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More Irreverent Than Blasphemous
Dogma is the story of two fallen angels, Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), who have found a loophole that will let them get back into Heaven. The only thing is that by taking advantage of this loophole they will have proven God fallible and will have doomed the world to destruction. It's up to a rather strange group of crusaders to ensure that this doesn't happen. Oh, and by the way, no one knows where God is so the avengers are on their own.

Dogma is the third installment in Kevin Smith's New Jersey chronicles. The previous two were Clerks and Mall Rats. Dogma is clearly a different type of movie from these two in that it is more satire than straight comedy. The one constant through these three movies is the presence of Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith). While not having large roles in Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob steal both Mall Rats and Dogma.

Don't be put off by the supposed blasphemy that the Catholic Church said was contained within this movie. Dogma is not anti-religious so much as it is irreverent. The movie doesn't poke fun at religion but at the rituals and processes that we humans have built up around it. Coming from a Catholic background, Smith knows all too well about this.

Smith has become the kind of director who can get immensely famous people to have cameo appearances in his movies. He also got some very famous and funny people to appear in this movie, like Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and George Carlin. Jason Lee, whose acting career Smith may have made, is very good as usual as Satan's evil imp Azrael. Azrael is one of Satan's followers who were tossed out of Heaven and who is helping Bartleby and Loki in their quest to re-enter Heaven. Their success will mean the destruction of Hell and Azrael's release from there.

Dogma has been one of the better comedies to come along in awhile. It is not quite perfect; but, you will enjoy it nonetheless.

Kevin Smith's Special Bible
Writer and director Kevin Smith focuses the depths of religon with the inventive comedy "Dogma". Two renegade angels (Ben Affleck & Matt Damon) have devised a plan to sneak back to heaven, but unknown to them, their action will cause the destruction of the world. Now, a doubting mortal (Linda Fiorentino) with the help of two unlikely prophets (Kevin Smith & Jason Mewes), the 13th apostle (Chris Rock) and a sexy muse (Salma Hayek), must stop these renegade angels and save the world. "Dogma" is an unnusual and hilarious comic romp from the creative mind of director Kevin Smith (Clerks & Chasing Amy). The storyline is imaginative and quite entertaining. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Linda Fiorentino deliver some great comic performances. Chris Rock, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes and Alan Rickman are hilarious. The film is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen format. The DVD has a sharp and clear video transfer and a rich 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. Its only supplemental extras are the fullscreen theatrical trailers for "Dogma" and "The Opposite of Sex". Saving for the special edition is strongly recommended because this simple edition of "Dogma" scores a "C".

Smith's Best
I own every Kevin Smith film on Special Edition DVD, and this one is, and always will be, my favorite. It is so intelligent, so intruiging, so funny. Such good acting, and even if Alan Rickman only has four scenes, he's still hilarious. All the actors are good, and this is the most well scripted, complicated of all Smith's films. There's laughs, and laughs, and more laughs! Yes, there's some violence, but it's neccesary to advance the plot, and come on, it's mostly offscreen! Damon and Affleck are so great as angels, Salma Hayek is super sexy as the muse, Serendipity. Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes return as the always funny Jay and SIlent Bob, given their second biggest role here (the first in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). Plus, this movie was filmed in 2:35:1, and there's more information on the side than in the previous films.

The Special Edition DVD is great, and the original DVD is horrible! Let's compare. The orignal DVD has two trailers, the movie in anamorphic widescreen, and the movie in full-screen (BOO!). The new DVD has the movie in anamorphic widescreen, a trailer, a still gallery, outtakes, easter eggs, 100 minutes of deleted scenes, and last but, CERTAINLY not least two audio commentaries, a regualar one, and a technical one, whic is (surprise) more technical.

Pick this DVD up now. In my humble opinion, if I coulonly own one Kevin Smith DVD, this would be the one. Awesome movie, great DVD!

Highley recommended

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