Dogma

When Bethany is at Mass, the priest says, following the homily, "Let us now rise for the recession of faith.

" The correct wording is "Let us rise for the PROFESSION of faith," which is then followed by the recital of the Apostles' Creed.

This was most likely done to satirize and/or draw attention to the idea that people's faith had faltered at the time the film takes place (hence "recession").

At the start of the church massacre, Bartelby tears his shirt to reveal the metal chest plate.

In the next shot when he yells at Loki the shirt is shown with no tears in it.

At the end of the movie where Bartleby gets his wings shot off by Jay, just afterwards you see him brush two feathers out of his hair.

Then they cut to Jay again, and when they go back to Bartleby you see him brushing two feathers out of his hair as he stands up.

Rufus disappears briefly during confrontation on the train.

When Silent Bob sprays the Golgothen, his finger holding the button switches to his thumb then back to his finger when the camera angle switches.

The puddle in front of Bethany's car keys after the Stygian Triplets knock her down appears and disappears in between shots.

A wooden board is seen being moved against the doors in the board room to prevent them from swinging open, just before the blood is splashed on them.

When Bartleby is holding Serendipity by the throat the metallic object that holds his wings in place is revealed.

Reflection of camera and dolly operators visible in the "Wisconsin Winter Magic" poster on the airport (right after Bartleby and Loki passed the Cheesehead Country guy).

When Bartleby turns around to confront Jay, Bartleby props his wings up, and the mechanics can be seen by his right shoulder.

When Metatron wakes Bethany the phone on her nightstand moves from scene to scene.

In the Mooby headquarters, the glass that covers some of the posters (the Surly Duck poster in particular) is seen in some shots, but removed in others.

(This was done to prevent reflections of the crew from being seen.

) When Rufus falls to Earth, both of his feet are facing the same way.

In the next shot, both his feet are facing inward.

After Bartleby kills Loki, the body Loki is lying next to is a mannequin.

In the boardroom scene, Loki is carving the voodoo doll, and just before Bartelby stands up, the head falls off of the doll.

However, the dolls head is back on when Loki places it on the table.

In the Wisconsin airport, the same couple walks behind Loki and Bartleby twice in the same direction.

In the Wisconsin airport, when Loki steps over the seats to sit next to Bartleby he steps over with his left leg first in one shot and in the next shot he is stepping over with his right leg first.

When Metatron walks across the water you can see a dark platform in the water where he is walking.

Changing shadows and sunlight throughout the movie, especially when Rufus falls to Earth and at the St Michaels church.

The amount of Rufus' "Egg A Mooby Muffin" changes inconsistently between shots when he, Bethany, Jay and Silent Bob are eating breakfast.

When Azrael is holding Rufus, Bethany, Jay, Silent Bob and Serendipity hostage, Jay's positioning in the chair changes between shots.

In several shots Jay is clearly seen sleeping, while in others he is looking at Azrael.

When Loki shoves Bethany down into the row of chairs outside the church, her hair comes out of the barrette on her right side.

In the next shot (and after that) it's neatly back in place.

The cables lowering down the "flying" Bartleby in front of the church near the end of the movie are clearly visible.

In the airport, Bartleby reveals an envelope with an address written on it.

When he draws it, the envelope is facing away from him, at the camera.

In the next shot, the address is facing Bartleby.

In the disclaimers at the beginning of the film, the word "judgment" is spelled "judgement".

This is the UK English spelling of the word and is the spelling found in the King James Bible - it was clearly used for effect.

When Metatron first visits Bethany in her room it is clearly nighttime.

Shortly after she turns on her lamp and stands next to her window, there are obvious times when the light is clearly coming from outside and others when it again appears to be dark outside again.

When Loki and Bartleby talk in the bus, the bus's interior lights are on.

But, when Loki exacts vengeance on the passenger in front of them, the bus's interior lights are off.

The gun that Loki uses appears to be a Desert Eagle.

50 caliber, however, every time he shoots it, it emits little more than a "pop" similar to perhaps a.

22 or maybe a.

A Desert Eagle.

50 caliber pistol emits a very distinctive "boom" much closer to that of a shotgun.

When the camera zooms in on God about to clean up the mess outside the church you can see dead Loki's right leg moving in the lower right corner.

The Catholic concept of a Plenary Indulgence is incorrectly described.

When Bartleby describes the Plenary Indulgence offered upon passing through the doorway of the Cathedral during Cardinal Glick's rededication ceremony, he states that by passing through the doorway "all their sins will be forgiven.

" Additionally, Grant Hicks describes plenary indulgence as a "clean slate.

" However, an indulgence is not the forgiveness of sins, it is the removal of the need for temporal punishment for sins that have already been forgiven through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, i.

confession and absolution by a priest.

The indulgence allows the removal of the need for punishment through penance in the current life, or through Purgatory in the world to come.

When Bartleby is holding Bethany at knifepoint near the end of the movie, he says he has been dealing with the pain of being cast aside for "A millennia".

"Millennia" is the plural of "millennium".

When Bartleby mentions all the Mooby establishments and merchandise in front of the Mooby Inc board, he and the board never mention the fast-food restaurant seen earlier in the movie.

