fit nicely with the story telling. Basically the extras are very good, I would have liked to have seen more extars, but with what they did, they did a very nice job. I've been spoiled, my Phantasm DVD is loaded with extras. Anyways, the video transfer is simply brilliant, colors are natural, and simply beautiful. Same goes for the audio. Some of the deleted scenes are a step down in quality, but still decent considering they didn't make the final cut of the film. Which means they missed the waxing and the beautiful finish the final cut of the film gets. But they are still decent. In sum, a terrific movie, put on a terrific disc. IMHO, it was worth the money I paid for it....
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Summary: Boooorrrrrriiiiiinnnnnggggg
Review: As best I can tell, this movie appealed mainly to two groups: (1) adolescent males who think the quality of a movie is directly proportional to the number of special effects and the sound volume of the soundtrack; and (2) embittered, hateful neurotics who get cranked on any movie attacking religion generally or the Catholic Church specifically. True Sci-Fi fans will be disappointed. This isn't even a good Exorcist rip-off. The premise for the movie is unique, even though factually void. However, the WORST aspect of this movie is that it takes itself far too seriously, and once it does that it collapses. It degenerates into a preachy, self-absorbed sermon --- exactly the type of religious mentality it presumes to attack.
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