> umm... okay... that's the first time I think I've heard a christ-myth > story described that way. Phenomenon really wasn't an alien movie in > any way other than the most superficial plot device... They needed an > event to change an ordinary man's life. The rest of the film is an > examination of human nature; specifically how we deal with a > "messiah". It's not specifically a Christian or judeo-christian thing > either... The way that people react to life is the same way they would > react to a messiah, and vice versa, so by examining the messiah's > social experiences you gain insight into human nature. It's what > Einstein referred to as a "thought experiment". The subject of the > film is an archetypal cycle actually: awareness - love - heroification > (ignorance/denial) - dissilusion - crucifixion - love. Jesus wasn't > the first and certainly wasn't the last of the stories about this > archetype. Dune was also a christ-myth story, although I didn't care > for Dune so much. >
The movie considered doing what you perceived, but then changed directions and decided to be a love story. They began exploring people's reactions to his abilities, its affects and ramifications. Then they pulled a 180 and discussed the CAUSE of the phenomen (completely unnecessary) and focused the rest of the movie on the death scenario and it's affects on his new family. Ergo....chick flick :) Phenomenon is one of those films that I ended up feeling like the movie was OK, but could have been SOOOOO much more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167561 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
