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intense religious themes at end ruin this decent comedy

posted 11 years ago by cerealcinema
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i was misled thinking this was going to be a campy "make fun of armageddon movie" but instead it actually IS an armageddon movie after mostly as a comedian buddy movie. the last 1/3 of the movie turns into a fanatical christian tale of who gets to heaven. there is no joke about it, it's treated real and it doesn't fit the movie at all. the sacrifice instant access to heaven *beep* it just makes a turn into blatant propaganda for the church after a halfway decent flick that i got some chuckles from. its good to see other threads also mentioning how this is despicable. hollywood is special needs shortbus challenged.

[–] Ro-bust 10 years ago

How else was the film supposed to end? Blimey did you want them all to just die? Anyway im glad we saw the real face of the apocalypse at the end as it changed up the film, and im not religious in anyway. I loved this film in its entirety, save maybe the bsb bit.

[–] 06986 10 years ago

Miserable whiny anal retentive Christian/religion hating atheists like the OP are annoying.

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[–] somesunnyday 10 years ago

Get a new script mate, this one's getting old 😷

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[–] bijinius 9 years ago

I thought the straight-up christian imagery and ideas the most daring part of this movie. they could have gone the "atheist", "hollywood" route or whatever, and I'm glad they did. it was all refreshing and all deus-ex machina. good stuff!!

[–] ericzillazillo 9 years ago

Noah's director is an atheist, and that film also has religious themes, yet it is apparently a pretty good movie.

As I mention in another thread, this is what American secularism looks like - you can blaspheme and make fun of religion all you like, but if you outright attack it you would be loosing a whole lot of support, which is why it has to appear as Christian propaganda.

I also would have liked if it was something of a left behind parody.

[–] king_of_bob 9 years ago

Well you were wrong about the premise anyway. It isn't making fun of the apocalypse, it's making fun of actors. The apocalypse is just the backdrop for that gag.

there is no joke about it, it's treated real and it doesn't fit the movie at all.

Yes, it does actually.

[the sacrifice instant access to heaven *beep* it just makes a turn into blatant propaganda for the church after a halfway decent flick that i got some chuckles from.

First, how can it be Church propaganda when this is not a recognized method of gaining acceptance into heaven? Second, the movie is written and produced primarily by Jewish people. Why would Jews be pushing Christian propaganda?

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