Posted by SheRa at zeta-216-68-166-204.fuse.net on July 23, 2000 at 20:18:16:
In Reply to: Okay, I can't justlet this drop now... posted by tema on July 23, 2000 at 19:17:05:
: I think it was trying to make fun of all the religion
It wasn't. Problem solved...you just didn't understand the film...it wasn't making fun of religion at all...it was, perhaps, taking a jab at the way some people express their faith and how people get bogged down in the details rather than looking at the overall picture...but it wasn't making fun of religion itself.
:they get Allanis Morissette in a tutu as God to do handstands on a
:tree, and Bartleby gives her a hug and their all happy and then go home
Bartleby didn't go home...Bartleby went to hell.
And Alanis' god brought Bethany back...made the sterile Bethany pregnant...that wasn't impressive? She didn't deserve a few minutes of R&R after those acts, condemning Bartleby to hell and cleaning up the mess he and his cohort made?
Regardless...the film made a lot of people think...it raised a lot of the questions that people struggle with...and it did so in a more accessible manner than most 'religious' films...I know a lot of people who spent a good deal of time in the days and weeks after seeing the film discussing the points it raised, and questions that grew from those points...it had plenty to say...but again, you're focusing on the few parts that you didn't like and not looking at the whole picture...you may not have liked it...but it had plenty to say to those who were willing to listen.
:and I was wondering if you could stop quoting what Isay like that..it's :annoying. And don't quote me saying not to quote you either cause that :would be even more annoying. No offense, it's just annoying.
Sorry for being annoying...but it's typically the way things are done when any sort of discussion is going on...it's the only way that one can be sure to address what's actually been said as opposed to getting off onto some tangent that confuses things...why is it annoying to quote what you've said? can I ask how old you are?