"Dogma put religion in the crosshairs, but not the religious." I thought that was a great takeaway! I appreciate the fact that the movie never seems to talk down to people who hold a belief in God.
@@bobg4840 It's my favorite Kevin Smith movie. I really like Dogma and Jersey Girl. I know Jersey is not very well liked, but I think it's aged better than people think.
I recall a deleted scene in the DVD that has one of my favorite lines from any movie ever. I think Loki asked Jason Lee's character if Hell really is as bad as they say it is, and he responds: "They've been playing Mrs. Doubtfire for the last 15 years. CONTINUALLY."
meechisminners Oh I think Penn Gillette could be pretty special. However, let's not jinx it into a possibility that Hollyweird would remake it by us talking about it. lol
@aPositiveAddiction its a half truth. he was working on ideas that would become dogma at the same time he started writing clerks. as for how they found that out i'd assume they looked it up.
@aPositiveAddiction He spoke about it on the original Clerks commentary, (Not the X edition one) from memory, he said he had a rough draft called 'War On God' and he showed it to Mosier during the selling of Clerks and then showed Affleck during Mallrats but knew he'd need to improve his filmmaking skill-set before trying to film it and eventually it became 'Dogma'.
@@SupervoidCinema It was attended to be his second film but it was too big for him to do at the time. That is why at the end of the end of the Credits to Clerks it says "Jay and Silent Bob will be back in Dogma"
The reason jay was so good in the movie was because “I didn’t wanna piss off that rickman guy” so he learned all his lines and he took the role serious lol
Yep that's what Kevin said on Hollywood Babble-On when he was giving his eulogy of Alan Rickman and it was heartbreaking listening to him break down talking about his dear friend
"Tell a person that you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charlton Heston movie and suddenly everybody is a theology scholar." Love this line 😁
"I'm as anatomically impaired as a Ken Doll. Now make yourself, and hand me that towel. Honestly, you bottom feeders and your arrogance; you think everyone is just trying to get in your knickers!"
The sign he made said "DOGMA IS DOGSHIT" nobody knew it was him. All these people protest the movie and none of them recognized the director, writer, and star in their midst. HE DIDNT WEAR A DISGUISE.
For me this is easily Kevin Smiths best movie. His parents are extremely religious and I think that is why he managed to poke fun at it without being really disrespectful to people who do believe.
He is still somewhat religious himself too. He talks about it at one point in an interview. That is why it does not come off as offensive to a lot of people who are of faith, because it is not mean spirited.
i LOVE every view askewniverse film pre clerks 2 but mallrats is definitely my favourite. i've seen that film more than any other and it never gets old
Dogma was my favorite movie when I was in high school. I was raised going to church every week and I still go to church as often as I can. I loved Dogma because it calls out the blatant hypocrisy of most organized religions. So many churches and religions are so caught up in their own rules and made up doctrines that they lose sight of what really matters. For decades the catholic church covered up for pedophiles because they were more worried about their own image. If they had done the right thing and put these guys away when it mattered they wouldn't have such a bad reputation.
It's pretty rampant in the Protestant Christian churches too, I'm afraid. I mean, predators are everywhere, but it seems like religious organizations are overburdened with predator-enablers. Forgiveness, or P.R. worries?
Bethany : Jesus didn't have any brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin. Rufus : Mary gave birth to CHRIST without having known a man's touch, that's true. But she did have a husband. And do you really think he'd have stayed married to her all those years if he wasn't getting laid? The nature of God and the Virgin birth, those are leaps of faith. But to believe a married couple never got down? Well, that's just plain gullibility.
All it would have taken was reading just a little bit of the Bible. It makes for a good script, but not much on accuracy. This is still my favorite Kevin Smith movie. Matthew 13:55-56 (NASB95): Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? “And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”
James wrote the book of James in the bible and was the half brother of Jesus. Catholics believe Mary stayed a Virgin her whole life but the Bible says otherwise.
The way Alan Rickman says "Bartleby, a Gregorian one of the choirs of angels. They are called watchers...guess what they do?" is hilariously good. Hahahahahaha
I have 2 amazing memories from years of going to New York Comic Con. 1. Having the chance to meet Kevin Smith and tell him how much he has meant to me wanting to be a filmmaker. 2. Being apart of Jeremy Jahn's Entourage for an hour and getting to spend time with the most down to earth UA-camr I've ever met. These past 2 videos have been an amazing combination of 2 of my favorite things and I just wanted to share how much I'm enjoying these new videos.
1 good thing about the quarantine is jeremy gets to talk about stuff like this. stuff he wouldn't normally talk about if there were pesky new releases to talk about, but is clearly passionate about. and i'm digging it.
