The Body
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Summary: 1 Stars
This film had a nice message, "Blessed are those who believe yet do not see.". It's too bad that they had to ruin this with yet another Hollywood assault on the Catholic hierarchy and the type of political naivety those Hollywood clowns are so well known for. Using the name of liberation theologist (an attempt to smuggle Marxism into Christianity) Gutierez as the main protagonist is another nice touch. The idea that we can have a God who is involved in some parts of our lives but not in others is a nice job of liberal swindling and a good way to avoid responsibility for our actions. To Hollywood: Come on get off it guys. Could you please give us something worthwhile for once? By the way, if the Catholic church were to sell out to political squabbling, they wouldn't take such a hard line on such ethical questions as abortion and human sexuality; instead, they'd just do what all our "courageous" American leaders do and "take a poll". Nice Hollywood. Keep up the good work.Movie Review: Good Concept Poor Execution
Summary: 1 Stars
This film adaptation of Richard Ben Sapir's novel "The Body" largely misses the impact the book makes. I do give credit to the screen writers for altering the book's plot to completely write out the role of the Soviets in exploiting the possible discovery of the unresurrected body of Christ. Of course, the book was written in the '70's when the world was deep in the Cold War so this element would be meaningless today. First off, I had trouble understanding the characters since everyone had heavy accents from several different languages. The movie plodded along without ever capitalizing on this rather novel concept: a discovery so powerful it could profoundly alter politics, the balance of power, and, of course, religion forever. Skip the movie, search for this out of print novel and read a rather exciting book.