Martin Luther has a couple solid movie reviews up. One review covers Darren Aronofsky 's The Fountain, a movie I've thought about seeing, if only for its eclectic metaphysical weirdness. But Luther notes that there may be good questions being asked... Here is a quick review of what other "authorities" have concluded about the Jesus who Paul, the early Church, the Vatican, and Fox News have kept hidden in a vault somewhere: Jesus was a woman.Is Aronofsky saying that we must all finally accept death as a part of life, which finally releases us to the great All that is Life, so that we become part of the ground which gives life to the tree which buds into fruit which is eaten by birds which are sold at Pet World? (I added that last part.)
Luther's second burst of off-the-cuff commentary focuses on a film I won't waste my time on, but includes a very interesting list of "authoritative" pronouncements on "the real Jesus."
Jesus was a space alien and is buried in Japan.
Jesus visited India
and is buried in Kashmir.
Jesus was a Buddhist.
Jesus was a Muslim.
Jesus was a Mormon.
Jesus was a magician.
Jesus was a Gnostic.
Jesus was the son of Mary and a Roman soldier.
Jesus never existed.
Jesus was never executed.
Jesus was married and had children.
Jesus was a mere Mediterranean peasant.
Jesus was insane.
Anything and everything except, of course, that: Jesus was the Son of God, the Word made flesh, the messiah of Israel, the savior of the world.
Only missing is a blurb from Richard Dawkins stating that Jesus is a delusion sustained only by simple-minded idiots whose intelligence has been hijacked by the forces of Evolution and DNA, and thus should not, in Dawkins' schema, be held accountable for their stupidity (notice my editorial license). Enjoy the reviews.
It's kind of ridiculous, the pleasure it gives me to say, "Martin Luther" and "movie reviews" in the same sentence.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Movie Reviews from Martin Luther
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2 comments:
I left The Fountain halfway through, because it was too painfully weird to stand any longer.
And sort of gross, too.
Not quite what I'd call a glowing endorsement. Aronofsky also directed Pi, which was weird but pretty good. Maybe he got carried away with his own creativity in The Fountain. (Always painful to watch this happen.)
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