عقيدة

...Literally! "Dogma" has violated the two cardinal sins (ha-ha!) in cinema: 1) it's incredibly BORING, and 2) for the most part, it's UNFUNNY. So boring and unfunny that during the movie I started to think about my dental surgery the next day (Yes, THAT bad!) There is no coherence in this story which thus renders this film into small little bits and sight-gags, most of which are puerile. The biggest error in "Dogma" is that Kevin Smith did not adequately develop the story around the Bethany character (Linda Fiorentino) and instead focused on the many useless side characters. As for the Catholic angle--who cares! I sure didn't. This movie was too lame to offend my lapsed Catholic sensibilities. It was smart of the Catholic Church to not officially picket this film as it would have brought unwarranted attention to such an undeserved movie. In sum: A very disappointing film. If you must see it, rent it on video, so you can fast-forward through the many (I said MANY!) slow parts.

DOGMA opens with a man getting beaten to death with hockey sticks hinting it`s going to be a pitch black comedy and Matt Damon`s opening spiel also offers proof this is going to be comedy of the darkest order putting the boot into organized religion , but when Alan Rickman turns up with the most camp and probably worst performance of his career alarm bells started ringing in my ears . Things go from bad to worse when the language grows more and more profane with characters unable to speak a sentence without peppering it with " F*** " and " Sh*t " . It`s always a sign of desparation in a comedy when characters resort to bad language in order generate laughs. There is a memorable sequence of Salma Hayek in a pink bikini doing some pole dancing but it`s an ordeal sitting through the dross that precedes this and DOGMA would have worked far better if all the scenes not featuring Salma had been edited out

Yes! this movie rocked! I never saw a movie with such comedy. I think Ben Affleck made this movie a little too serious at the end. It may be a comedy but Jay, Silent Bob, Rufus, and Loki had to work hard at the end to keep it funny. Many quotes un observed in the memorable quote sections are: Bartalybe: Wings! NOW! Loki: I feel kinda exposed here... Bartalybe: NOW! Loki: Yeah, we ran out of church sinners to kill so he just began picking up random people along the road. Oop, take a step back... Loki: Oh boy, here he comes... [after Bartalybe announced his arrival]

This is a load of irritating, stupid, annoying pretentious waffle. It is just AWFUL. All that stupid stuff about Alanis Morissette being God, and we're meant to be all shocked, because God is a woman. Woo hoo. radical. And then Matt and Ben just wonder round looking monumentally stupid, and the whole thing is incredibly tedious and boring with loads of talking and shouting. i watched it at the cinema by a terrible blunder, and it was on Tv again the other day, and I caught five minutes of it while channel hopping and felt instantly nauseous. This just has to be one of the worst films ever. It's SO DULL!!!

If you are a thin skinned Karen- this movie isn't for you. It better than any film I've seen- shows the real wonders of the Christian faith. In all their twisted glory. If you don't have a sense of humor about religion then skip this film. Your heart will thank you. But if you do have a sense of humor in this area- then I can guarantee you'll laugh thru the entire film. Kevin Smith at his absolute best. Not to mention Afleck Damon and George Carlin.

Spoilers This movie should have been a roaring success. To begin with, it had an inventive script. From angels banished to Wisconsin, to a modern idol in the form of a golden calf cartoon character, to God's voice being to powerful for human ears and using a cynical intermediary angel, this plot has religious knowledge and wit to spare. The swearing is overdone, but even them some intelligence shines through. It had an excellent cast, perfectly chosen and in general good at their parts. Affleck, Lee, and Rickman are the best, but the others are more than passable. I blame the director's childish approach to his own material. Rather than focusing on the available intellectual possibilities, he prefers to insert childish, profane, and sex obsessed supporting characters who detract from rather than add to the comic relief. Additionally the pacing comes in jarring starts and stops. Still worth a look, but should have been an excellent film, not a so-so romp.

I must admit to being quite surprised that some people think this film funny. In fact, this is probably one of the worst films I've ever seen: stupid, pretentious and containing some meaningless pseudo religious rubbish. There were wonderful films in this genre (religious comedy) - "Life of Brian" would be a good example - but this movie isn't one of them. It has some good actors in it - notably Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman - but they were unable to save the film. If you don't want to waste a couple of hours of your precious time, avoid this boring stuff! It won't offend you but it will make you yawn...