Change Your Image
Matt-371
Reviews
Dogma (1999)
A Religious Comedy
I am a huge Kevin Smith fan and after seeing this film I can say that it was everything I hoped it would be, and a little bit more. It's extremely well written and directed. The film has the same great comedy we're used to from Kevin Smith, but he shows that he has another dimension that I don't think many people thought was there.
Jay and Silent Bob have their biggest role so far. Jay has some of his laugh out loud funniest one liners yet. But what really makes this a great film is that it is genuinely thought provoking.
There are religious people out there who will criticize this film as being anti religion, anti Catholicism, when it is anything but (well, a little anti Cathlic maybe). The central theme to the film is that there is a God, but not the God that most people know (or think they know) or believe in. The characters in the film are trying to get the message across that people have changed the original God, man has made God into the image they want him/her to be, made their own religious rules, rules that God never intended. From a strictly biblical standpoint, Smith is right on, which is not something that can be said about many films dealing with religion. And isn't that the entire point to Christianity, that it's based on the bible.
SLC Punk! (1998)
A very good rental choice.
SLC Punk is anything but boring or uninteresting. This film kept me interested the entire time with good characters, good dialogue, and good directing. As a whole it lacks direction or much of a plot, but the individual scenes are quite entertaining. Matthew Lialiard puts on a good performance and the sound track is really cool. I definately recommend this movie.
Drinking Games (1998)
An indie gem
I really liked this movie. In the low budget spirit of Clerks, Drinking Games has smart dialogue and focus' on the relationships between a group of friends faced with terrible situation. Anyone who has a close circle of friends would appreciate this movie, I can totally see myself and my group of friends reacting the same exact way in that situation.