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I'll get back on this. I see that it is back on Amazon (was unavailable or grossly inflated before) and I could not resist ordering a copy as well as some of my favorite chili powder, after all of the controversy. My guess is that my disappointment will be both cinematic and metaphysical, but I think I will like the chili powder.
Kevin Smith's Dogma
If I were to pick the ideal snack to enjoy while watching Dogma, it would be corn-on-the-cob. Don't ask me why.
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I got it....10 bucks from Amazon. Everything looks legit, packaging, disk, all look good. I will check it out, see if it works and let you know if I need the services of an exorcist.
I don't recall whether it was there the last time I saw it (when it was new), but it does have a lengthy text disclaimer prior to the movie, basically tell us to not take ourselves or the movie too seriously.
Matt Damon looks really young.
I don't recall whether it was there the last time I saw it (when it was new), but it does have a lengthy text disclaimer prior to the movie, basically tell us to not take ourselves or the movie too seriously.
Matt Damon looks really young.
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Well....how bout that. I just looked and realized that I did find a cheap copy of Dogma in a Big Lots close out or whatever. I have not watched it yet, been sitting on my big DVD pile. I must have forgotten about it or decided to save my soul for a while, or whatever.
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As the controversial Kevin Smith movie celebrates its 25th anniversary, Dogma is getting a re-release.
The View Askewniverse director revealed that his 1999 religious satire is returning to theaters and getting a new home release after another company purchased the distribution rights from Harvey Weinstein‘s Miramax.
“The movie’s been bought away from the guy that had it for years and whatnot,” he said on That Hashtag Show. “The company that bought it, we met with them a couple months ago. They were like, ‘Would you be interested in re-releasing it and touring it like you do with your movies?’ I said, ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up.'”
Smith continued, “Right now, 2024 is our 25th anniversary, this year. November is when we came out. So, I think 2025 it looks like is when the movement’s going to happen there. Back on home video, then back out in theaters, and I’ll tour it and stuff like that.”
This will be the first time the movie has been available to stream since its 1999 premiere, while hard copies remain of the title remain a rarity.
The View Askewniverse director revealed that his 1999 religious satire is returning to theaters and getting a new home release after another company purchased the distribution rights from Harvey Weinstein‘s Miramax.
“The movie’s been bought away from the guy that had it for years and whatnot,” he said on That Hashtag Show. “The company that bought it, we met with them a couple months ago. They were like, ‘Would you be interested in re-releasing it and touring it like you do with your movies?’ I said, ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up.'”
Smith continued, “Right now, 2024 is our 25th anniversary, this year. November is when we came out. So, I think 2025 it looks like is when the movement’s going to happen there. Back on home video, then back out in theaters, and I’ll tour it and stuff like that.”
This will be the first time the movie has been available to stream since its 1999 premiere, while hard copies remain of the title remain a rarity.
How about they just re release this one into the nearest garbage can, and instead keep Life of Brian perpetually in theaters for a necessary public service.
I'm generally a big fan of blasphemy, but you've still got to do it well for it to be worth the bother. And Monty Python does theirs as good as it possibly can be done (basically, it's the kind of blasphemy that isn't even remotely blasphemous, but still does the trick of riling up all the people who barely even know what they are actually protesting about)
Like I said, the best kind. The kind that exposes the uninformed, the pretenders and the charlatans.
I'm generally a big fan of blasphemy, but you've still got to do it well for it to be worth the bother. And Monty Python does theirs as good as it possibly can be done (basically, it's the kind of blasphemy that isn't even remotely blasphemous, but still does the trick of riling up all the people who barely even know what they are actually protesting about)
Like I said, the best kind. The kind that exposes the uninformed, the pretenders and the charlatans.
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Always liked Dogma. Fun actors, great George Carlin and some clever writing. Couldn't care less about who got riled up over it...that's been going on forever but now we protest movies for being "offensive" or non-PC rather than being blasphemous. Different reasons but same result.
Personally I'm not as big on Life of Brian...I love Monty Python but so many gags didn't work in that one for me...jokes like making fun of the emperor's lisp go on way too long. Fantastic ending with the singalong, though.
Personally I'm not as big on Life of Brian...I love Monty Python but so many gags didn't work in that one for me...jokes like making fun of the emperor's lisp go on way too long. Fantastic ending with the singalong, though.
The lisping emperor is classic stuff. When given the opportunity to save someone from execution, it turns out the people are more invested in making fun of his speech impediment than rescuing the life of someone they believe might deserve saving.
That's what makes so many of the gags in Life of Brian so cutting. Everyone is indicted as being horrible, cruel and a phony, whether it's the noble class, the church, the revolutionaries or the common people. And like all the best comedy, it sometimes feels frighteningly close to the truth.
Dogma just has a bunch of people standing around reciting Smith's garbled, self satisfied monologues. It's horrendous (and was the movie that quickly got me moving away from Smith and the rest of his career)
That's what makes so many of the gags in Life of Brian so cutting. Everyone is indicted as being horrible, cruel and a phony, whether it's the noble class, the church, the revolutionaries or the common people. And like all the best comedy, it sometimes feels frighteningly close to the truth.
Dogma just has a bunch of people standing around reciting Smith's garbled, self satisfied monologues. It's horrendous (and was the movie that quickly got me moving away from Smith and the rest of his career)
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Dogma was Smirh’s last great film.
A biting satire that hits most of its attempts at humor with pointed criticism aimed at religion.
A biting satire that hits most of its attempts at humor with pointed criticism aimed at religion.
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Seeing this reminds me that I still have not rewatched Dogma; I bought it and put it on the shelf. Given the way I stack disks on that shelf, a reverse chronological sequence, most recently watched first, among other movies, it seems like I've watched the 1959 The Blob, C.H.U.D, Curse of the Demon and Ben Hur more recently. That must say something, like Dogma ranks below a huge, carnivorous jelly creature and a chariot race. Then, again, I recall that Dogma did not have a song by Bert Bacharach as a lead-in. That give an edge to The Blob.
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Dogma was Smirh’s last great film.
A biting satire that hits most of its attempts at humor with pointed criticism aimed at religion.
A biting satire that hits most of its attempts at humor with pointed criticism aimed at religion.
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Kevin Smith has always been his own worst enemy, so yeah, he often made himself into a pariah. Especially in Hollywood
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Always liked Dogma. Fun actors, great George Carlin and some clever writing. Couldn't care less about who got riled up over it...that's been going on forever but now we protest movies for being "offensive" or non-PC rather than being blasphemous.
Personally I'm not as big on Life of Brian...I love Monty Python but so many gags didn't work in that one for me...
Personally I'm not as big on Life of Brian...I love Monty Python but so many gags didn't work in that one for me...
I don't understand Smith's thinking. He had to know that he'd be a pariah after that. I certainly did when I left the theater.
I don't see anything kevin has ever does lining up with christian values. It's a shame if religion has that much power in the industry or that their willing to crouch to pressure and push back on him. It undermines the art of film. Also, receiving death threats really shows some of the dark underbellies of religion that shouldn't be tolerated in society.
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