Some belated thoughts on Creation.

[bagheera]

So... it took me a while to get to it, but perhaps for the better: Creation is not an easy film to comprehend on the first viewing, and a lot of its emotional subtleties came out only after several watches. The film got mixed ratings on RottenTomatoes and most critics who had issues with the film either thought it dispassionate, too much melodrama

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[xxbalaaxx]

Is it not strange that when one reads a book, depending on the book, it may take several read overs to grasp at the many nuances and underlying messages of the book (and even then you may happen-chance to miss something that to someone else is obvious)? And yet everything must be perfectly clear in a film after only one viewing? Film is an artform that combines the visual arts and..in more respectable films the writing arts.. So..in deeper films..one should not expect to gleen all the tiny details of a 2 hour film in one sitting of it. But then American Cinema has really soiled people's perceptions and given them a grand entitled attention deficiency which demands immediate satisfaction. After all, look at all the films that are popular among the masses. If there is a villain in the film (and this simple villain versus good guy formula is excessively popular)..more often than not said villain will be confronted by the antagonist and a long dialogue will ensure whereupon the villain will set out his entire plan so that our hero may

[bagheera]

Baggins needs more European films! :D

I think exposure to European films is slowly changing the way my brain interprets stories. I think it's much more satisfying to watch films that require some work on the viewer's part... the experience ends up being so much more.

[xxbalaaxx]

And that explains why American taste in cinema is the way it is ;P... thinking? But I want to be entertained NOW!

[fuenteviva]

Hehehe, "outside of New York and LA, religion rules"? That statement has the potential to offend or amuse everybody in this country. We are indeed polarized, but not so neatly into two cities, and not on a single controversy. The reality is much more complicated and dangerous than he understands. Did he name those two cities because his film industry contacts live there?

Hmm, what about the growing muslim community in the UK? Some of them seem to have some extreme religious views, judging from what the media has said in recent years, though perhaps no influence in government.

[bagheera]

There's a large muslim community in Europe but likely due to their close proximity to the middle-east, not because European countries are religious in nature. They are arguably more tolerant than we are.... which is unfortunately how extremist muslim groups can take root there.

America on the other hand has come to think of itself as a Christian nation and to even argue that point (by bringing out the constitution even...) you will probably get a lot of heat.

[fuenteviva]

Ah, that makes sense.

There was such a strong Jewish presence in my childhood neighborhood, that I never thought of America as a Christian nation - the community leaders were very insistent that both faiths were given equal treatment in every little thing. It was a big no-no to talk about a Christian nation there - it had be Judeo-Christian.

You would get into trouble if you questioned reciting the pledge of allegiance in public school because of the "one nation under God" line, though. I remember one family that did so, and their daughter in my elementary school class was the one person to remain seated and silent during the pledge each day. Her family was wealthy and independant enough not to care that some people were offended.

[bagheera]

Well America's always had a strong anglican presence, but while European nations became less and less religious over the past two centuries, America alarmingly became more religious

[dragoncreator]

I wish I could blame Hollywood for dumbing down our film expectations. But Hollywood only puts out what the audience will pay for. And I'm afraid America doesn't like movies that don't do all the thinking for you. It was so depressing to hear how many people didn't like 'the Prestige' because they didn't understand what was happening. I guess they needed the actors to SAY what was going on or else it wasn't obvious. Religious people protested 'the DaVinci Code' with picket signs. They burned Harry Potter books but LotR is okay... They made Borat the #1 movie in America for a while and flocked to see 'the Passion of the Christ' like it was a holy experience and. One guy we knew went to see it to get "healed." o_o I'm not joking. It's really no surprise that a movie about Darwin, would get some heat. Especially one that portrays him as a felling human being, and not the anti-Christ

[bagheera]

omg I loved The Prestige!!!! xD And frankly that movie wasn't THAT confusing... imo anyway... :X

Speaking of the Holy Experience... you know about the Holy Land Experience theme park in Florida? x__x

Only in America... only here can that happen. xD

And eeee, please let me know what you think of the film! *really hearts it*