I remember when they filmed this. I live in Pittsburgh and went to school with Tom Savinis daughter, I remember she showed us pictures of her with the cast. That was when my crush for Selma Hayek started
Yeah for me it's not even close to any of his other movies. Chasing Amy and Clerks 1&2 are good but this movie is perfect. Couldn't have been better casted, acted and Smith wrote a really good script
From what I understand this was Kevin smith struggling with his faith movie. I thought it was actual a pro Jesus movie but against the trappings of man made structures. I think if you don’t have faith it’s got a good message about focussing in a message rather the things around that message
Dogma was a perfectly balanced movie, between a real story with character feelings that and stone comedy. Not many movies pull it off, if any do. I always felt the cast was perfect, with actors at there peak and popular and up and coming actors who are about to become A listers
The scene when The Metatron was trying to comfort Bethany after her freak-out was great. Alan Rickman really sold it as his character said how unfair it all was, and how he would take it all back in reference to Jesus if he could. Alan Richman was a great actor for sure.
Totally agree with this review. Dogma is the best aged Kevin Smith movie. While Clerks, (maybe Clerks 2) and Mallrats are cult classics. Dogma and Chasing Amy are so much more. Jay and Silent Bob strike back I felt aged really badly, and Reboot is decent as a 2019 film but feels like a thing of the past. Jay and Silent Bob work best as supporting characters in the movies not as the leads.
Some of my friends. "You're dumb for holding onto those DVDs and Blurays. We only do streaming" Thanks for the tip. As I insert my Dogma disc into player.
If I can't find the movie I want on DVD or Bluray, I will go through Google Play/Movies Unlimited. I will not be forced to buy a 2 for 1 Bluray with an unnecessary made for video sequel. I'm talking to you, Universal Studios!
Dogma is Kev at his peak. Everything on the screen and everything behind the scenes (Jay taking shit super seriously to not piss of Alan Rickman, Kevin protesting his own film on the news etc) is damn near perfect.
Literally sat here so bored, feeling down and alone. Scrolling endlessly and then this pops up and instantly I feel better. Thanks for keeping up the good work dude 👍 P.s I haven't watched the video yet but this film is awesome.
Am I the only one who holds Jahns' esteem in such high regard that I physically had a sensation of relief when he dropped the "is it nostalgia goggles or did Kevin Smith really have it back in the day? or is it just like a thing that I could enjoy back when and i've grown past it or have gotten old and boring, who knows what happened? The point is, I watched dogma... and its still great?"
@@jjmiles7173 oooooh..that's still tough,cause yes I respect Stevie...but my fave Mac singer has always been songbird (Christine McVie) Haha different subject I know
The fact that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon could make those roles so amazing when it would have been so easy for the roles to be campy or silly, is what woke me up to what good actors both of them are.
This is my favorite of the Smith universe, right above Mallrats. The scene at the beginning with "the Walrus and the Carpenter" at the airplane and the rant in the parking garage are perfection. The ensemble is the strongest of any of Smith's films. RIP Rickman and Carlin
Same here on everything you said. Also, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strikes back are also still good. Though, Strikes back a bit less so. Reboot is just not a good movie
I had a Kevin Smyth phase in highschool, back when I rented tapes for watching. Dogma is his first movie I saw in cinema. Got immediately obsessed. I think it saw it two or three times when it was playing. Saw it on tv a couple of times since. Was really into angels storyline. My favourite scenes in it.
Ok you know I'd LOVE for Jeremy to review/talk about The Dragon Prince and Avatar the Last Airbender that would really make my day to hear his thoughts on such awesome shows. The frame rate thing for TDP is easy to get over after two episodes in the first season and it gets better per each season. And OH MY GOD the entire Dragon Prince fandom thirsting over Aaravos is just hysterical lol love a good villain design....and just a good villain in general. TDP really has the makings of being as great as Avatar. It'll be interesting to see.
@@theterbear9915 I'm guessing you were raised as a Christian from childhood, rather than being raised atheist or agnostic and converting to Christianity as an adult. I'm curious - have you ever read the bible? I don't mean bits and pieces, or the predigested lessons you get in Sunday school. I mean sat down and read it cover to cover, no skips. Read it through, honestly, cover to cover, and actually *think* (not space out) about everything that's being said, and all the implications thereof. I would bet money that if you did all that, before you even got to the very end of the book, you'd be an atheist.
Great movie. One of the movies we put on the same level as Wag the Dog. Two under appreciated brilliant films. The one piece in the Dogma puzzle you missed was the juxtaposition. Comedy needs it. That’s why Woody Allen did movies about sex and death. No mistake, Dogma went after religion the way Carlin did and he was in the movie. Very appropriate. This was a nasty movie which is why it was so good.
Kevin Smith was the shit when it came to movies back in the day. I'd probably say up to and including Clerks 2, with, I guess, the exception of Jersey Girl - that one I draw a complete blank on, left no impression at all. Even he doesn't really like it himself so that probably says something. It's weird to see how early Kevin Smith was more thoughtful in his stories than he is now. You'd think a man would grow wiser as he gets older, but Kevin really just got more stoned, losing the thoughtful part that made his films rise above the surface level low-brow comedy. You'd think doing a regular show with an established screenwriter, he'd get a few notes from time to time. But then again, maybe he does, and the end result was still what we got with his recent work. I mean, I still got a few laughs out of em, but it seems like the good character writing's just not there anymore.
His run definitely ended with Clerks 2. It had a great message for his run as a director to go out on. Since then his movies have been missing something.
