Legion

Movie: Legion

Main Actors: Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany

MPAA Rating: R

Passionate Expressions: A couple

Useless Vulgar Language: A lot of it. I got the feeling they were trying to tell you right up front that this was not a Christian movie (which is wasn’t) by putting very strong curse words in very random situations up front, then they petered off towards the end once they thought there point was made.

Sex in a Good Light: Nope

Sex in a Bad Light: Movie was devoid of Sex.

Manly Violence: This movie is a hard one. Yes, there was Manly Violence, but it wasn’t the standard kind. Whenever you pit Natural vs. Supernatural things can get confusing to those who don’t know what they believe

Action Violence: Not really

Pointless Violence: Yes, there was some of this as well. The makers of the movie seemed to want to paint some of the Angels (who were possessing others) as demonic, and sometimes would cross the line from Manly to Pointless. Fortunetly there is not much of this and when they do it is only a blip on the radar. For example, the “angel possessed” people tend to be a bit zombie-like. Zombie violence generally finds its home in Action and Pointless violence and it seemed to be an unnecessary thing to do to tell the story, but more on that later.

Manly Rating: B

Scorecard
Cinematography: B
Visual Effects: B
Sound/Score: C
Story: B
Acting: B

Food to Watch With: Get some of your favorite Diner food to go, make sure it has lots of grease and follow it up with some ice-cream.

Plot Synopsis: God loses faith in mankind and decides to use his Angels to exterminate us poor vermin.

Review: If you saw a preview for this movie you know what it is about. An angel, Michael, comes down to earth and tries to protect a child from the angels of heaven, sent by God to kill us all. First, my thoughts on the movie from a productions standpoint. This will not be winning any awards that’s for sure. This movie had more plot holes than Jurassic Park and some of the verbal interactions between the actors were forced at best. That said, I’m going to tell you what I thought was the catalyst of this movie. Remember, this is my opinion only. I think some guy in Hollywood got some idea about angels in his head that he thought was pretty cool and in order to put it on screen he put a story around it, it didn’t have to be a good story, or a Christian based story (because who says angels have to belong to Christians), it just had to allow them to show what they wanted to, show what they thought would be cool to see onscreen. The result was saddening to me on two levels. First, it was sad to see God’s story warped and manipulated in such a gruesome and revolting manner. Secondly, I felt sadness that more Christians do not see angels in the same light. This movie showed angels as they are mentioned in the Bible, as messengers and soldiers of God.

Soldiers!

Soldiers!!!!

SOLDIERS!!!!!

Take from that what you will, or for further discussion on this subject visit my blog.


Life Lessons: Michael can kick Gabriel’s butt.

Summary: Worth watching for the discussions it will create, but nothing more.

Would I Watch This Again: Once was enough.