Dogma 1999 by AverageMansReviews

Dogma 1999 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/stabbing/impaling/ritual/stabbing/cutting/impaling/religion/regeneration/disintegrating/dismemberment/burning/bodily functions/self harm/medical/references to racism, homosexuality, underage, suicide, cancer and other bits and pieces

You have been chosen for a mission: briefly; Bethany Sloane [Linda Fiorentino:] she works for an abortion clinic, that gets given this mission from God via Metatron [Alan Rickman:] he is an angel, that is intelligent and he says that you have to go to this place and stop these two angels from trying to get back into heaven, you will on your travels meet some allies in Jay [Jason Mewes:] he talks a lot, whilst the other is Silent Bob [Writer/Director of this film: Kevin Smith:] he doesn't talk so much, in fact it is very little and both of them are stoner, whilst on their journey they meet Rufus [Chris Rock:] he is the thirteenth apostle and will join this group.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 128 minutes film is really good as there is always something happening or being said, so it is hardly boring.

Comedy, character developments, action and art; for the people that don't know the comedy stylings/material of this film is mature and dark, so I have to be selective on what I put here; so we have  Bartleby [ Ben Affleck] and Loki [Matt Damon:] these two blemished angels from heaven are trying to get back there: so in this sequence of events, they give these board members in their own board room a rundown of the evil things they have done and there is one person that is in this room, that is cleared of wrongdoing, so Bartleby steps out of this location as does Loki but then again he does come back to dish out punishment, we can hear, whilst Bartleby is sitting down in reception looking at this comic book, we can see the blood splatter going up in this location.

Character developments and performances; on both counts be it separately or together they are in-depth, because they know who they are or/and if they discover themselves: so on both counts they can range from good to excellent; the chemistry throughout the cast is really spot on as though on-screen chemistry really works as they discuss broadly speaking religion and other things with a minimum mature comedy references, it really is a case of a cast of performers that really want to not only make this film a reality, but also make it something special and yes they achieved this on both counts with flying colours, which usually I don't mention this; but in this case I will happily do so. I do believe that any negative accredited award is extremely harsh, because these character developments and performances are precisely what they were going for here, so it is extremely harsh and to award is negative awards; on average very little screen time is incredibly pernickety.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; this is one of those films that you definitely need to see once in your lifetime, I recently had the pleasure to watch this film at the cinema where there was an extra section where Smith confirmed that he is now working on a sequel to this film, but back to this film; this film does have some awards accredited to its name such as 8 Nominees would include but not limited to Positive; Satellite Awards 2000 Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical Alan Rickman and Film Independent Spirit Awards 2000  Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay Kevin Smith. Negatives; Razzie Awards 2000 Razzie Award Worst Supporting Actress Salma Hayek as

Serendipity: she is an Earth-bound Muse that we meet at some point on our journey Shared with: Wild Wild West and The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1999 Stinker Award Musicians Who Shouldn't Be Acting Alanis Morissette as God: without giving too much away this is pretty much exclamatory