To this day, my favorite scene in a Kevin Smith movie is in the beginning of Chasing Amy...the entire scene at the Comics convention with Hooper X and his comic.
I gotta say - I really love this style of more in-depth, slightly longer reviews. Been watching since 2014, you've improved a lot during this covid situation. I feel like you to allow yourself more time to work on these reviews, and it genuinely seems to pay off. Videos like this and your Street Fighter review really seem to be more thorough, developed, and overall more passionate than much of your work in previous years. I hope this level of quality continues once the theaters open up, seeing this gives me a lot of confidence for you.
Ahh thank you for dropping this man, I remember my religious education teacher telling me about this film in high school, been one of my favourites ever since
Kevin Smith's work declined over the years because he's just happy now. He used to have real life to draw on, working at Quickstop, Hanging out with his friends at the Mall, his relationship with Joey Lauren Adams and growing up Catholic. Its around Jay and Silent Bob Strike back that you see that he's living in a fantasy world in his Hollywood life. Clerks II is still a great story about getting older and being trapped in mediocrity and Red State is a fun venture into the darker side of his brain, but from Cop Out (which he didn't write) it gets a bit zany and bizarre. It's also worth noting that after Zack and Miri, he started smoking pot (thanks Seth Rogan). I love me some pot, but it hasn't done much for Smith's film career. I love his work so much, but it's definitely not consistent in quality. His Podcasts are fun though, I listen to them all the time.
Clerks 2 is a fun guilty pleasure cult classic and Red State was surprisingly Kevin Smith's most ambitious and thought-provoking film (at least in its final 10 mins) since Dogma.
@@CharlieA24 He had when he was about 17 on a few occasions but stopped when a girl told him he wasn't as funny when he was high. He claimed you could count the times he smoked on both hands. He was 38 when he started smoking again, it helped him kick his cigarette consumption. Now he's a wake and baker with his own line of weed: Snoogans, Snootchie Bootchies and Berzerker. All 3 strains show up in J&SB:R and come in pre-rolls and 3.5g tubs.
@@CharlieA24 Some habits are hard to knock..... And why should we knock (some) of them. Pot's fun, but in these COVID-19 times, it hard to come by in my country that's under lockdown..... And its illegal too, but oh well.
My only problem with Chasing Amy is that the final act gets a little TOO serious, for me it didn't quite fit with the tone of the rest of the movie up to that point.
@@mattdowning2570 IDK man, that whole movie was a lot more tonally drab than I remembered. It was definitely Kevin's artsy side, I will agree that the last act basically dropped the little bit of humor that the movie had. That's just my thoughts though.
The whole movie is much less serious than it seems. I gotta admit, I've watched it many, many times and I don't think it's not supposed to be a funny movie per se. The tone at the end was there all along. Sure, it is a insecure teenage drama after all and the end is about freaking the fuck out and learning from it. For me, it didn't really shift much because I could exactly understand that whole insecurity about it.
I was hoping you’d review this after watching your other Kevin Smith review. I remember watching this when it came out on DVD back in the day and it really was an amazing movie. I viewed religion a lot differently after seeing it and I’ve always thought it was one of the better movies I’ve watched. Happy to see you still find it great after all these years!
I know this is two years old, but I found my old DVD of Dogma, and it reminded me of this review. I agree that this movie is as good and relevant today as it was when it was released, and it is easily my favorite Kevin Smith flick.
Kevin Smith is such a strange force of nature. He’s made things like Clerks and Dogma, which are excellent, and then he’s made things like Tusk and Yoga Hosers, which are legendarily bad. Talk about highs and lows lol
I think most people have a limited number of stories to tell, and you can usually pinpoint pretty well when they've told those stories and just keep writing because they have to.
"Mommy that man has horns." Wish that scene with Jason Lee had made it in the final movie. Still a fantastic film though I've long out grown it. Another great film to revisit/review released around close to the same time. Fear and Loathing Las Vegas.
A year or so ago a few of my friends, who are huge Kevin Smith fans, sat me down and showed me everything he made from Clerks to Dogma (we ran out of time, I know other movies exist). The other ones were fine, but I didn't really connect to any of them. Then we watched Dogma. It had me from the beginning, and never let go. Damn good movie.
While I really liked Clerks I didn't vibe with any other Kevin Smith film. Until a friend of my let me borrow his ipod video for awhile and he happened to have Dogma on it and I remember loving it. Glad to see it holds up
Matt Damon's characters name is Loki. He ends up playing Loki in a play in Thor Ragnarok. The circle is complete.
The Mallrats script is in Captain Marvel too. Double KS whammy
NERDS UNITE, THESE ARE ACCURATE FACTS
Holy shit I never realized he was in that... gotta go rewatch
hm...I did not even connect those two fun facts...until now. O.O
Shit i just made this comment lol daps to u sir
Wait, is that why Matt Damon made a cameo as an Asgardian actor playing Loki in Ragnarok?
good spot mate, well played.
I suggest you see Reboot. Loki explains a lot, lol.
Yes. That is correct.
