Sunday, July 1, 2007

God in the Movies

There's an article reviewing the portrayal of God in Hollywood over the years: http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/Movies/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5027132&imageindex=1. Personally my favourite is Morgan Freeman. I recently watched the R rated Dogma, a controversial film--for good reason--so I can't officially recommend it on a family-friendly site, but it did make some good theological points, and I loved the portrayal of Jay and Silent Bob, two prophets; not because of the foul language, but because it was very biblical that prophets often come in unexpected forms, saying things nobody wants to hear...Alan Rickman as a recalcitrant angel was a laugh, too. Alanis Morissette played God, wearing flip flops.

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