While eating outside of Mooby, Rufus refers to Mary Magdalene as "Mary Magladin".

After Rufus falls to earth, when he is reading the Aramaic to Bethany, he concludes by pointing out Jesus' name Left-to-Right while Aramaic is read Right-to-Left.

"Seraphim" is actually the plural form of "seraph".

When Silent Bob is placing the dead body of Bethany down in front of God outside the church, Bethany's hand clearly moves as Bob sets her down.

Early in the movie it is stated that, as a result of Loki's actions, all angels were forbidden to imbibe alcohol.

Toward the end of the movie it is verified that even Loki (and Bartleby) are still subject to that decree despite their banishment, based on Serendipity's comment about Loki's drunken state and it revealing he'd transubstantiated to human form.

However, when Bartleby and Bethany are on the train talking, several EMPTY beer bottles are sitting on Bartleby's side of the table, while it is evident that Bethany's doing shots, not drinking beer.

Bartleby couldn't have drank the beer due to the decree, but the spitting out of the beer (similar to the Metatron's tequila-spitting at the beginning of the movie) would have been a dead giveaway to Bethany of Bartleby's angelic nature.

No containers are shown holding spit-out beer, so where did the beer go? When Loki convinces the Nun to take up an Atheistic lifestyle she is working/traveling alone.

But even after Vatican II loosened restrictions on clothing and behavior, virtually every order still requires that their Sisters travel in pairs to forestall just such an occurrence.

- PLOTIn the Mexican Restaurant scene, Metatron clearly said that angels can't drink alcohol because of Gods decree.

Earlier in the scene, he quickly says "stop a couple of angels from entering and thus negating all existence" and immediately has a sip of tequila, it cuts to Bethany and you don't even hear him spitting it out, it cuts back to Metatron and his mouth is empty.

Where did the tequila go? Protestants usually acknowledge that Mary was a virgin only until after Jesus' birth.

Four brothers of Jesus are named in the BibleJames, Joseph, Judas, and Simon.

However, Catholic tradition insists that these four (and some sisters also mentioned in the text) were children that Joseph had by a prior wife, thus maintaining the Perpetual Virginity of Mary.

Since Bethany only knows Catholic doctrine, the news that Mary had other children comes as a surprise to her.

When Bartleby is describing the sins of the Mooby Corporation board, he states that Mr.

Burton had sex with his wife's best friend while he was supposed to be home watching the kids.

Loki then adds "In the bed you and your wife share, no less.

" But that would mean he WAS home.

Rufus brings Azreal's gun with him when he, Jay, Bethany, Silent Bob, and the Muse head off to keep Loki and Bartelby from entering the church.

Seeing how they cannot risk killing either angel, without undoing all of existence, and Jay is determined to use the gun, why bring it along in the first place, since they will risk doing what they are actually trying to prevent? At the beginning of the re-dedication ceremony, the Cardinal is standing on the steps to the church and the trees are full of white blossoms.

However, when the angels start to wreak havoc, the trees have their leaves.

Clearly, this scene was filmed over several weeks.

probably spanning late April to late May.

When Silent Bob sprays the Odor Out at the Shit demon, he pulls the can out and starts spraying with his index finger which changes to his thumb then back to his index finger and lastly back to thumb, all in one spray.

Dogma is one of Kevin Smith's most controversial films, a smartly written comedy that takes jabs against the Catholic Church and religion in general and it is very much a cult classic which my friends from college raved about.Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) is a catholic woman who works in an abortion clinic who is given a mission from Metatron (Alan Rickman), the Voice of God, to go church in New Jersey.

This movie is a comedy for some people and an insult for others (though it doesn't supposed to be taken seriously, I'm sure that many people did), but to me it's a very original fantasy film. The humor was pretty delicate, I remember only few hilarious moments (mostly Jay and Silent Bob moments), but it doesn't meant to be offensive to, it's just an original story with some satire elements, but it can also be reveling.

I gave this movie a rating of 5/10 to reach middle ground. I could easily rate it a 10/10, but I could also rate it a 1/10 at the same time.

Dogma has plenty of funny religion-themed gags, but I was entertained by it mainly because I liked just about all of the characters and I enjoyed most of their dialogue.There's not a lot of substance behind what they're saying, unlike in, say, Tarantino's films, but the fact that it's all fairly low-brow and goofy is what makes it good.

Comic Book Writer turned Movie Writer/Director Kevin Smith's most Ambitious Movie is Wholly Scattershot and filled with Sophomoric Potty Humor (no surprise there) and too many Scenes that don't work at Best and are Extremely Embarrassing and Awful at Worst.There are some Irreverent and Funny Bits (Buddy Christ) but for everyone that Hits there are Three that not only miss the Mark but the Target (Poop Demon).

Headline says it all. This one is a gem, though.

Let's start with honesty. If not for this film -- which Smith wrote -- I would be forever perplexed by the attention he gets, for, other than this film, to this reviewer his body of work is not exemplary.

Wow just wow. Total carnage at the end.

I don't review many movies: Only when I really love or really hate one. I must admit that I did not watch any more than the opening scene in Dogma.