He was originally Marvels #1 pick to play Loki. That was the jokes origin in his scene for Ragnarok
Sure why not
There's a reason Prince hired Kevin Smith to make his documentary, siting Dogma as his favorite movie. It's a good damn movie.
Citing*
@Noiseless Sounds "was" ... Prince was a weirdo.
@Noiseless SoundsHim being a weirdo doesn't mean he was wrong
@@outhouserat7612 Party like its 1999. I dont think he looks weird. Looks like he has a cool style to me
But he was wrong, because he was a Jehovah's Witness.
"Dogma put religion in the crosshairs, but not the religious." I thought that was a great takeaway! I appreciate the fact that the movie never seems to talk down to people who hold a belief in God.
That's why I love this movie so much!
@@bobg4840 It's my favorite Kevin Smith movie. I really like Dogma and Jersey Girl. I know Jersey is not very well liked, but I think it's aged better than people think.
The Buddy Christ is the single best religious icon in human history
I remember the first time I watched Dogma I had to pause the movie for about 5 minutes to laugh my arse off at that damn Buddy Christ statue
We need more Buddy Christ in lives!!!
I recall a deleted scene in the DVD that has one of my favorite lines from any movie ever. I think Loki asked Jason Lee's character if Hell really is as bad as they say it is, and he responds: "They've been playing Mrs. Doubtfire for the last 15 years. CONTINUALLY."
@07m That would definitely be cruel and unusual punishment!
Carlin as the Bishop is gold.
"Now this isn't the Church-sanctioned term, just something we're tossing around the office. But, look at it. Doesn't it just... pop Buddy Christ?"
I'd love to hear THAT phone call!
meechisminners
Oh I think Penn Gillette could be pretty special. However, let's not jinx it into a possibility that Hollyweird would remake it by us talking about it. lol
😉👉👉
The unwritten book of the road
Dogma is a masterpiece, he wrote it before he wrote Clerks too.
@aPositiveAddiction its a half truth. he was working on ideas that would become dogma at the same time he started writing clerks. as for how they found that out i'd assume they looked it up.
@aPositiveAddiction He spoke about it on the original Clerks commentary, (Not the X edition one) from memory, he said he had a rough draft called 'War On God' and he showed it to Mosier during the selling of Clerks and then showed Affleck during Mallrats but knew he'd need to improve his filmmaking skill-set before trying to film it and eventually it became 'Dogma'.
@@SupervoidCinema It was attended to be his second film but it was too big for him to do at the time. That is why at the end of the end of the Credits to Clerks it says "Jay and Silent Bob will be back in Dogma"
It is indeed a masterpiece
Just watched it last night and thought it was terribly boring. Linda Fiorentino was awful
The reason jay was so good in the movie was because “I didn’t wanna piss off that rickman guy” so he learned all his lines and he took the role serious lol
Is that true? that's hilarious! You don't want to piss of Hans Gruber.
He learned everyone's lines. Overprep at it's best
No he said ha "wanted" to piss off that Rickman dude thats why he learned everybody's lines
Yep that's what Kevin said on Hollywood Babble-On when he was giving his eulogy of Alan Rickman and it was heartbreaking listening to him break down talking about his dear friend
@@EverettNewell or Dr Lazarus.
"Tell a person that you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charlton Heston movie and suddenly everybody is a theology scholar."
Love this line 😁
You may continue uninterrupted.
"Did you have to use the whole can?!" 😂💀
Who are you? I’m pissed off is what I am!!
Well I say we get drunk, because I’m all out of ideas.
"I'm as anatomically impaired as a Ken Doll. Now make yourself, and hand me that towel. Honestly, you bottom feeders and your arrogance; you think everyone is just trying to get in your knickers!"
Fun fact: You can find footage of a protest against Dogma, with Kevin Smith being one of the protestors.
Yeah, and the reporter being all, huh, that protestor looks AWFULLY FAMILIAR.
Manos Kon where he also brought a poster saying “ Dogma is dogshit”
thats some king shit right there
The sign he made said "DOGMA IS DOGSHIT" nobody knew it was him. All these people protest the movie and none of them recognized the director, writer, and star in their midst.
HE DIDNT WEAR A DISGUISE.
@@jesse_reznor Almost as if they hadn't seen the movie they were protesting.
"No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater.... Than central air."
I still quote that on hot summer days
Then hockey demon kids murder that women.
Me too since moving to Sacramento
me too
Same
Truth.
For me this is easily Kevin Smiths best movie. His parents are extremely religious and I think that is why he managed to poke fun at it without being really disrespectful to people who do believe.
I still think Clerks is his masterpiece
Hey bud anyone thats actually religious will see this as disrespectful lol
Chasing Amy may be slightly better, but Dogma is probably more rewatchable. I can't count how many times I've seen this movie.
He is still somewhat religious himself too. He talks about it at one point in an interview. That is why it does not come off as offensive to a lot of people who are of faith, because it is not mean spirited.
@Jake Boos true that
I still love when Matt Damon says “Don’t run” after shooting up the board room.
Don't run, DON'T RUN! Freaks! Freaks! All of you FREAKS!
