Is this about Jesus?

All kidding aside, this movie is an absolute mess. My review will be visible at www.worcestermovies.com (dvd section) by Friday 12/22. There's so much wrong here I almost don't know where to begin...

I'm a bigger fan of the book (and the Celestine series) than I am of the movie. For one, the movie was at least a half hour too short. But I do get a feeling of deep spirituality from the story. Not only do I think it's one of the greatest stories of the "Aquarian age", but also the most important. Those who speak against it are full of obvious hatred that needs to get resolved. It's one thing to express dislike for something, another altogether to rave on and on spewing bile. The Celestine Prophecy is by far the most important novels/movies to date. Expect a sequel called "The 10th Insight" based on the book. Thank you Mr. Redfield!

Funny thing about pretentious sophomoric drivel Smokehill Retrievers, that's what came to my mind halfway through that pile of diarrhea you call an opinion. All fluff and nothing to back it up. Go back to high school where the use of "big words" will net you some praise.

This movie is not anything like you said. The people that laugh at it are the ones who need to gain from it. The point is not that it is about a particular higher being; it's about finding the spiritual self no matter the religion. I read the book when it first came out and it has much more detail in it that the movie did not or could not offer, it is written simply so people like you, Smokehill Retrievers, can understand it...but the meaning itself has so much more to say. There was no need for a lot of fancy writing to make the book popular.

"...Having skimmed the book and read a few parts carefully ..."

You never read the book as a whole? So how come you feel eligible to comment on it? Or a you some kind of a phrophet yourself, who can tell peoples chracters by the looks of their toe-nails?

"...If it hadn't been for some really great sausage and bacon pizza, and a lot of Orville Redenbacher's fabulous popcorn, the evening would have been a real waste... "

Ah, salt of the earth! Backbone of humanity, stomach first! How come someone like you stumbled across the book anyhow?

"...However, several of us had a great time hooting at this pretentious crap and marveling that large numbers of people could be taken in by such sophomoric drivel..."

Not quite wrong, some people get carried away all too easy, that's why there are so many sects and self proclaimed "churches" around. Still all those people seek answers to their questions, which can't be answered with a burger and a beer. Major (multicultural) problem.

"..As one of my friends observed, it just goes to show that universal suffrage was a lousy idea; there are too many suckers walking around that are too gullible to be trusted with something as dangerous as a vote ..."

Right! Still they succeeded in Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004 and now we get universal suffrage the Republican way: global corporatism.
Wonder who your friend voted for - if ever...

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I couldn't disagree more. I'll chalk it up to personal preference whether the viewer buys into new age spirituality or not but, as a movie (I reiterate), THIS IS A MESS. It is poorly acted, directed, shot, etc., etc. Really, rewatch this and look at the special effects...ask yourself why the main character shows only one range as an actor...what positive features does this FILM contain (i.e., not the message or anything else that could be conveyed in the book itself)?

thank you very much! good message? sure...good film? No *beep* way!

I think that James Redfield's book is extremely difficult to be adapted to a movie considering that the book have valid points that are hard to visualize in a film.