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Title: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Solomon Zorn on March 27, 2014, 03:27:14 PM
I won't, but I thought somebody might.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on March 27, 2014, 03:33:59 PM
Yeah, he was just sweeping the hallway just outside of my door. He bummed a cigarette from me.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: stromboli on March 27, 2014, 04:03:37 PM
He comes by occasionally. His brother Juan lives kitty corner from me.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: PickelledEggs on March 27, 2014, 04:08:32 PM
I'll probably watch it when it's available to stream for free on a site that I use. Same with God's Not Dead. I'll probably watch it on a day that I'm looking for a good laugh.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: leo on March 28, 2014, 10:52:38 AM
Quote from: PickelledEggs on March 27, 2014, 04:08:32 PM
I'll probably watch it when it's available to stream for free on a site that I use. Same with God's Not Dead. I'll probably watch it on a day that I'm looking for a good laugh.
God's not dead is looking (according to the clips) to be the most retarded religious movie ever . Kevin sorbo is playing a atheist professor . Apparently he is mad with god. This film is suggesting atheists are people that are mad with the judeochristian god. Being mad at any god is like being mad at Santa or the easter bunny. This could be a very funny movie. Maybe I will watched it later.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 11:10:34 AM
Fwiw, both movies got the same rating on Rotten tomatoes- 22% The critics aren't lovin' Jesus, apparently. Must be atheists. Damn them!
Kevin Sorbo is the only actor I know that can take an epic movie plot and budget like King Kull and turn it into the equivalent of a 2 hour TV B movie. 

Review of God's Not Dead:

"God may not be dead, but I'd be willing to wager this movie at least gave him a faint wave of nausea."

Review of Son of God:

"...as good as any film edited together from segments of a History Channel miniseries can be expected to be, which is to say it's utterly terrible."

So there. Not wasting my time, personally.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on March 28, 2014, 11:11:39 AM
I'll wait for Netflix. I bet there will be plenty of meme-shots from that. :plot:
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 11:16:21 AM
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on March 28, 2014, 11:11:39 AM
I'll wait for Netflix. I bet there will be plenty of meme-shots from that. :plot:

I don't think you'll have long to wait.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: PickelledEggs on March 28, 2014, 11:48:12 AM
I already knew they were going to be horrible. Sometimes horrible movies are hilarious to watch and entertaining for all the wrong reasons.

Sent from the land of pizza.

Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on March 28, 2014, 11:52:04 AM
Quote from: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 11:16:21 AM
I don't think you'll have long to wait.
I mean for myself to grab and use.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: SGOS on March 28, 2014, 11:58:11 AM
Quote from: leo on March 28, 2014, 10:52:38 AM
                                                                                                                                                    God's not dead is looking (according to the clips) to be the most retarded religious movie ever . Kevin sorbo is playing a atheist professor . Apparently he is mad with god. This film is suggesting atheists are people that are mad with the judeochristian god. Being mad at any god is like being mad at Santa or the easter bunny. This could be a very funny movie. Maybe I will watched it later.
I saw a coming attraction at the theater.  The character development may be pretty cheesy .  The professor seemed like he may be such an asshole, that even I would hate him.  I got the impression he was a proselytizer more consumed by an irrational hatred of God than he was with his teaching.  It struck me as a projection of a Christian irrationality and need for control onto the necessary antagonist, who would surely be brought to his knees by the awesome power of God. <make gagging sounds>
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 12:13:10 PM
Quote from: SGOS on March 28, 2014, 11:58:11 AM
I saw a coming attraction at the theater.  The character development may be pretty cheesy .  The professor seemed like he may be such an asshole, that even I would hate him.  I got the impression he was a proselytizer more consumed by an irrational hatred of God than he was with his teaching.  It struck me as a projection of a Christian irrationality and need for control onto the necessary antagonist, who would surely be brought to his knees by the awesome power of God. <make gagging sounds>

I read the reviews for both movies. the word "cheesy" was used a lot.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: leo on March 28, 2014, 01:11:51 PM
Quote from: SGOS on March 28, 2014, 11:58:11 AM
I saw a coming attraction at the theater.  The character development may be pretty cheesy .  The professor seemed like he may be such an asshole, that even I would hate him.  I got the impression he was a proselytizer more consumed by an irrational hatred of God than he was with his teaching.  It struck me as a projection of a Christian irrationality and need for control onto the necessary antagonist, who would surely be brought to his knees by the awesome power of God. <make gagging sounds>
Ordinary christians will love this movie anyway. Most christians are really retarded. Maybe I will watch this crappy movie later for a few laughs.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
I won't bother with either one. Kevin Sorbo doesn't rate 3 minutes of my time. The only reason "Son of God" got made is that Mark Barnett is boning Roma Downey. He wants to keep doing that. I have to admit she is very boneable.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Jason78 on March 28, 2014, 02:18:59 PM
Quote from: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 11:10:34 AM
Kevin Sorbo is the only actor I know that can take an epic movie plot and budget like King Kull and turn it into the equivalent of a 2 hour TV B movie. 