@@22coza i always thought he was saying FAKES, FAKES
"But I belive in this....what does that even mean??" Affleck and Damon had awsome comedic chemistry.
Gum?!
I always wanted to know what Ben Affleck's character refuses to say aloud and only whispers into the head man's ear
Besides Clerks, this was probably the most well made Kevin Smith film.
MFBloosh I loved Clerks, hated Dogma. I think Chasing Amy was way better
Imo this is his best movie by far. Amazing cast and a really funny script. This where it all came together for Smith
Clerks, this and Amy is my anytime go to. And it's been years.
i LOVE every view askewniverse film pre clerks 2 but mallrats is definitely my favourite. i've seen that film more than any other and it never gets old
That's a pretty low bar.
Dogma was my favorite movie when I was in high school. I was raised going to church every week and I still go to church as often as I can. I loved Dogma because it calls out the blatant hypocrisy of most organized religions. So many churches and religions are so caught up in their own rules and made up doctrines that they lose sight of what really matters. For decades the catholic church covered up for pedophiles because they were more worried about their own image. If they had done the right thing and put these guys away when it mattered they wouldn't have such a bad reputation.
Jason Barber exactly
It's pretty rampant in the Protestant Christian churches too, I'm afraid. I mean, predators are everywhere, but it seems like religious organizations are overburdened with predator-enablers. Forgiveness, or P.R. worries?
Bethany : Jesus didn't have any brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin.
Rufus : Mary gave birth to CHRIST without having known a man's touch, that's true. But she did have a husband. And do you really think he'd have stayed married to her all those years if he wasn't getting laid? The nature of God and the Virgin birth, those are leaps of faith. But to believe a married couple never got down? Well, that's just plain gullibility.
They both probably needed it. Women want sex too.
All it would have taken was reading just a little bit of the Bible. It makes for a good script, but not much on accuracy. This is still my favorite Kevin Smith movie.
Matthew 13:55-56 (NASB95): Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
“And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”
James wrote the book of James in the bible and was the half brother of Jesus. Catholics believe Mary stayed a Virgin her whole life but the Bible says otherwise.
@@BeardedApeDad And the writer Jude (Judas) is the brother of Jesus and James.
@@capiseric Thanks Brother.
The board room scene scared the shit out of me when I was little 😂 “you didn’t say god bless you” I love this movie!
Feasha Boo “You’re getting off light...”
Is it only a coincidence that this review was uploaded on Good Friday?? 🤔🤔
Dogma on Blueray or home insurance? Whats cheaper?
Home insurance, obviously
... how big is your house?
That cast was perfect. Rickman was used perfectly for his accent and sarcastic ways. Kind of posh with a hint of asshole.
So Alan Rickman played Alan Rickman.
Thats the best description of Alan Rickman I've ever read in my entire life, kudos to you for making me laugh!
Kevin Smith crashing the protest against this movie was absolute gold
Absolutely here for you analyzing these smaller movies that you adore, regardless of their quality.
The way Alan Rickman says "Bartleby, a Gregorian one of the choirs of angels. They are called watchers...guess what they do?" is hilariously good. Hahahahahaha
"WHAT GEAR ARE YOU IN???!!"
"GEAR?!?"
Definitely one of my favourite lines.
Dude was goin like 80 in 1st gear 😂😂😂
Thanks for that. Just read it and it cracked me up again just remembering that scene.
"What do I know about shiftin'?"
@@trawlerkent9101 "Like I ever drove before"
“The Devil’s Lettuce”
I wish I could find this at my local produce section. That would be heaven.
Out of all the films in the View Askewniverse, "Dogma" is without a doubt my favorite.
Loki- “Who’s house?...Run’s house...Who’s house?...Run’s house...”
Bartleby- Rolls his eyes and walks down the dark road...
Super sweet scene
*raises the roof*
Martin....Martin... that scene still cracks me up
5:18 "optimal age range" Damn, that was the PERFECT statement for Jay! Perfect for his 20's, hang it up in your 40's, spot on
I have 2 amazing memories from years of going to New York Comic Con.
1. Having the chance to meet Kevin Smith and tell him how much he has meant to me wanting to be a filmmaker.
2. Being apart of Jeremy Jahn's Entourage for an hour and getting to spend time with the most down to earth UA-camr I've ever met.
These past 2 videos have been an amazing combination of 2 of my favorite things and I just wanted to share how much I'm enjoying these new videos.
1 good thing about the quarantine is jeremy gets to talk about stuff like this. stuff he wouldn't normally talk about if there were pesky new releases to talk about, but is clearly passionate about.
and i'm digging it.
I remember when they filmed this. I live in Pittsburgh and went to school with Tom Savinis daughter, I remember she showed us pictures of her with the cast. That was when my crush for Selma Hayek started
It’s funny how I wasn’t allowed to see “The Ring” when it came out. But apparently to my mom this was okay 🤣...And the unedited “The Exorcist”.
