Does The Power Of Christ Compel YOU?

I am in no way a religious guy, and by that I mean, I couldn't think of anything more pointless than adhering to a way of life that denounces any sort of progression or evolution. Even religion's stance on the origins of life specifically shuns the mere concept of Evolution. Religion, to me, is nothing but a doctrine of control. Not dissimilar to a common constitutional law system. Just like regional laws, religion is a devised method of controlling vast numbers of people by scaring them into behaving. Community service, probation, jail and death sentences apply if you go against the law, which deters the majority of society. An eternity of suffering in Hell or a thousand year stint of endless tedium in Pergatory awaits you if you commit something as damaging to God's will as masterbation. Basic scare tactics can turn your fledgling little fellowship of peasants into the richest enterprise that has ever existed anywhere in the galaxy.

To become a Christian, you have to swallow a whole lot more than the blood and body of Christ. You have to swallow all the farfetched mania and tall tales that go with it. How can you silence all logic and assmilate to the views that the Earth is 6000 years old? And that dinosaurs co-existed with man? And that from time to time Satan just selects some girl at random and possesses her for no established reason?
According to Christian belief, or the Roman Catholic Church specifically, these are official recorded happenings in the eyes of God. Which just means that rather than editing a single line in the Bible, they create a new chapter that was accidentally omitted by God himself, perhaps as a test of our faith, just like EVERYTHING else is.

The German film Requiem is sort of a test of faith in itself. It's about an epileptic girl who thinks she has become possessed. Now, it's based on truth and fact, just like every other movie about possessed girls. I personally think Exorcist: The Beginning was the best documentary of 2004.
I just don't believe in any aspects of religion, so therefore, I can't even begin to be captivated by the thought that this is a gripping, historical moment. But that can't stop me from enjoying the film as fiction. It's what I call The Da Vinci Code Ultimatum. You either believe in Dan Brown's claim of Jesus having a bloodline and be compelled by the ideas, or you think it's a crock of shit and watch the movie for the fictional narrative. Which shows there are seperate means of enjoying what's in front of you.

Even though Requiem seems to be a touch too preachy about King of Kings Jesus Christ, it looks to do everything else right, from the bleak landscapes to the pasty people to the obvious extent on character development before Lucifer, for whatever reason, decides to destroy a family's life! The idea is no more ludicrous than ghostly grudges that kill people or monster sharks that stalk fishing boats, but there is a difference. Films like The Grudge 2 and Jaws sell themselves on their fiction, and claim to be nothing else. No hidden agenda. No subtextual propaganda. No implemented brainwashing in the form of conceptualized embellishment to digress the totalitarian regime of modern theology.
Although, I admit, The Grudge 2 does contain slight traces of the latter.


Ok, so the power of Christ doesn't compel me one bit, but...
The trailer of Reqiuem intrigues me!
The trailer of Reqiuem intrigues me!
The trailer of Reqiuem intrigues me!
THE TRAILER OF REQUIEM INTRIGUES ME!

Requiem - IFC Films
Anticipation Level: Low - Medium.
Look out for: Scary seizures and awful, bony hands reaching for crucifixes. Or is it crucifi? With Google at my immediate disposal, you'd think I'd just check. But I won't.
US Release date: October 18th, 2006.
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