Get ready. The big screen’s latest distortion of history by Christian-hating storytellers is on its way.
Mark Shea applauds Fr. Robert Barron’s comments about Agora:
Here is a textbook example of how a lie get popularized and becomes pseudoknowledge. Our Manufacturers of Culture, under the influence of powers and principalities, are slowly and surely preparing our culture to undertake a pogrom. Again and again, outright lies about Christians and their history get promulgated while we are told that it is “impeccable research” as, incredibly, The Da Vinci Code was described by one reviewer. Or, we get the ill-informed tracts by New Atheists that would embarrass any real atheist. But, above all, we begin to get the toxicity making its way into popular visual media like Agora.
Well, rats. For all her magnificent beauty and talent (and, did I mention, beauty?), Weisz’s recent filmography has been one fraught with disappointments. “Constant Gardner” was just passable. “Fred Claus” was tolerably amusing. “Definitely, Maybe” was decent enough but not as good as it thought it was. Maybe this’ll be a good movie on a dramatic level, but as an amateur historian it’s never fun to see complex issues dumbed down.
That said, both “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons” were ridiculously entertaining. And if the latter had cast Weisz, as it totally could have, it might just have been the film of the decade.
“That said, both “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons” were ridiculously entertaining”.