“Affleck was the bomb in phantoms”
This is Kevin Smith's best movie IMO
Yeah for me it's not even close to any of his other movies. Chasing Amy and Clerks 1&2 are good but this movie is perfect. Couldn't have been better casted, acted and Smith wrote a really good script
Agreed
"You didn't say 'Bless You' when I sneezed" 😂
Bought this dvd years ago, one of my absolute all time favorites, provides a great commentary on religion while being heavy and funny at the same time
From what I understand this was Kevin smith struggling with his faith movie. I thought it was actual a pro Jesus movie but against the trappings of man made structures. I think if you don’t have faith it’s got a good message about focussing in a message rather the things around that message
Dogma is a great movie. Great ensemble of people in this.
"Boop" as the final word of God is still the best bible quote in existence
One of my favorite scenes from Dogma, is the deleted scene with Jason Lee's character calling humanity out for the what evil and hell is about.
I'm a Christian, believe that Jesus Christ is my lord and savior and I absolutely love this film.
Me too.
@aywan krekorian He is.
Love how the thumbnail is the Buddy Christ pose
Doesn't it just pop!?
Dogma was a perfectly balanced movie, between a real story with character feelings that and stone comedy. Not many movies pull it off, if any do. I always felt the cast was perfect, with actors at there peak and popular and up and coming actors who are about to become A listers
This movie is one of my favorites, but Carlin was my favorite part of the movie. Rickman was a close second
The scene when The Metatron was trying to comfort Bethany after her freak-out was great. Alan Rickman really sold it as his character said how unfair it all was, and how he would take it all back in reference to Jesus if he could. Alan Richman was a great actor for sure.
It’s Fellowship of the Ring but it has Black people,lol
Fellowship of the Ring had black people....
no credit to the orcs or uruk-hai?
twistedmetalplayer21 🤔🙄😒 so you saying Black people are mud monsters with white hands on their heads?
Totally agree with this review.
Dogma is the best aged Kevin Smith movie. While Clerks, (maybe Clerks 2) and Mallrats are cult classics. Dogma and Chasing Amy are so much more.
Jay and Silent Bob strike back I felt aged really badly, and Reboot is decent as a 2019 film but feels like a thing of the past.
Jay and Silent Bob work best as supporting characters in the movies not as the leads.
Some of my friends.
"You're dumb for holding onto those DVDs and Blurays. We only do streaming"
Thanks for the tip. As I insert my Dogma disc into player.
If I can't find the movie I want on DVD or Bluray, I will go through Google Play/Movies Unlimited. I will not be forced to buy a 2 for 1 Bluray with an unnecessary made for video sequel. I'm talking to you, Universal Studios!
Still have my special edition. 😏
Your friends are fucking idiots.
Me to Kevin put a lot of love into the dvd sets.
Let's see them talk when they cant pay their internet bill anymore
Dogma is Kev at his peak. Everything on the screen and everything behind the scenes (Jay taking shit super seriously to not piss of Alan Rickman, Kevin protesting his own film on the news etc) is damn near perfect.
Literally sat here so bored, feeling down and alone. Scrolling endlessly and then this pops up and instantly I feel better. Thanks for keeping up the good work dude 👍
P.s I haven't watched the video yet but this film is awesome.
I hope you feel better bub
I hope you feel better as well. Remember there are billions of us.
You should pick up a book for a change...
@@wendigolycan Who said I never read books 😂
Am I the only one who holds Jahns' esteem in such high regard that I physically had a sensation of relief when he dropped the "is it nostalgia goggles or did Kevin Smith really have it back in the day? or is it just like a thing that I could enjoy back when and i've grown past it or have gotten old and boring, who knows what happened? The point is, I watched dogma... and its still great?"
Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Clerks 2 are Smiths best films
Uhhhhhhhh Not the Original Clerks?
Mallrats is underrated for me it's really good
37!
@@seanfoley7323 in a row?
@@justincase1853 thank you! I hate how criminally underrated Zack and Miri is.
I'm agnostic, but I believe that if there's a God, that God is Alanis Morissette 👏👏👏
True..she was soooo adorable in the role..and I'm really not even an Alanis fan!
@@79lerxst Made me forget that I dislike her music with her adorable portrayal of God. Lol.
@@jjmiles7173 LMAO..yeah..she gets a pass on the movie role
@@79lerxst I guess Stevie Nicks was too busy for Kevin to ask her. Lol.
@@jjmiles7173 oooooh..that's still tough,cause yes I respect Stevie...but my fave Mac singer has always been songbird (Christine McVie)
Haha different subject I know
Remember watching this with my girlfriend. Got to the end of the movie when their wings finally pop out and she says “Are they Angels?”.
I dumped her.
Justified.
Deservedly so.
Was she hot?
Well, George carlin is in that movie it has to be witty.
As a Catholic Cardinal no less....The irony that is all over this movie is soooo good.
One of my favorite lines of all time. "You really are just a simple creature."
"Usually big Rufus, but it's cold"
Definitely the most underrated Kevin Smith in-universe film.
This is still my favorite film from a few Kevin Smith films we own and love here. Was fun to see you start to review much more of Kevin Smith's films.
I first watched Dogma when I was 12 and it literally shook my world.
What a great movie man.
One line I remember: "No ticket"
@Studio Autio wha?
