This movie is a religious movie that will strengthen Atheists in their beliefs. The born-again Mimi Rogers character is so scary and the view of the Apocalypse is so extreme that both fundamentalist Christians and Atheists can agree on the power of this movie ;-)
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Watched December 8th - jaytoast's DVD collection
1st Viewing
"Sharon, don't you understand what's going on? - the world is a disaster, we have no power to make it better, you hate your job, you hate your life, but you want to feel special - and instead of letting me do that, you're rushing off to something that's not even there." - Randy
The Rapture was an interesting movie to watch two weeks before the end of the Mayan calender is supposed to signal doomsday. It is about a woman who lives a"
portlander added this to a list 5 months, 1 week ago
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In all honesty, I don't think it would've much mattered how this thing wound up (as it stands, the message imbedded in the film's final moments is a big improvement compared to the ideas propelling the final act), the truth of the matter, personally, is that the ends never had any chance of justifying the means. Religious beliefs and lack there-of off to one side, I simply had trouble stomaching a psychological horror movie dressed up in so much cringe-inducing rhetoric and dogmatic hullabalo"
the giraffe added this to a list 8 months, 2 weeks ago
"First viewing - Aug. 24th
Tough film to comment on here, which probably means I'll have a lot to say by the time I'm done here. Heh. I love the way it presents its ideas about Christianity, complete with reasonable arguments against beliefs & faith as well as ardent if sometimes less reasonable arguments in favor of it. Mimi Rogers delivers a truly Great performance in the lead role, so Great that I was surprised I couldn't think of a single other film she'd been in (a few of which I've seen, t"
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