I call one of my best former caregivers “Catholic extremist”
and I’m sure that she would enjoy this movie. BUT as I posted here on 3/27
regarding the crisis of consumerism in the USA and the pitiful attempt by
Hollywood to replace it with religious values, this isn’t a movie that anyone
should spend a dime to watch, obviously for Catholic extremists it’s probably a
very good and well done movie, but all I can say is that – as usual – my dear
son Brent didn’t accept my invitation to spend few hours with me and I’m glad
he didn’t because it’s really a “fanatic” way to portray the Catholic faith in
God that’s both confusing and unrealistic. I’m sorry Hollywood but right after
watching this movie I went to a CVS to buy something to keep my desk clean and
right after to a Mac Donald’s to buy my dinner, so I’d say that if the goal of
the movie was for people who saw it, is to bypass the “consumer traps” my
spending my too little money in these kinds of “consumers’ towers” makes it
clear the effect this movie had on me.
Saying that the Catholic faith can’t be given to people
through movies, but through real living examples probably makes me wrong, but
since this is the way I made it part of me, I can’t think of any other way to
do it (surely not by going to the theater
to watch a movie).
On this subject, I must say that I’m surprised by the
absence, silence and irrelevance of people of faith in this country (priests,
bishops and cardinals) I think that they are given the “golden opportunity” to
create strong followership by the crisis of the “alternative faith” or
consumerism and for them to have President Obama lead the charge to the return
to the real human values that built this country is very disappointing to say
the least.
Whatever (as the “Catholic extremist” would say to conclude).
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