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To: Ilaine who wrote (1257)	11/20/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: Biggie Smalls	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1340

I thought that I was gonna like it too. I saw Dogma last night and was disappointed. I've seen all of Kevin Smith's other movies and enjoyed them all so I had no reason to believe that I wouldn't like this one. A agree with you that the jabs the film takes at religion wouldn't affect a true Christian. I am not a religious person but have a lot of Christian friends and I find that the ones who had to be told not to take the movie so seriously are the ones who tend to be a little close-minded and about their faith. But I did not have a good movie-going experience and I think that it was due to one or a combination of the following: 1) The trailers gave away too much of the movie. From the commercials on TV and the trailers in the theatres, I think that you get a very good idea of the content and style of the movie. Almost too good an idea. 2) The movie was too big for Kevin Smith. In previous films, he dealt with small groups of people in limited settings with simple problems (compared to Catholic Dogma anyway). I think that Smith was a little too ambitious with respect to the scope of this movie and he lost focus. I commend him for attempting the film and wish him luck in the future. 3) By far the most annoying part of the movie-going experience for me was the guy sitting about five seats over from me. He made a point of laughing at every little joke in the movie and laughed especially hard at the relatively obscure pop-culture references just so everyone else in the theater knew that he got the joke. ARGH!! The movie was funny but not that funny. So just a little message to the bald guy with the pony-tail (and I could go on for hours about that too) and pot belly, wearing the denim outfit and the tam, who attended the 10:35pm showing of Dogma on Friday the 19th of November 1999 at the Paramount Cinema in Toronto: Get a grip, get a life, and get a haircut.

To: Ilaine who wrote (1257)	11/27/1999 10:27:00 AM
From: freelyhovering	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1340

Cobalt Blue--DOGMA was pure delight. I thought other than the "poop" man, there was not a wasted line or scene in the whole film. Casting and writing was excellent. What was quite remarkable to me is that while I am on the other end of the spectrum from you religiously(a fairly far-left agnostic Jew), I found the film very religiously intense and quite satisfying. I came away with a deeper appreciation of the Christian experience and some envy of believers. Also, the film operates on different levels quite effectively. It pulls you in with the veneer of a farce and then zaps you with intense feelings.(My religiously-trained, Christian friend told me that the dogma in the film was quite representative of mainstream Christian theology) Very nice. As an afterthought, I felt that this was a much more religious and satisfying film then Scorcese's "Last Temptation of Christ"(which I liked, BTW.). Myron