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Summary: overall ok, but executed well.
Review: Hmm... for some reason i reviewed this twice... wish there were a 'delete' option... anyways...Pretty, good sounding, but thoroghly popcorn/saturday night entertainment. It's that canned cheese on a ritz that tastes pretty good at first...
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Summary: yikes!
Review: You know what I love about this little morality play, oh sorry-MOVIE is that it is SO INCREDIBLY SUBTLE, wow, you had to look really, really close to see the message. Are you getting my sarcasm? good cause I'm laying it on thick. (a quote from Tommy Boy, an Oscar contender compared to this heap) Uh, do I really need to say more? What a typical load of crap this country pours out, I can just hear the studio heads yelling: "Lay it on thick guys, they love it when you smack 'em across the face with it!"
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Summary: A DVD review
Review: A film that I enjoyed because it matches my own personal views about God and the Roman Catholic church. A DVD that was a gift and probably wouldn't have added to my collection unless it was on the discount rack. Decent acting, soundtrack and suspense were all pluses in this film although it does rip-off the Exorcist but with a twist. The deleted scenes were rightfully deleted. With the exception of the alternative ending and an alternative beginning, none of the scenes add much or take anything away. Some are more explicit versions of scenes still in the film. The scenes are a longer more explicit sex scene between Frankie and Steve, a alternative beginning where Alameda kills himself by jumping off the church, a scene where Frankie is in the salon alone and stuff starts flying around poltergeist fashion, a scene where Frankie kicks Steve out of her apartment after a fight, a more explicit scene where Frankie stabs her wrist and finally a alternative ending where it is implied that Frankie dies. Overall, a film that I wouldn't add to my collection unless it was a gift. Definitely worth a look.
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Summary: dumb little flick
Review: This movie is so stupid it should have never been made. This is the worst exorcist rip off I've seen.Think about this for a second,if your a dead priest trying to spread the true meaning of God,would you A:Take possession of an idiot hair stylist and write important information on a wall,paint over it,slice your arms up and beat the snot out of the only guy who is trying to help you who is a priest ? Or B:Tell the priest what is going on and what to do and let as many people as you can know that the vatican just aint the nice folks they claim to be? you tell me.
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Summary: Um, Okay?
Review: It was an alright movie. Not for everyone, may offend. But other then that okay. It wouldn't be on the top of my list, three stars is over doing it!
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Summary: Bad movie based on a fake gospel
Review: Stigmata in an of itself is a horrible movie. I felt the writing and acting in it was terrible. The supposed "lost" gospel that the movie refers to is The Gospel of Thomas. Many would have you believe that this is the most accurate of any gospel of Jesus. The film relies heavily on the line, "Split wood I am there, look under a stone and you will find me there." Friends, that is pantheism, the belief that Jesus is coterminous with the things of this world. This line is used quite often in Stigmata. However, what the producers, director and writer have failed to mention is that the Gospel of Thomas ends with Jesus saying, "Let Mary go away from us, because women are not worthy of life. Lo, I shall lead her in order to make her a male, so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling you males. For every woman who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven." This quote flies in the face of John 4:1-26 when Christ speaks to the Samaritan woman and offers her the living water of eternal life. You do not have to take my word alone for it. I would suggest reading The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. The argument against the Gospel of Thomas is dealt with quite well. I will leave you with this: The Gospel of Thomas has been dated at almost two centuries after the Ascension. Thomas and the rest of the Apostles had already died by then. God bless you.
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Summary: WHAT A WAY TO TELL THE TRUTH !!!
Review: "THE GOD IS WITHIN YOU AND AROUND YOU" THIS IS A REPLY TO ALL THE ORGANIZED RELIGIONS ( NOT ONLY TO THE VATICANS ) WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY KEEPERS OF GOD. I LIKED THE SCENE WHEN THE SCIENTIST+PRIEST SCOLDED AT HIS IDEA OF CELIBACY. J. KRISHNAMURTI USED TO TELL THE STORY: WHEN A MAN FINDS THE TRUTH THEN A DEVILS COMES TO HIM TO ORGANIZE IT.
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Summary: A Love Story
Review: For me, STIGMATA was about the bringing together, and subsequent love, of the two main characters: the hip hair stylist whose inner conflict walks the line between good nature and non-believing, and the cynical priest whose quest for truth is his guide ... Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne are nothing short of brilliant in their roles, and the look and feel of dreary Pittsburgh adds highly to the atmosphere ... What pleasantly surprised me was the quality in chemsitry and subtlety between Byrne and Arquette, which elevated this film from very good to great .... Amidst chaotic circumstances, the two characters develop a genuine care, even love, for each other, which glows against the ugly wealth and materialism of the Catholic religion ... This comment on the value of real vs. fake and good vs. evil is just one aspect that elevates STIGMATA to 5 stars in my book ...
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Summary: Critics-Wrong Again
Review: How the critics could downplay this fine movie is beyond this writer. They actually get paid? The acting by Gabriel Byrne was over shadowed only by a terrific performance by Patricia Arquette, who out acted Linda Blair who depended on special effects. The only reason this movie could be over looked would be the lack of a superstar. It was better than "End of Days," but didn't have Arnold. Insofar as shedding a poor light on the church, the inquesition and the Borgia Pope did that already.
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Summary: ~PERFECTION~
Review: The essential message of this excellently acted and assembled movie masterpiece is proven to be accurate by the very critics who dismissed and scorned it; that is to say that any real Spiritual Truth will inevitably soar far above the heads of those who think they possess knowledge of truth through that smug, hypocrital, egomaniacally self-indulgent materialistic delusion they like to call intellect. It doesn't take a genius to reach the conclusion that two thousand years without any Spiritual advancement is more than enough proof that something fundamental is amiss. This movie and any with a similar message are a critical wake-up call to us all.
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