@@nuno09 Yep, the line in the movie was paying homage to an identical line in Indiana Jones.
I always loved that the only line Silent Bob has isn't even original. He was quoting another movie.
Now whenever I think of Metatron, Alan Rickman is what I always think of.
Such a great movie, "I'm a F&king Demon?!"
@Marcus Charley _"Not born, shit into existence."_
The fact that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon could make those roles so amazing when it would have been so easy for the roles to be campy or silly, is what woke me up to what good actors both of them are.
Love the bloopers at the end. Please continue that feature. I like seeing the finished product and parts of what made the finished product.
Jeremy grew up with Kevin Smith
Wrong channel
@@countdooku7152 Tell that to *your* snapped neck
@@Evan-nx9ng good reply
Better than growing up with fortnite
This is my favorite of the Smith universe, right above Mallrats. The scene at the beginning with "the Walrus and the Carpenter" at the airplane and the rant in the parking garage are perfection. The ensemble is the strongest of any of Smith's films. RIP Rickman and Carlin
Same here on everything you said.
Also, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strikes back are also still good. Though, Strikes back a bit less so. Reboot is just not a good movie
I had a Kevin Smyth phase in highschool, back when I rented tapes for watching. Dogma is his first movie I saw in cinema. Got immediately obsessed. I think it saw it two or three times when it was playing. Saw it on tv a couple of times since. Was really into angels storyline. My favourite scenes in it.
Ok you know I'd LOVE for Jeremy to review/talk about The Dragon Prince and Avatar the Last Airbender that would really make my day to hear his thoughts on such awesome shows. The frame rate thing for TDP is easy to get over after two episodes in the first season and it gets better per each season. And OH MY GOD the entire Dragon Prince fandom thirsting over Aaravos is just hysterical lol love a good villain design....and just a good villain in general. TDP really has the makings of being as great as Avatar. It'll be interesting to see.
Loving the new format of this review good sir, with the clips punctuating your essay points and the post credit bloopers 👏👏👏
I think its definitely one of Kevin Smith's best. And in a Christian.
It should have made you an atheist.
@@Nipponing Sorry, never gonna happen. I can acknowledge flaws in the system but I'm not one to abandon all hope because someone is cynical.
@@theterbear9915 I'm guessing you were raised as a Christian from childhood, rather than being raised atheist or agnostic and converting to Christianity as an adult. I'm curious - have you ever read the bible? I don't mean bits and pieces, or the predigested lessons you get in Sunday school. I mean sat down and read it cover to cover, no skips. Read it through, honestly, cover to cover, and actually *think* (not space out) about everything that's being said, and all the implications thereof.
I would bet money that if you did all that, before you even got to the very end of the book, you'd be an atheist.
"And in a Christian." Oooooh, just the tip, or all the way in?! 🤣
@@ColinFox No he probably still wouldn't...
Thank you for rewatching this. It's one of my favorite movies. So good
dogma is my goto "i don't know what to watch" fallback... seen it too many times to say without embarrassment
Me too. I can quote the entire movie from beginning to end and I still find small new details whenever I watch it.
Great movie. One of the movies we put on the same level as Wag the Dog. Two under appreciated brilliant films. The one piece in the Dogma puzzle you missed was the juxtaposition. Comedy needs it. That’s why Woody Allen did movies about sex and death. No mistake, Dogma went after religion the way Carlin did and he was in the movie. Very appropriate. This was a nasty movie which is why it was so good.
Kevin Smith was the shit when it came to movies back in the day. I'd probably say up to and including Clerks 2, with, I guess, the exception of Jersey Girl - that one I draw a complete blank on, left no impression at all. Even he doesn't really like it himself so that probably says something.
It's weird to see how early Kevin Smith was more thoughtful in his stories than he is now. You'd think a man would grow wiser as he gets older, but Kevin really just got more stoned, losing the thoughtful part that made his films rise above the surface level low-brow comedy. You'd think doing a regular show with an established screenwriter, he'd get a few notes from time to time.
But then again, maybe he does, and the end result was still what we got with his recent work.
I mean, I still got a few laughs out of em, but it seems like the good character writing's just not there anymore.
His run definitely ended with Clerks 2. It had a great message for his run as a director to go out on. Since then his movies have been missing something.
To this day, my favorite scene in a Kevin Smith movie is in the beginning of Chasing Amy...the entire scene at the Comics convention with Hooper X and his comic.
I gotta say - I really love this style of more in-depth, slightly longer reviews. Been watching since 2014, you've improved a lot during this covid situation. I feel like you to allow yourself more time to work on these reviews, and it genuinely seems to pay off. Videos like this and your Street Fighter review really seem to be more thorough, developed, and overall more passionate than much of your work in previous years. I hope this level of quality continues once the theaters open up, seeing this gives me a lot of confidence for you.
Favorite Kevin Smith movie. Love this movie so underrated
I wish Kevin Smith would do an uncut version, with the Cardinal Glick scenes, and Jason Lees monologue on "evil is an abstract!..."
Comedies are best when they take themselves seriously.
