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    So a friend of mine had come back from a 1-month trip to Armenia and we were hanging out for most of the day and to finish the day off, we decided to go to the movies randomly and here I saw this poster of a movie that I had only briefly heard about (from a teacher) called "Religulous". The poster was that of three chimpanzees that were dressed as a rabbi, a pope and an imam. Usually, I'm not convinced by posters or any of the similar stuff but this one was just funny. Oh and it had Bill Maher in it so what the hell.



    Great! 9.5/10! We really enjoyed it and it's all we were discussing on the way back. But first, I want to say that if you are religious, take offense easily and don't like to question things then this movie may not be for you, avoid it. Then again, if you are religious but you are ready to confront material that is not-so-religious or doubts it then PLEASE go take a look. For everyone else, this is a MUST.

    The title of the film is a fusion of the words "Religion" and "Ridiculous". There's not much I can detail about the film given its documentary nature. The movie is a comedic-documentary (not to be confused with a mockumentary) where Bill Maher walks around with a camera crew and meets people from all kinds of religions in all kinds of places and owns them. He meets Christians, Mormons, Catholics, people who think they are Jesus (no, seriously), J3ws, J3ws for Jesus, Scientologists, Muslims etc. It deals with all the problems with religion and the problems that arise as a consequence of it.
    Last edited by Federate; 10-17-2008, 09:08 AM.
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    Plus it's directed by Larry Charles!

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      In the trailer Bill Maher mocks (among other religions) Christianity, Islam and Buddism. However, I did not see any mocking of Judaism.

      With that said, did he cover Judaism in the actual movie? Also, if he did, was the mocking equal or did he concentrate on say, Christanity mostly?
      Last edited by crusader1492; 10-17-2008, 06:19 PM.

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        Originally posted by crusader1492 View Post
        In the trailer Bill Maher mocks (among other religions) Christianity, Islam and Buddism. However, I did not see any mocking of Judaism.

        With that said, did he cover Judaism in the actual movie? Also, if he did, was the mocking equal or did he concentrate on say, Christanity mostly?
        He did mock Judaism and some other branch of Judaism that promotes the destruction of Israel (yes, really.) He travels to Israel as well and he's 50% j3wish 50% Catholic himself. There are also blunt J3wish stereotype jokes in the movie. I was shocked knowing the control they have in Hollywood and the USA in general. They get off a little easier than Christianity or Islam.

        However, Christianity got the most screen time partly because of all its branches and because he focused mainly on religion in the USA, providing stats of the USA and so on. Most of his travels are in the USA too. But in general, the message was against all religions.

        N.B. Buddhism actually doesn't get much screen time, if any. The three main religions in it are Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
        Last edited by Federate; 10-17-2008, 06:51 PM.
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          Re: Review: Religulous

          Originally posted by crusader1492 View Post
          In the trailer Bill Maher mocks (among other religions) Christianity, Islam and Buddism. However, I did not see any mocking of Judaism.

          With that said, did he cover Judaism in the actual movie? Also, if he did, was the mocking equal or did he concentrate on say, Christanity mostly?
          well he mocks Adam and eve in the trailer they show here so that's all 3 of the Abrahamic religions right there

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            Re: Review: Religulous

            Originally posted by crusader1492 View Post
            In the trailer Bill Maher mocks (among other religions) Christianity, Islam and Buddism. However, I did not see any mocking of Judaism.

            With that said, did he cover Judaism in the actual movie? Also, if he did, was the mocking equal or did he concentrate on say, Christanity mostly?
            He openly mocks Judaism as well. Bill Maher just dislikes religion. It doesn't matter.
            Achkerov kute.

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              Originally posted by Anonymouse View Post
              He openly mocks Judaism as well. Bill Maher just dislikes religion. It doesn't matter.
              Ditto

              As for the movie:

              I rate it a 9/10

              It was hilariously funny since I saw it with my brother. There were people in front of us who didn't laugh because apparently they thought the movie was going to be "serious".

              My favorite part was:

              The guy dressed as Jesus says: "...God will strike down Satan."

              Bill Maher: "He will..?"

              Guy dressed as Jesus: "Yes"

              Bill Maher "So what's he waiting for?"

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