Next

1 rating since posting on Sunday, April 29, 2007
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(submitted by Phyfer )

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I predict, it's an atheist's point of view.
The following are the views of the person posting them and do not necessarily represent the views of the Church of Divine Man, The Berkeley Psychic Institute or Déjà Vu Publishing Company.

O’ yes, I saw this coming. The first time I saw the previews I didn’t like it.
This is another adaptation from a Philip K. Dick story. I did not like Minority Report and I do not like Next, because of their port rail of “Spiritual Awareness”.
Both movies portray Psychic awareness as a “Strange Thing”. That happens only too one or two people out of a couple of hundred million. Both movies also require, that anyone who exhibits any Psychic, Clairvoyance, Spiritual awareness, to be locked up, controlled and studied.
This story shows how atheist’s considers spiritual awareness. What they do not understand must be feared, controlled and analyzed. This movie will work out for people who think that a spiritual sanctuary is, sitting in little non-script room, with a one-way mirror, a small table, chair, note pad and a pencil.
I consider the story as a whole, to be somewhat predictable, the acting is ok, it’s somewhat of wet dream for government personnel who will be in combat situations, being able to see 2 minutes in to the future, it’s like playing a video game, you and your guys will never die. The ending has the main character played by Nicolas Cage, resigning himself to working for the US Government as a psychic, to stop a nuke from going off. I see this as an under laying patriotic theme: “That to be a good citizen, you must give up your individual freedoms and liberties for the betterment of country”. This is something I’ve noticed outright in a several movies over the past few years.
There is another way of looking at this, “Recruitment”. Maybe the next Patriotic Psi movie will have a recruiting hotline number at the end of the movie for interested people to call.

Out of 5 stars I’ll give a 2.

Rev. Kirk Marcroft
CDM, BPI, Déjà Vu Publishing

What do you say at an Atheist’s funeral?
All dressed up and no place to go............. - Phyfer , posted 04/29/07
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