TotusTuusMaria Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 well i wont be going to see it, not for fear that it will "influence me in anti-Catholic sentiments," but that I would be paying $7-10 dollars to help fund and encourage more books and movies which have the strong potential to spread lies against the Church and Jesus Christ. This is a movie that came from the guy who also spread the fictional story that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and had a child. Yeah, I think I'll pass spending two or so hours of my life watching anything he comes up with. I don't need to be so badly entertained or re-hear/learn from him and his work the need for science and religion to co-exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 [quote name='Norseman82' post='1873681' date='May 23 2009, 12:07 AM']Interestingly enough, the girl I've been dating was commenting on the science aspect of it, since she actually was a physicist at the CERN lab in Geneva.[/quote] If you are dating alpine kat I'm way jealous [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM&feature=channel_page"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM...re=channel_page[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSW Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 [quote name='TotusTuusMaria' post='1873979' date='May 23 2009, 04:04 PM']well i wont be going to see it, not for fear that it will "influence me in anti-Catholic sentiments," but that I would be paying $7-10 dollars to help fund and encourage more books and movies which have the strong potential to spread lies against the Church and Jesus Christ. This is a movie that came from the guy who also spread the fictional story that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and had a child. Yeah, I think I'll pass spending two or so hours of my life watching anything he comes up with. I don't need to be so badly entertained or re-hear/learn from him and his work the need for science and religion to co-exist.[/quote] Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 [quote name='Norseman82' post='1873681' date='May 22 2009, 11:07 PM']I did not read the book, but I saw the movie tonight, since the USCCB rated it L instead of O. With the exception of some of the internal Vatican scheming and violence, I saw very few anti-Catholic messages in the movie (those being the historical inaccuracies regarding the Illuminati and Galileo). To me, it was mostly an action-packed thriller with a lot of twists and turns that actually had some messages that cast the Church in a positive light. And the last scene reminded me of how God used Cyrus of Persia to free Israel from Babylon. Interestingly enough, the girl I've been dating was commenting on the science aspect of it, since she actually was a physicist at the CERN lab in Geneva.[/quote] Your girlfriend was involved in the evil plot to destroy the entire universe? Cool! I'm mostly ticked off that for reasons far beyond my comprehension, the little local movie theater is playing [i]this[/i] piece of croutons instead of [i]Terminator: Salvation.[/i] Seriously, who in their right mind would rather watch Tom Hanks vs. the Evil Cardinals or whatever than evil robots destroying the world?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytherese Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 One solid catholic film critic writes a movie review and articles pertaining to Angels and Demons along with The Divinci Code and other films. [url="http://www.decentfilms.com/"]http://www.decentfilms.com/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) I saw it last night and enjoyed it. I thought it portrayed the Church in a good light and Tom Hanks character was on the Churches side basically the whole way. I like how it made the point that the men of the Church aren't perfect but God is. It even brought tears to my eyes in the end also. Although I anticipate the new Hannah Montana would of made me cry to if I went and seen it. Edited May 26, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortify Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) Hmm... well so far from what I have seen the movie presents the typical false pretense of science vs religion, an Church that is outdated and backwards in its ways, a subversive group against the Church that is really good since they were pro science, etc. Btw... how many people watching the film will walk away thinking a branding of scientists at La Purga was a historical event? Edited May 26, 2009 by mortify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='mortify' post='1875641' date='May 26 2009, 01:39 PM']Hmm... well so far from what I have seen the movie presents the typical false pretense of science vs religion, an Church that is outdated and backwards in its ways, a subversive group against the Church that is really good since they were pro science, etc[/quote] Wrong. Read the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortify Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='kujo' post='1875644' date='May 26 2009, 12:44 PM']Wrong. Read the thread.[/quote] Watch the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='mortify' post='1875649' date='May 26 2009, 01:49 PM']Watch the movie.[/quote] I did. And I don't see any of what you're talking about. In fact, the resolution seemed to run completely antithetical to your summation of the science v. religion conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisChildForever Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='kujo' post='1875651' date='May 26 2009, 12:54 PM']I did. And I don't see any of what you're talking about. In fact, the resolution seemed to run completely antithetical to your summation of the science v. religion conflict.[/quote] We must have seen a different movie then. I could have sworn they told me theater 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1875505' date='May 26 2009, 01:52 AM']Although I anticipate the new Hannah Montana would of made me cry to if I went and seen it.[/quote] Yeah, tears of regret. the end is HORRIBLE. It was fine up until [spoiler]"the whole town keeps her secret"[/spoiler] it ruined hannah montana for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='mortify' post='1875641' date='May 26 2009, 12:39 PM']Btw... how many people watching the film will walk away thinking a branding of scientists at La Purga was a historical event?[/quote] Yeah. People are going to think these things actually happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortify Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) [quote name='HisChildForever' post='1875656' date='May 26 2009, 01:12 PM']We must have seen a different movie then. I could have sworn they told me theater 2.[/quote] Yea... the movie I saw kept on making references to the Vatican killing scientists, destroying their books, and stifling scientific progress... and so an enlightened group turned violent after centuries of persecution now wants to blow up the Vatican... and this all after the death of a progressive Pope... perfectly harmless to the Church's image... Edited May 26, 2009 by mortify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisChildForever Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 [quote name='mortify' post='1875687' date='May 26 2009, 01:56 PM']Yea... the movie I saw kept on making references to the Vatican killing scientists, destroying their books, and stifling scientific progress... and so an enlightened group turned violent after centuries of persecution now wants to blow up the Vatican... and this all after the death of a progressive Pope... perfectly harmless to the Church's image... [/quote] The movie I saw dramatized and stretched historical fact (Galileo was branded a heretic by the Church for his scientific discoveries you know), but nevertheless the priests - at least the carmelengo - expressed remorse over this. The Illuminati were thought to have died out centuries ago. With their supposed return, they were not looked upon as enlightened so much as blood-thirsty individuals out for revenge against a Church that has already apologized for Her past actions. While the late Pope was called "progressive" at the very beginning, the film did not explain HOW he was "progressive." The HOW is addressed in the book which was left out of the film. I also saw A LOT of good from the Church main characters (the kidnapped Cardinals, the new Pope, the new camerlengo) as well as the non-religious characters (Robert and Vittoria, the physicist). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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