(Review of "Cloverfield")
Although I knew and expected that this was a worldly monster movie, I am still saddened by the complete lack of any refernce to God in this movie--aside from the misuse of our Lord's name. The characters never experienced any kind of repentence or questioning of their life or faith, which is still usually seen, if only in a watered-down, desperate way. I do not think this movie would be enjoyed by anybody with a Judeo-Christian worldview, as there is absolutely no reference to a Judeo-Christian worldview in this film.
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Not all movies are made to suit your Christian beliefs, dumbfuck! It's a movie (which I saw, and it was very good) made for people's entertainment. In case you didn't know, the world doesn't revolve around you and your beliefs.
Did you actually watch that film? It kicked much ass, in my opinion.
At any rate, near the end of the movie, when the helicopter is about to crash, one of the characters is begging God’s forgiveness. Isn't that explicit enough?
Actually, I was really really glad there was an absence of praying and repenting going on the movie. It made it so much more tolerable. Although if they had put a fundie kneeling in the middle of the street, only to be eaten by the monster when there was a clear means of escape waiting for them, not only would it have been lifelike, I think I would have laughed.
Its a horror movie, you asshole. Enjoy it for what its fucking worth.
A movie doesn't need to be a fucking fundie-fest to be enjoyable...frankly, I would've walked out of the movie if they spent the whole time holding Bibles in the air and chanting "Praise Jesus" instead of running away from the monster.
"worldly"
You should maybe use words people understand.
"I am still saddened by the complete lack of any refernce to God in this movie"
Wow what the hell. Does every little fucking thing in life have to justify itself for you?
"The characters never experienced any kind of repentence or questioning of their life or faith"
Because the movie was about a fucking monster! It's not a religious movie! WTF!!
"I do not think this movie would be enjoyed by anybody with a Judeo-Christian worldview"
It would be, but some people let that worldview get in the way of life.
"as there is absolutely no reference to a Judeo-Christian worldview"
Yeah, I'm not gonna watch a movie because there are no atheists in it... You're stupid. I guess your whole freaking life has to be about this stuff.
Well, okay, Jess, just for you.
The backstory is the Judeo-Christian deity sent the monster to New York City to punish an outspoken atheist who lived in Queens. The monster (which is barely seen) is a miracle of divine punishment. It is outside reality as we know it and could have only been created by the deity. This is somewhat analogous to Sodom and Gomorrah, The Flood, and other biblical stuff.
Happy now?
So you're expecting the monster and the people of NY to get together and have a worship service and give thanks to the Lord?
This is a giant monster movie and they tend to have lots of death and destruction.
We read your letter and feel you are making a reasonable request. We've talked it over with our team of writers, and I'm sure you'll be thrilled to know that we are planning to make a Bible monster movie for our next project (Leviathan II - This Time It's Biblical). Cunning CG, programmed to follow strict biblical rules, will also provide unicorns and satyrs, not really monsters, but scriptural.
Oh ... my ... God, I shouldn't even be saying this before copyrighting but I just had the BEST idea ever. I'm gonna start a business dubbing the occasional reference to God and Jesus into mainstream movies and selling them to fundies as 'Godly versions'.
'You talkin' to me ?? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talkin' to ?? - OH you're talkin' to Jesus ?? cool, Jesus is awesome !!'
'Say hello to my little friend - His name's Jesus and he died for our sins !!'
"I do not think this movie would be enjoyed by anybody with a Judeo-Christian worldview, as there is absolutely no reference to a Judeo-Christian worldview in this film."
You think wrong. So very, very wrong.
That there is no reference to a Judeo-Christian worldview in the film does not make it less enjoyable for a believer such as myself.
Christ Punch wrote:
"You know what else this movie was lacking? Taco salads. I don't like any movie without a taco salad in it." Around the time the awful Devlin-and-Emmerich Godzilla movie came out, Taco Bell put on a TV ad with that little Mexican-accented chihuahua in which the dog put a chalupa inside one of those box-suspended-on-top-of-a-stick rabbit traps. He intended to use it to lure Godzilla. When Godzilla did appear, the chihuahua opined, "I theenk I'm going to need a beeger box."
Would a chalupa do, in place of a taco salad?
Although I knew and expected that this was a Western monster movie, I am still saddened by the complete lack of any reference to Stalin in this movie--aside from the misuse of our Great Leader's name. The characters never experienced any kind of turning to the perfection of Marxist-Leninist ideology, which is still usually seen. I do not think this movie would be enjoyed by a good comrade, as there is absolutely no reference to a Marxist-Leninist worldview in this film.
Soviet Union Circa 1950.
(forgive me, I've been reading about Communist regimes all day....)
Not every movie has to kiss God's butt, you know...
I don't know about Clover, but Godzilla is my lord and savior. He even has "God" in his name.
Godzilla > Clover > Jesus
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