So it was Thanksgiving this past weekend here in Canuckville, and since my friend Jen and I had nothing to do on Thanksgiving Monday, we decided to catch a late matinee of Bill Maher's new documentary, Religulous. The two of us happily chuckled along for over 90 minutes as Bill and Co. made idiots out of religious senators, "Ex-gays", angry Mormons, outspoken musicians, and even the curator of a Creationist museum (yes, there's a Creationist museum. It has animatronic people living happily in harmony with Dinosaurs. Yes, Dinosaurs. There was a triceratops wearing a saddle).
Yet as Bill got to the end of his religious trek, things got weird. The last three minutes of the film contain Bill calling out to all those who are non-religious to speak out against those who are religious, and that people who are religious should defect from their chosen faith, because continuing to adhere to religion will bring about the end of the world, all to the score of some scary fire-and-brimstone music.
Now I'm not complaining for any reason that has to do with being pro-religion. After all, I went to see the film to see Maher rip apart religious zealots for 90 minutes. But the ending didn't suit the rest of the film, where the jabs were humorous and satirical, not serious and tying every religion to nuclear war. There was just a big disconnect from the first 90 minutes of the film, and the last 3. And that's why it got weird.
Have you ever had a movie take a U-Turn into Weirdville? Feel free to post in the comment section below!!
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