A Bear To Cross
Religulous
A Doc Which Will Live In Blasphemy
Trailers & Mo
Somewhere between the annoyingly in your face fact finding missions of Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11 and SiCKO) and the annoyingly folksy laymen exploits of Morgan Spurlock (Super Thighs Me and Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?) lies the annoyingly I’m right and your wrong yay and nay sayings of Bill Maher (who looks like a grown up Breckin Meyer) and Religulous, his broad documentary (with help from Borat director/Rick Rubin doppelgänger Larry Charles) that pontificates about what’s wrong with religion, and the world’s relationship with it. Primarily centered on Catholicism, with some love/hate thrown towards Islam and Judaism, Maher (his mom was Jewish, but he was raised Catholic, and now he considers himself an apatheist) goes to town (and many of them, from the Holy Land to… The Holy Land theme park in Orlando) armed with science and reason and attacks the fundamental beliefs of these religions and their followers. He’s not out seeking answers, since it’s purty clear that his mind is made up with his overly opinionated opinions, so the doc ends up being one giant soap box derby for him to continue his ‘know it all’ attitude, which is one of the main reasons why we’ve never been interested in watching his HBO show. Every time he sits down to interview a priest, cleric, rabbi or any other devout person, his tone is instantly set to ‘mock’ that it’s sirprizing anyone agreed to meet with him. Jesus (seen above) is the only one able to penetrate his thick head/hair. After Maher scoffs at the idea of Gawd existing in three forms, Jesus retorts by saying that water exists in a liquid, solid and gaseous state. It makes him think, a little, which is about as much thinking as you’ll do while watching the film. Sum mo knowledge woulda been nice (czech out the docs Jesus Camp or Constantine’s Sword if yer thirsty), but Religulous is thighly entertaining and easy to digest with its endless high-larious intercut footage of olde Hollywood religious epics. To shot put it simply: it’s a real (good) time with Bill Maher. Whether you find him annoying or not doesn’t make a bit o’ difference. Juss be happy he’s not interviewing you
Aint Gawd Just Like An Overhyped David Blaines?: peep Ali G’s roundtable discussion on religion, which is equally mockilicious, yet far more probing. Imagine the hilarity that woulda ensued had director Charles made Religulous with Ali G instead. BOOYAKASHA!
Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers
Religulous opens in very limited release today
until next thyme the balcony is clothed…