Last night, a very interesting night, I went out to watch one of the most anticipated movies of the year. 'Clash Of The Titans' ,which was delayed on a number of occasions here possibly due to marketing reasons, was finally out and we all decided we were finally going to watch it. I'm writing this note to give my 'two cents' about it.
I'd like to begin with the overall impression I had on the movie. It was ok. As a cinematic piece, it was pretty well done graphically and the actors did their part. Interestingly, I couldn't help make fun of some of the scenes, which I didn't do alone, because of the amount of corny-ness (is that a word? corn-ification maybe? corn-ography?).
Now like I said as a movie it was pretty fun to watch but I couldn't help feel disgusted at the way divinity was being portrayed. It was also another example of those movies where the trailer was showing you a different movie from the one you're going to watch.
Anyway, Is it me? or should this movie be called 'God Bashing' or 'Religion Flame' instead? Clearly this movie wasn't just portraying a fun action packed film. It was also showing how either people of old were stupid or how people of NOW are stupid. According to Greek mythology, the world had multiple gods as well as Demi-gods with Zeus being the 'King of the Gods'. These ''gods'' have similar attributes with man, such as having the images of human beings, eat, drink, and have sex. Yes, have sex and not just with other gods but with humans as well. The movie clearly shows that not only was Zeus the king of the gods but he was also a 'playa'. He made many bastard sons including the protagonist 'Perseus' (is that how it's spelt?). Oh and don't forget Hercules... but he doesn't show up in the movie.
I don't think I'm getting myself through to you guys at the moment, you could probably call this a rant. I'm upset at the fact that people are comparing these religions of old to the Abraham Religions of today.
Saying that people today are exactly the same, believing in fairy-tales and fiction, is not fair. Although I truely believe that soon it will infact be the case.
The fact that the Abraham Religions are Monotheistic is enough reason to believe that human beings still have some logic in them. That just as the movie shows, you can't have more than one god, the world would be in chaos. For people who are interested in this fact, just look up what god says in the Quran about multiple gods just look up verse 91 of Surah Al Mo'minoon. As a muslim that would be the reference i would use, I wouldn't know what the Bible and Torah say about it although i would like to know. It may not be a good source for those who don't believe in god but I don't think I need to argue with them about multiple gods or not.
What I'm trying to say is that for those of us who still believe in God, we shouldn't have enjoyed this movie, it made divinity look stupid and challenge-able. Now don't get me wrong, if you're interested in Greek Mythology and want to learn more about old beliefs then go ahead be my guest, it's a good thing to know about history, but we shouldn't forget why people study history, it's to learn from peoples mistakes or achievements, but we should also not forget about our own beliefs and what it means when someone makes fun of it or portrays it differently to others.
Oh and what the hell was that about the ancient/Arab/scorpion riding/mummy thing blowing himself up? Stereotype much? what are they trying to say? It's in our Arab blood to blow ourselves up since ancient times? Are we that depressed about sand and camels? I didn't notice it at all but some of my friends were telling me that the mummy dudes were speaking Arabic. I dunno I couldn't hear it. But then my bro confirmed it but apparently it was with a weird accent. (Good ear Tarik)
Thanks for your time,
Saif,
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