cartoons. O mores, vol. I
No, it will not comment on Vladimir Proppie (peace be upon him, do not move it) or the Russian strukturalistach. But as we go from fairy tales to review a movie that had the misfortune to watch. As the anthropologist is aware of the curse of repetition of the narrative, he often loses the desire to experience stories being told - a bit like once read a book, which is sounding very different than the first reading, no longer arouse such emotions.
film, which I do not recommend, but only because it is artistically weak (on the story in a moment poznęcam) is manufactured in the picture years Fri "Legion." Throughout American anthropologist of religion zgotowało cinema space to embarrassment and consternation. The title is a legion of the army of angels, which is to deal with humanity. Topic as old as the apocalypse of St. John, the history of Europe (especially Western) spent a lot of space in art and culture.
film begins with the axiom "people are angry," or horacjańskiego "vitiis nemo sine nascitur." Author of the picture following the footsteps of Western thinkers (Rousseau philanthropist, a pragmatist Machiavelli) and reviewed the achievements of the Renaissance tradition judeochrześcijaństwa, contained in the words of man's creation in the image and likeness of God (Gen. 1:26-27) takes great parenthesis is what happened in Europe since the birth of Christ until the sixteenth and seventeenth century and the Reformation. Makes to the American impudence in relation to the existing rules ("the only rule is breaking the rules") and the rules of the world, contained most of the so-called customs. There is no lack of morals is the worst here, and the repetition of the pattern in which the best morals are my own habits. In the film, from the beginning of smashing the language used. The confrontation of religious language with a simple and vulgar English frustrating. Why God is furious on humanity by sending a similar penalty potopowi? "I do not know. I guess he had enough of this piepszenia."
As the story inspired by the Christian culture of the viewer can easily picks the basic symbolism. A piece of history, which the director took in parenthesis, it is primarily the legacy of Christianity. Following the revision of the Protestant Bible puts his film heroes - in time - roughly around the 1st century BC (Christ is not and never was) - spatially - somewhere in the trackless route 66 and early twentieth century begins apocalypse legion title similar to the flood front Christ. God is angry and wants to punish humanity. Naturally, there is a God in the Trinity, because it turned in the person of Christ - as Christians believe - the fate of humanity (so you do not have anything zsyłać), it is also the God of the Jews, because this has already promised not to do more. And so here is where God tells the film's director? It is not known. Maybe God is on the borderline worlds Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons?
But back to the movie. God sends the archangels Michael and Gabriel (what a non-accidental coincidence of names with Christian and Jewish!) to make the Holocaust. God is good, so everyone who is an opposition would appear that this is bad. So bad it gets, Michael, because he still believes in humanity and that it can change. He decides to save her. This paradox - the angel is no longer an angel (gr. aggelos - messenger of God / executor of will of God) and God would cease to be God (is the enemy of the people, but redrawing anthropomorphic). Revelation begins not in Malaysia and Tajikistan, and of course in LA. The main character appears in the rain, as a symbol of rebirth and life. Cuts the wings becoming quite human. Just do not know where these dziary in the shape of barbed wire around the body ... perhaps to raise the breezy and arguments in his hand. Michael probably already seen The Matrix, so to save the world takes up arms for taking a few pieces, and smashing the wall (a flaming crater is formed in the shape of a cross - nomen omen - the first of two moments in the entire film using the cross) is a smooth coat, as a hero - absolutely unbuttoned, and in some disarray. Sunglasses, no - I do not know why exactly the director to take such a step. The hero must look like an elegant, no one imagines the Archangel Michael in a tracksuit. Gendarme from heaven clashes with the gendarmes from the ground, police officers - about the legitimacy of power in the film. One of them turns into an angel zainkubowanego (the legion), but what's interesting - its attributes completely deny identity. Large black eyes and teeth like a shark, to the deep voice - a feature of all angels. Generally, the director has done enough to deceive viewers ekwibilirystyczny treatment in exchange of good and evil sides. Good qualities of the characters gave a bad, bad in the end turn out to be good. A bit cheesy ... The main character leaves the cop car.
End of Part I of the story.