Movie/music Monday
Back in 2000 when Josh and I first got together, we often rented movies from a little mom and pop video store up the street from his mom’s house where he was living at the time (where we now live). One of the movies we rented was “Dogma”.
Both of us are Catholic, but we weren’t offended by the movie like all the people who protested the movie did. Fun fact, Kevin Smith actually joined in a protest of his own movie back then.
Eventually, I bought a used VHS copy of the movie. Despite no longer having a VCR, I wish I had kept that copy. For over 20 years, you couldn’t see this movie anywhere. It was not available on any streaming service for rent or purchase or anything. Some people said you could watch a sketchy copy of it on YouTube. But it wasn’t available anywhere else unless you owned a physical copy of it. And that is because Kevin Smith didn’t have the rights to it. His own movie. Harvey Weinstein owned the rights and refused to give them back to Kevin Smith. He wouldn’t even sell them back. But apparently, after about 25 years of holding the movie hostage, from what I read, Weinstein’s legal fees got so high that he finally relented and sold the rights back to the guy who wrote, directed, and acted in the movie. Finally Kevin Smith could put the movie back out there. Last year it had a theatrical re-release and now it’s available to rent or buy on streaming. I bought it on Prime. Josh and I watched it this past weekend.
I enjoyed it as much as I did back when I bought a copy of it on VHS. Maybe even more so now. If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely not a movie for those easily offended. After all, it is a Kevin Smith movie. And it is a typical, Kevin Smith movie with the language, sex jokes, and weed references. But not so typical in that it’s actually kind of deep with the religious storyline. Kind of smart actually in terms of the logic in the story.
I recommend this one with caution. It’s definitely not for everybody, but I definitely enjoyed watching it, even though I am Catholic and Catholicism is the premise for most of the jokes and satire in the movie. I suppose you just have to watch it without trying to take it too seriously.
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