Dogma

Dogma1999

Director: Kevin Smith
Stars: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Bud Cort, Barret Hackney
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 130 minutes

Dogma Kevin Smith is a conundrum of a filmmaker: he's a writer with brilliant, clever ideas who can't set up a simple shot to save his life. It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an am… more »



Rufus:
His only real beef with mankind is the sh*t that gets carried out in His name. Wars, bigotry, televangelism. The big one, though, is the fractioning of all of the religions. He said mankind got it all wrong by taking a good idea and building a belief structure on it.

Bethany:
You’re saying having beliefs is a bad thing?

Rufus:
I just think it’s better to have ideas. I mean, you can change an idea, changing a belief is trickier. People die for it, people kill for it. The whole of existence is in jeopardy right now, because of the Catholic belief structure regarding this plenary indulgence bullshit. Bartleby and Loki, whether they know it or not, are exploiting that belief. And if they’re successful, you, me… ALL of this ends in a heartbeat, all over a belief.

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