Religulous [2008] Movie Reviews on MovieClock

LOL. The number of votes that are either 1 or 9/10 is laffable. Mirrors perfectly the state of our cultures when it comes to theism. If you hope for objectivity in these ratings, don't read any of those particular ratings. Maher is a comedian... as such, he's doing what comedians do - poke fun at things that are currently relevant. After all, religion is easy to make fun of... simply because it and all things based on it are inarguably irrational. Maher IS just a comedian. If you're religious, you may very well take offense to this stuff. Go see another movie. If you want to see Maher deservedly poke fun at religion - you'll get some chuckles. If you're looking for philosophical enlightenment, try the library.

You're not familiar with Bill Maher's work, are you? Perhaps if you'd seen a trailer before seeing the film you'd have had a better understanding of what to expect. This is the same director as Borat, by the way, which also should have told you something. Religulous never put itself in the same league as National Geographic. The object was to demonstrate, by simply filming religionists talking about their beliefs, how patently silly religious belief, dogma and faith are. By selecting articulate, knowledgeable representatives of several different religions and asking perfectly obvious questions, Maher does a brilliant job of allowing religionists to hang themselves with their own dogma. Ignorant? Hardly. Manipulative? How can you say that? He simply let people talk and rolled film. He didn't tell them what to say. Full of rhetoric? Yes, but it's the religionists who are spouting it. Self-serving? Of course, but the point of this very important movie was to illustrate how stupid and dangerous religion is.

11.28.2008 - barnesville@ - age: 36-49

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Bill Maher's exploration of the religious ocean is very limited. He essentially juxtaposes Muslims and Christians (cannabis faithfuls notwithstanding.., ) No Buddhists. No Hindus. No Aboriginal Peoples. Bill seems to mostly be on a jehad against Christianity, a theme he establishes while interviewing his aging Mother in the Cathedral of Charles. While I was amused by some of the characters Maher interviewed, they were mostly mundane, not the Great Philosophers or Scientists of our time. Also, he interrupted them, constantly. ME! ME! Me! Was the refrain. This film should be on TV as a documentary. It's no better than a Sixty Minutes Episode.