Life of Brian...
Last Temptation of Christ...
Don't these people ever learn?
2007-11-27 10:10:39 · 18 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No critical judgment against Life of Brian I notice, Fr K... man you're cool.
(((Kallan)))
(((Fr K)))
2007-11-27 10:22:42 · update #1
Well the value for me was in finding the books from the publicity.. I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of them.. I'm buying all of them for my grandchildren for when they get older. So, I'm grateful to the christian/catholic hooplah ;)
2007-11-27 10:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Brilliant marketing..
...all they had to do was put out a teaser and a commercial, keep it low-key, and let it slip that the writer's atheist. The fundies are going crazy- and that's why it's going to make millions, and the books are going to ingrain themselves in children's literature like Harry Potter.
You couldn't ask for better publicity.
Silly fundies.
>>>Side note: and the funniest part is, that these books have been out for over 10 years and not a whisper. Which makes them look even sillier because kids have been reading these books right under their noses for so long.
2007-11-27 18:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by moddy almondy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
So bloody true!
Last Temptation was SUCH a bad movie...
It would have died on the vine without the free publicity given by a "boycott".
[Edit] Of course NOT! "Life of Brian" is a classic that will live forever!
2007-11-27 18:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
well, they might be doing it on the off chance that they actually think their children are so weak in their faith that a stupid fantasy movie will make them grow out of christianity. and if it does, so what? that's not a bad thing, their children thinking for themselves. i see what you mean, though. if no one had said anything i doubt more than a few thousand people on the planet would even care enough to know about this dumb little controversy.
life of brian was a fantastic film.
2007-11-27 18:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by LostKeys30 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I know, right? Their spokesperson is always such a tool, too. You'd think they would have a thoughtful and articulate Jesuit or something to explain the Catholic position, but no -- you get a religious version of Bill O'Reilly.
I only heard about the movie from all the hubbaba about it.
2007-11-27 18:13:46 · answer #5 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Priceless.
The more religious groups rail against it, the more people will want to see it just because they are making a fuss. At that point it doesn't matter if it's a movie that is well written, well acted and has an interesting story.
2007-11-27 18:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Clever marketing--Mel Gibson decided to not spend 1 red cent on publicity--the film Passion of the Christ grossed over 1 billion bucks--religion can always be relied on to be a money spinner--whether it is pro-religion--or anti-religion!
2007-11-27 18:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by huffyb 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ehh... I'd put it roughly on par with The Di Vinci Code.
Love those books by the way. Read them when they were brand new. Oddly enough, heard no complaining until the movie came out...
2007-11-27 18:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loads. They'd have been better off saying another (non blasphemous) movie was forbidden so everyone would watch that instead and nobody would go and see the Golden Compass.
2007-11-27 18:15:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If they learned, they would be atheists.
That's the quintessential thing that has taken me a while to grasp, actually. You can say to yourself, "Why don't these people understand this simple concept? (insert simple concept here)"
The answer is even simpler, though. They don't. They're not rational. They don't think. They don't learn. If they did, they wouldn't be fundamentalist wackos. And you wouldn't have to ask this question.
2007-11-27 18:13:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