(November 16, 2024 at 1:14 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: I also watched this movie. It is an atheism-religion discourse made as a psychological horror where some sort of atheist talks to door-knocking Mormons.
The movie has a caveat that he requested from the Church of Mormons for missionaries to come by, but who the fuck does that? They obviously didn't want to put Mormons on the spot of being intrusive, which they are in reality, so this tells you a lot about the movie.
The main argument of the atheist is that all religions are copies of each other, an argument that then takes other forms.
But then it also turns out that the atheist is not quite an atheist since he also has beliefs that cannot be proven.
On the positive side, the movie is kind of intellectual for a horror movie, but that genre still seems to be limiting for this kind of discourse. The best movies that are about religion vs atheism discourse are still by Luis Buñuel.
I think it had to be dumbed down to a certain extent for American audiences and they struck a good balance for a showing in mainstream theaters. They do want to ultimately sell tickets, after all.
It will all be over soon...
