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Oh, God! Book II (1980)
hilarious.
***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Just laugh out loud funny. Yeah, right. Although I, myself, am not a christian, I know enough about Christianity to know this film is a mockery of that religion. It's basically about a girl who is told by God to "advertise" him... so that everyone will be Christian... The whole point of christianity is free will and you can choose to be christian if you want to. If God wanted everyone to be Christian, he would make them be Christian. Anyways, the Prinicipal of the girl's school, who is the antagonist, suspends her. I say she should be suspended. She was putting up signs everywhere with the message "Think God." all over the school, and everyone magically became christian, and whenever someone tried to stop the girl because they were of a different faith, they were portrayed as evil crazies. The girl's parents take her to a psychiatrist when she tells them she "sees" God in restraunts and in her bedroom. Apparently the writer knew about as much about Christianity as they did therapy. The psychiatrist puts the girl through catscans, x-rays, blood tests, lie detector tests, and any other thing you can think of... this is ludicrous. Why would they give her physical tests?! They would just talk to her or something! Anyways, they decide to send her to a nut house because she has an imaginary friend. She runs away and God takes her home on a motorcycle. Then he shows up at her insanity hearing or whatever and preforms a few miracles, and everyone say "Oh, wow, well, you can go! No questions asked!" And her seperated parents get backed together and God disappears. It was hilarious in all the wrong places.
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
Amazing short film
This an amazing short film from Paul Thomas Anderson, the director and writer of Hard Eight (Sydney), Boogie Nights, and Magnolia. This film is a mix between Sydney and Magnolia. It has three stories. They tie in through the characters in a restaurant, a $20 bill, cigarettes and coffee. Highly recommended. It has excellent camera work, great writing and great acting. After PTA shot this film, the sundance institute gave him the money to fund his first feature, sydney, which is now called Hard Eight. Sydney is a loose remake of Cigs and Coffee.