DogmaDogma is the latest film from director Kevin Smith, whose previous films Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy have become cult classics. This movie should be no different than the last three. Smith has more star power than ever to work with in this film with stars like Ben Affleck (who had a part in Mallrats), Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek and even rocker Alanis Morissette as God. The story is about two fallen angels, Affleck and Damon, who have spent the last two thousand years on Earth and are trying to find their way back to heaven. But if they got their wish and passed through the arch of St. Michael's Church, history would be reversed and humanity would be destroyed. Then God chooses an abortion clinic operator, Fiorentino, along with the thirteenth apostle, Rock, and two profits, Jay and Silent Bob (both from Clerks and Mallrats) to stop the two angels. Smith knows how to direct a great film without the explosive big-budget action and special effects. It can attract you with great dialogues and funny everyday situations. Smith can take a serious topic, like Christianity in America today, and turn it into a funny comedy without being harsh. Smith first burst onto the scene with Clerks, a funny story about a convenience store clerk who gets called into his office. day off and a video store employee who wants nothing to do with the audience he serves so poorly. The film is shot in black and white, but you'll soon find yourself not even noticing once you're caught up in a fantastical story. In Smiths next film, Mallrats, Smith directs the story of a man who leaves his girlfriend. because her father wants her to be on his new dating show on public access TV. But all hell soon breaks loose when the mall security guard has other plans, but with the help of Jay and Silent Bob things at the mall are about to change. Chasing Amy was Smith's last film before.
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