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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Negative Zero" data-source="post: 1478567" data-attributes="member: 3794">for the record, i do consider myself christian, and even taught confirmation classes in the catholic church during my youth. i'm not religious but i do have strong spiritual beliefs. i mention this not to discuss the religion of the movie, but rather to create perspective and so, on to the movie: saw it. didn't like it. don't get me wrong, it has emotional weight, but as a movie, little else. i feel that as a movie, this film fails. the "plot" is very loosely held together by knowledge assumed to be possessed by the viewer. it does not stand on its own. even worse, it is made in an extremely clichéd manner, beating you over the head with excessive slo-motion and extraordinarily cheesy, overly dramatic music, blatantly designed to wrench emotions of sympathy and guilt from the viewer. (and all of this in the opening 10 minutes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ) unfortunately, this really isn't the place to discuss the movie, because its de/merits are found primarily in its religious/spiritual significance and not in its film making prowess. although, i must confess, i did like the "look" of the film. the colours were rich and vivid and the sets and costumes were both visually appealing and did serve to pull you in, in my opinion. sadly, the rest of the filmmaking really undid the good work of the visuals. there was no subtlety to be found. but, what can anyone say? controversy sells! ... i heard his next pic is going to be about Chanukah ... is this true??? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />  ~NegZ</blockquote>

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