Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Blasphemy?
I knew tonight would be a lonely one, so I hit the video store and picked up Constantine and The Eye 2. I only had a chance to watch the first movie so far but it left me wondering something.
The movie is all about angels and demons and that sort of thing. At one point Satan shows up, played by Peter Stormare, but when he has a clash with God, God does not appear. He just does some divine stuff without assuming a form.
I realized that I see movies with Satan in them all the time. Usually it's a cool actor playing the role and having fun with it, like Pacino. So why don't we see nearly as many movies with people playing God? He's nearly always an abstract representation. Are people uptight about playing that role? Or do those weasel Hollywood screenwriters simply balk at the idea and leave Him out?
Oh yeah, the movie wasn't very good. Just OK.
The movie is all about angels and demons and that sort of thing. At one point Satan shows up, played by Peter Stormare, but when he has a clash with God, God does not appear. He just does some divine stuff without assuming a form.
I realized that I see movies with Satan in them all the time. Usually it's a cool actor playing the role and having fun with it, like Pacino. So why don't we see nearly as many movies with people playing God? He's nearly always an abstract representation. Are people uptight about playing that role? Or do those weasel Hollywood screenwriters simply balk at the idea and leave Him out?
Oh yeah, the movie wasn't very good. Just OK.
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What's funny is, I just picked up "Constintine", too. I was flabbergasted at how not awful it was. Inspired shots, decent color palette, and editing that made it more than a B. Was it fantastic...nope. Though, if they had titled it Matrix: Reloded, I certainly would be a less embittered moviegoer.
THE TROUT, OUT.
CUNTLICKERS.
THE TROUT, OUT.
CUNTLICKERS.
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: 17 August, 2005 17:16
: 17 August, 2005 17:16
Yeah, I would go so far as to say I really enjoyed the beginning of the film. Lots of unexpected coolness. But like most of these angel/demon/God/Devil movies, things just got too weird and nonsensical. I simply had no idea why anyone was doing anything.
It's hard to have a logical narrative built around elaborate fantasy or myth.
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