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Overview
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| Title |
Dogma |
Year |
1999 |
| Director |
Kevin Smith |
Writer |
Kevin Smith |
| Country |
USA |
Language |
English |
| Cast |
Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, George Carlin, Bud Cort, Alanis Morissette
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Official site
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Synopsis
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The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century.
In Kevin Smith's comic fantasia DOGMA, angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind.
In what can only be deemed a comedy parable, two renegade fallen angels attempt to jerry-rig the entire cosmological system - unless a rag-tag group of humans can stop faith.
Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), the heroine of DOGMA, is a woman who feels her prayers haven't been answered when, out of nowhere, a heralding angel appears in her bedroom and declares her the potential savior of humanity.
This abrupt meeting sets her off on an extraordinary journey of mystery, comedy and suspense as she is transported to a fantastical world of celestial characters and spirited adventure.
Along the way she will meet up with a heaven-sent messenger (Alan Rickman), an apostle with a 2,000 year old beef (Chris Rock), a hotheaded demon (Jason Lee), a heavenly Muse (Salma Hayek) and two unlikely Prophets known as Jay and Silent Bob as they each discover the power of their own individual faith.
Few comedies have at stake the very fate of humankind, but DOGMA is not your usual comedy. It is an imaginative and surreal adult fable bursting with wild ideas, fantastical creations and boisterously funny characters.
The film is both Kevin Smith's fantasy about the relationships, conflicts and lifestyles of Celestial Beings - who it turns out are just as caught up in the small indignities and large absurdities of the universe as humans -- and a love letter to the sacred mysteries of life.
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Synopsis courtesy of Dogma official site |
Gay interest
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One of the two apostels, Jay, is outed by Rufus as being gay. When he introduces himself and his side kick Silent Bob, he immediately says that Silent Bob is his heterosexual life partner. But when Rufus outs him he doesn't deny it.
In one scene Bethany assumes that Bartelby and Loki are gay as well, but is soon put straight by Bartelby who gets angry because of this.
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Personal review
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A good movie with funny scenes. Some see it with a hidden message, some just enjoy the movie and fun.
Great one-liners (to many to all type them, see below for a selection of the best ones).
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Quotes
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Jay: Yo man, tell me something about me.
Rufus: You masturbate more than anyone else on the planet.
Jay: Fuck, everyone knows that. Tell me something nobody knows.
Rufus: When you do it you're thinking about guys!
Silent Bob looks wide-eyed to Jay
Jay: Dude, not all the time.
Jay and Silent Bob are in a stripjoint whatching a girl dancing.
Bethany: What are you doin'?
Jay: Proving this bastard I ain't gay.
Bethany: What!?
Rufus: Long story. Forget it.
Loki and Bartelby acusing boardmembers
Bartelby: Hot Mr. Barker, flew to Thailand on the company account to have sex with a 11-year old boy.
Bartelby: We're going home.
Bethany: Oh, do you two live together?
Bartelby: Unfortunatly, yes.
Bethany: So, how long have you two been together?
Bartelby: Hmmm... a while. He can be really flacky sometimes, but we have a lot in common.
Bethany: How did you two meet?
Bartelby: We were stationed together.
Bethany: See, that's beautiful. You know, everyone is up in arms on this ouot in the military issue.
Bartelby: Pardon?
Bethany: Well, you know. There's all this macho bullshit about "this man's army". And you two meet there and hoop up.
Bartelby: [laughs] You think we're lovers. No, no, we're not gay.
Bethany: [laughs] Oh God, I'm sorry, I just assumed.
Bartelby [getting angry]: Do I come off as gay?
Bethany: No.
Bartelby: Allright.
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