Day of the Dead - 4/10I like zombie movies, but this one was just crap. Mena Suvari in the lead role? Noooooooooo. Nick Cannon in ANY role? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo!!! One should elect to slam his nuts in the silverware drawer instead of watching this, for it would be far less of an infliction of pain upon thyself. Amen.
http://movies.tvguide.com/man/review/298871
Quote from: quadz on November 07, 2009, 12:35:11 AMhttp://movies.tvguide.com/man/review/298871This movie review sets up the base story and comments about him seeking advice from Rabbi's yet never mentions the parallel with the book of Job, yet all but touts this movie's originality. It's as interesting as hearing fans of Emily Dickenson who have never read proverbs or ecclesiastes. Something that seems silly at first glance.
In Job, we have the story of an abjectly callous and immoral deity, who is happy to give permission for the torture of one of his most virtuous believers--allowing Job's seven sons and three daughters to be murdered, and subsequently giving permission for Job himself to be tortured--all to satisfy a wager with the devil. And then at the end, god comes down and whines about how tough it is to be creator of the universe, telling Job a mere mortal couldn't possibly understand how difficult that is, and then god points out, besides, I'm king of the world bitch, deal with it. Finally, Job is given a consolation prize of an extended lifetime so he can have more kids to replace the dead ones. Thanks YHWH, you prick!
Your opinion of the story of Job not withstanding, the point I'm making is that this movie is not original, it's a modified Job plot. I've not seen the movie, only commenting that the review you posted seemed to rave about originality when the premise is in fact from a quite ancient story.
Quote from: quadz on November 07, 2009, 10:12:23 AMIn Job, we have the story of an abjectly callous and immoral deity, who is happy to give permission for the torture of one of his most virtuous believers--allowing Job's seven sons and three daughters to be murdered, and subsequently giving permission for Job himself to be tortured--all to satisfy a wager with the devil. And then at the end, god comes down and whines about how tough it is to be creator of the universe, telling Job a mere mortal couldn't possibly understand how difficult that is, and then god points out, besides, I'm king of the world bitch, deal with it. Finally, Job is given a consolation prize of an extended lifetime so he can have more kids to replace the dead ones. Thanks YHWH, you prick!Your opinion of the story of Job not withstanding, the point I'm making is that this movie is not original, it's a modified Job plot. I've not seen the movie, only commenting that the review you posted seemed to rave about originality when the premise is in fact from a quite ancient story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79brGk_AXG4
Which is to say - surface level similarites exist, but each work otherwise stands on its own.
It's more like saying when surface level similarities exist, it becomes stupid to claim originality.