I liked him better when he was doing Hercules In Space.   Except for the last season.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Jason78 on March 28, 2014, 02:24:03 PM
Quote from: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
I won't bother with either one. Kevin Sorbo doesn't rate 3 minutes of my time. The only reason "Son of God" got made is that Mark Barnett is boning Roma Downey. He wants to keep doing that. I have to admit she is very boneable.

(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/169/716/595.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on March 28, 2014, 02:59:24 PM
 I really hate to break the bad news, but I probably won't be finding some drop dead gorgeous woman on a date to watch it.
On the other hand I probably won't be finding many drop dead gorgeous dates period.




Hint: It sucks to be me. :doh:
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Shol'va on March 28, 2014, 09:24:33 PM
Whoever decides to go see it, please don't spoil the plot for the rest of us.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: aitm on March 28, 2014, 10:07:24 PM
I think calling Sorbo an actor is equally cheesy
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: PickelledEggs on March 28, 2014, 10:53:13 PM
Quote from: aitm on March 28, 2014, 10:07:24 PM
I think calling Sorbo an actor is equally cheesy
I thought he was ok in the Herculese TV show.... but then again, I was 7 and didn't know anything.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Atheon on March 29, 2014, 01:34:00 AM
I once met a guy who told me that he battled Satan in the basement of a neighborhood church, and was rewarded with pink and white marijuana. "It's not easy being the new Christ," he said.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: the_antithesis on March 29, 2014, 09:34:57 AM
Son of God is just the jesus section of that Bible miniseries from the History Channel re-edited into a two-hour movie. Literally. Everyone who bought that DVD already owns this movie. It is the most shameless cash grab for the easter dollar from people who think they need to do something religious and don't want to go to church.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: SGOS on March 29, 2014, 09:49:36 AM
Quote from: the_antithesis on March 29, 2014, 09:34:57 AM
Son of God is just the jesus section of that Bible miniseries from the History Channel re-edited into a two-hour movie. Literally. Everyone who bought that DVD already owns this movie. It is the most shameless cash grab for the easter dollar from people who think they need to do something religious and don't want to go to church.

http://www.avclub.com/review/history-channels-bible-cut-equally-chintzy-film-so-201628

Almost 10 years to the day after Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ shook the commentariat to its core, another feature film arrives in theaters to repave the road to Calvary. Don’t mark that anniversary calendar just yet: Son Of God is actually a re-edit of last year’s History Channel series The Bible,

Well, I'll be damned.  I don't have TV so I didn't see the thing on the History Channel.  If this is true, it's kind of cheap way for Hollywood to make money, but then in Capitalism, this is acceptable.  I wonder if History Channel viewers will be surprised and disappointed if they go see it?
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: the_antithesis on March 29, 2014, 10:17:08 AM
Quote from: SGOS on March 29, 2014, 09:49:36 AM
I wonder if History Channel viewers will be surprised and disappointed if they go see it?

What? You think they were actually paying attention when they watched it... or even watched their Blu Ray of the Miniseries? They bought it to feel pious, not to watch it.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Mandingo on March 30, 2014, 07:50:03 PM
Quote from: stromboli on March 28, 2014, 01:15:32 PMThe only reason "Son of God" got made is that Mark Barnett is boning Roma Downey. He wants to keep doing that. I have to admit she is very boneable.

That of course screams for an illustration:

(http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/127632066-roma-downey-arrives-at-the-2011-mtv-movie-wireimage.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789219B309651A2344B3F807C1023F2441CE0C52B1AA62970E9F37FFE6751D5823CF5E30A760B0D811297)

Hmmm. Not bad at all.
Not a spring chicken anymore. though.
Could be girlfriends with Nigella Lawson!

(http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/popup/2013/4/Nigella%20Lawson.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: doorknob on March 30, 2014, 08:17:24 PM
I was forced to watch God's not dead today. I want to puke. Of course my christian mother was sobbing and totally convinced by this dribble.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Nitishajack on April 20, 2014, 04:15:56 PM
I haven't seen it and don't plan to go see it. The "trailers" show it to be very Hollywoodish, not lined up with the scriptures
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Mandingo on May 07, 2014, 07:10:50 AM
Quote from: Nitishajack on April 20, 2014, 04:15:56 PM
I haven't seen it and don't plan to go see it. The "trailers" show it to be very Hollywoodish, not lined up with the scriptures

Of course not: Hollywood is Jewish (too).
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: stromboli on May 07, 2014, 09:49:34 AM
Well, you know what they say. When in Roma.....
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Savior2006 on May 07, 2014, 08:08:14 PM
I don't mind the occasional "Christian message" movie. I don't watch them of course, but it does a good job of keeping the more moronic of the devout happy. They are also good for illustrating (God's Not Dead in particular) in establishing that an argument that was shitty ten years ago ("you can't prove God DOESN'T exist" and "why do you have any negative feelings at all toward a character that doesn't exist") is still bad now.
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: EldonG on June 07, 2014, 07:50:38 PM
Wait...Kevin Sorbo is an...actor?!!
Title: Re: Anyone Seen SON OF GOD?
Post by: Brian37 on June 08, 2014, 10:42:09 AM
No one has seen the son of god or any god for that matter.......Oh you meant the movie. The book is crappy so why would the movie be any better?