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The List (I) (2007)
1/10
More Christian propaganda disguised as entertainment
1 June 2008
To paraphrase Ghandi, "I admire your Jesus Christ, but I don't think much of your Christians." The first half--or more--of this film presents itself as an interesting historical mystery involving the American Old South and a secret men's organization. While not particularly exciting, the storyline is at least mildly interesting, until we reach a point when Judeo-Christian symbols and mysticism begin to creep into the film and suddenly the whole plot is taken over by religious claptrap including miracle cures and unexplainable developments.

As a viewer, I was left with an impression that I had just watched a 2-hour infomercial by one or another of the Christian sects that have proliferated due to the tax-free benefits given them in most Western nations. Why do people who produce such tripe disguise their REAL intent in doing so? If a movie-maker indicates up-front that the film is a religious fantasy, that's fine. I'll ignore it as not my cup-of-tea, and move on, but this underhanded, sleazy approach of disguising their product as honest story telling is highly objectionable.
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Ever wonder what happened to Chris' amateur movie scripts on the "Sopranos"?
3 February 2008
As I sat there watching the first of the 3 stories I had this gnawing sense of being conned. I'd read the IMDb comments and most suggested an entertaining experience. Obviously they were written by one of the film's financial backers for this is a truly awful film. The dialog is border-line moronic, the characters are hackneyed stereotypes and the plots are so simplistic and obvious that one has to wonder who could find the stories worth telling. I can truthfully see film schools forcing their students to watch this as a lesson on how not to make a movie. It's hard to imagine how this piece was ever actually released, but if you examine the credits you will find a very limited number of people involved. My only advice would be to learn from your mistakes and move on to new projects.
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