Ahh thank you for dropping this man, I remember my religious education teacher telling me about this film in high school, been one of my favourites ever since
Kevin Smith's work declined over the years because he's just happy now. He used to have real life to draw on, working at Quickstop, Hanging out with his friends at the Mall, his relationship with Joey Lauren Adams and growing up Catholic. Its around Jay and Silent Bob Strike back that you see that he's living in a fantasy world in his Hollywood life. Clerks II is still a great story about getting older and being trapped in mediocrity and Red State is a fun venture into the darker side of his brain, but from Cop Out (which he didn't write) it gets a bit zany and bizarre. It's also worth noting that after Zack and Miri, he started smoking pot (thanks Seth Rogan). I love me some pot, but it hasn't done much for Smith's film career. I love his work so much, but it's definitely not consistent in quality. His Podcasts are fun though, I listen to them all the time.
Clerks 2 is a fun guilty pleasure cult classic and Red State was surprisingly Kevin Smith's most ambitious and thought-provoking film (at least in its final 10 mins) since Dogma.
Also Kevin Smith didn't smoke pot pre-Zack and Miri?!?!?!
@@CharlieA24 He had when he was about 17 on a few occasions but stopped when a girl told him he wasn't as funny when he was high. He claimed you could count the times he smoked on both hands. He was 38 when he started smoking again, it helped him kick his cigarette consumption. Now he's a wake and baker with his own line of weed: Snoogans, Snootchie Bootchies and Berzerker. All 3 strains show up in J&SB:R and come in pre-rolls and 3.5g tubs.
@@corbanblake8359 Guess some habits came back around.
@@CharlieA24 Some habits are hard to knock..... And why should we knock (some) of them. Pot's fun, but in these COVID-19 times, it hard to come by in my country that's under lockdown..... And its illegal too, but oh well.
This has been one of my favorite movies since I watched it years ago. So awesome to see you review this.
Jeremy you should definitely do a review for. "The man from Earth"
Dogma is my favorite movie! So glad you’re reviewing it and getting it out there more
if I were to see Dogma it would be for the late great Alan Rickman.
Love the line in the movie "Its not what you believe in, it's that you believe. "
HELL YEA JAHN REVIEWING THE CLASSICS , NOW DUDE WHERES MY CAR LOL
I've been waiting for your view askewinverse reviews for a while dude thanks for putting these out!
Chasing Amy is also pretty underrated
My only problem with Chasing Amy is that the final act gets a little TOO serious, for me it didn't quite fit with the tone of the rest of the movie up to that point.
@@mattdowning2570 IDK man, that whole movie was a lot more tonally drab than I remembered. It was definitely Kevin's artsy side, I will agree that the last act basically dropped the little bit of humor that the movie had. That's just my thoughts though.
The whole movie is much less serious than it seems. I gotta admit, I've watched it many, many times and I don't think it's not supposed to be a funny movie per se. The tone at the end was there all along. Sure, it is a insecure teenage drama after all and the end is about freaking the fuck out and learning from it. For me, it didn't really shift much because I could exactly understand that whole insecurity about it.
No. It is adequately rated.
I was hoping you’d review this after watching your other Kevin Smith review. I remember watching this when it came out on DVD back in the day and it really was an amazing movie. I viewed religion a lot differently after seeing it and I’ve always thought it was one of the better movies I’ve watched. Happy to see you still find it great after all these years!
I been trying to find this on Blu-ray/streaming for a reasonable amount for years.
I found the collector's edition at a thrift store. Couldn't snatch it up fast enough
I know this is two years old, but I found my old DVD of Dogma, and it reminded me of this review. I agree that this movie is as good and relevant today as it was when it was released, and it is easily my favorite Kevin Smith flick.
Kevin Smith is such a strange force of nature. He’s made things like Clerks and Dogma, which are excellent, and then he’s made things like Tusk and Yoga Hosers, which are legendarily bad. Talk about highs and lows lol
I think most people have a limited number of stories to tell, and you can usually pinpoint pretty well when they've told those stories and just keep writing because they have to.
Jay Are he has some bad movies and then you get to the bottom with Cop Out
Tusk was awesome
"Mommy that man has horns." Wish that scene with Jason Lee had made it in the final movie. Still a fantastic film though I've long out grown it. Another great film to revisit/review released around close to the same time. Fear and Loathing Las Vegas.
Always loved Dogma. Wanna show it to my kids and wife who haven’t seen it but can never find it. Ugh...
A year or so ago a few of my friends, who are huge Kevin Smith fans, sat me down and showed me everything he made from Clerks to Dogma (we ran out of time, I know other movies exist). The other ones were fine, but I didn't really connect to any of them. Then we watched Dogma. It had me from the beginning, and never let go. Damn good movie.
Never have I clicked on a video of yours this quickly.
Same dude
While I really liked Clerks I didn't vibe with any other Kevin Smith film. Until a friend of my let me borrow his ipod video for awhile and he happened to have Dogma on it and I remember loving it. Glad to see it holds up
please review "Armageddon", I always really liked this movie, fully aware of it's flaws.
Also in the very rewatchable but flawed movies is one of my favorites Twister