Comments on: Bring on the Mo-movie! http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: martyn http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-180784 martyn Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:15:11 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2470#comment-180784 Well they couldn't manage it with Judge Dredd! Well they couldn’t manage it with Judge Dredd!

]]> By: aharon http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-180753 aharon Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2470#comment-180753 A few points: * Yes, the Mohammedian story does feature a figure who, like other religions' inventors, are narratives I find greatly lamentable. However, just like watching any other movie, or reading any other narrative - it does not follow that a person will emulate, or indeed be influenced in a particular way.. * Yes, it is possible to do a film without the "main character" appearing. Check out Kill Bill #1. Not the best of films, but it is not for the fact Bill does not show up.. * I have my doubts about the seemingly propagandistic approach taken in the buildup for the film. I hope to be confounded and feel I have made a mistake. Will it not be great if the film will actually question islam in particular and religiousity in general? However, lets save the crit for after the film is out, or there is a risk of sounding a bit like the Springer Opera bashers.. A few points:

* Yes, the Mohammedian story does feature a figure who, like other religions’ inventors, are narratives I find greatly lamentable. However, just like watching any other movie, or reading any other narrative – it does not follow that a person will emulate, or indeed be influenced in a particular way..

* Yes, it is possible to do a film without the “main character” appearing. Check out Kill Bill #1. Not the best of films, but it is not for the fact Bill does not show up..

* I have my doubts about the seemingly propagandistic approach taken in the buildup for the film. I hope to be confounded and feel I have made a mistake. Will it not be great if the film will actually question islam in particular and religiousity in general? However, lets save the crit for after the film is out, or there is a risk of sounding a bit like the Springer Opera bashers..

]]> By: Angela_K http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-180746 Angela_K Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:44 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2470#comment-180746 Ophelia Benson is correct: tell a big enough lie and becomes [to some] a fact, rather like Al Gore's film. It does make me wonder who is the target audience, apart from the rent a mob muslim types who want something to riot about. Ophelia Benson is correct: tell a big enough lie and becomes [to some] a fact, rather like Al Gore’s film. It does make me wonder who is the target audience, apart from the rent a mob muslim types who want something to riot about.

]]> By: ZombieHunter http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-180745 ZombieHunter Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:56:13 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2470#comment-180745 I'm curious to know how you can make a biopic about somebody without actually showing them in it. meh gimme tokyo gore police anyday :P I’m curious to know how you can make a biopic about somebody without actually showing them in it.

meh gimme tokyo gore police anyday :P

]]> By: Ophelia Benson http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-180744 Ophelia Benson Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:27:31 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2470#comment-180744 Hmmmmm. You're very optimistic, Monitor. Do movie-goers usually spend a lot of time consulting source texts after they've seen the movie? Not that I know of! I think mostly when there is some historical bullshit in a biopic or other putatively 'historical' movie, that bullshit promptly becomes a bit of 'knowledge' which is damn near impossible to dislodge. I hope you're right, of course. Hmmmmm. You’re very optimistic, Monitor. Do movie-goers usually spend a lot of time consulting source texts after they’ve seen the movie? Not that I know of! I think mostly when there is some historical bullshit in a biopic or other putatively ‘historical’ movie, that bullshit promptly becomes a bit of ‘knowledge’ which is damn near impossible to dislodge.

I hope you’re right, of course.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2009/11/05/bring-on-the-mo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-180743 Stuart Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:39:49 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2470#comment-180743 Yay, that's something to look forward to, a big-screen biopic of the prophet Muhammad….that…..err….won’t actually feature Mohammed? Yay, that’s something to look forward to, a big-screen biopic of the prophet Muhammad….that…..err….won’t actually feature Mohammed?

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