Hey folks, Harry here... Just back from EATING RAOUL... does that movie friggin rule or what? Well... Here's an 'oh too brief' report on the big DOGMA tadu, up at the Toronto Film Festival. Hopefully, ol Anton Sirius got into it as well as many others. But for now... We have just this one report from someone that just didn't have a whole lot of fun with it. Well... we've had more than enough screening reports from folks that dug the film, but there were a lot of Kevin Smith fans... of course, that describes me, and I could really care less if anyone besides me really likes it. Of course that is if it ever plays Austin. I've been keeping my fingers crossed for an Austin Film Festival screening... But it's looking like we'll be waiting for a bit longer amount of time.
Hey,
I just got back from the Dogma afterparty at the Toronto film fest. The film premiere was cool although only Kevin, Scott Mozier, and Jason Lee were there...and Harvey Weinstein.
I'm a huge kevin smith fan but unfortunatelly this movie wasnt too great. It has some good moments and poignant dialogue, but those are often shattered by Silent Bob and Jay who should never have been written in as major characters. They do nothing but ruin great dialogue with completely innapropriate humour. The movie lost it's wit and sarcasm with the unhealthy dose of toilet humour. Chris Rock is great as the 13th apostle, and Linda Fiorentino is a great angsty descendant of Jesus. I cannot say that I liked Matt and Ben as the avenging angels simply because their pairing is an unneeded indie film inside joke.
While the film flip flops between toilet humour and much needed religious criticism, it loses it's direction.... until the end. Alanis plays god in a fantastic scene that appears to be from the 'Dogma' that kevin wanted to make................... before getting tied down with the obligatory "Jersey Trilogy" references.
I snuck in my digital cam to get some snaps for the net... here they are!
(Alanis Spoiler Warning)
-MuchMark-
