2012 Levels the Sistine Chapel but Spares the Kaaba
John on November 7, 2009 at 8:44 am
Bill Donohoe writes about an admission by director Roland Emmerich:
When we got word recently that the movie “2012” depicts the Vatican being blown up, along with the famous statue from Rio, Christ the Redeemer, we were unmoved. Why? Because this occurs during the end of the world in a massive destruction. This kind of sensationalism, we reasoned, is standard fare for director Roland Emmerich: he is the guru of the “blow ‘em up” genre of movies. But now we’ve learned that while Catholics get theirs, Muslims are spared. Out of fear, of course.
Emmerich is more than a coward—he is a liar who has it out for Catholics. Last year, he was quoted saying, “I would like to erase all nations and religions.” Not true. He is quite content to live with Islam, even though he readily admits it is a religion of terror. When asked why he did not show the destruction of Kaaba, the religious structure in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, he said, “I wanted to do that, I have to admit. You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have…a fatwa.”
So why was the Sistine Chapel designated for destruction? “We have to show how this gets destroyed….I am against organized religion.” …
After bragging that the movie shows the Sistine Chapel falling on people’s heads, Emmerich explains the moral of the story: “Never pray in front of a big church. Pray by yourself.” …
Every time I say Hollywood hates Christianity, especially Catholicism, my critics cringe. But they never offer evidence that I’m wrong.
I know I referenced this in that John Nolte post a few days ago, but it’s just so blatantly a case of bias I thought it deserved its own post. I was sort of looking forward to this movie. I like popcorn films. Now that I know its author’s intent, I’m not so interested.
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Islam gets a free pass from Hollywood. After all, no one wants to deal with the violent fallout that an attack on Islam would produce. If a cartoon can inspire the towelheads to go crazy, then a movie would produce more serious results.
Twenty years ago, sitting at the kitchen table, my father-in-law predicted that one of the biggest challenges to freedom and to our way of life would come from Islam. At the time, I thought he didn’t know what he was talking about. Today we see that he was right on the money.
November 7, 2009 @ 9:14 amWill i ahve too Agree that if your going to do something do it right..!! in this movie he picked only one side he picked on all us but he just showed the Sistine Chapel destruction.. and that is not fair..! but in realty its not Ok to show any destruction of nay religon must have respect to all ..!! the Kaba or should i saythe Holy Grand Mosque in Mecca is very inportint to muslim liek the sistine chaple is for Christianis and Catholics but i gues he did not want to hurt the muslim wish is not fair if you do something do right or dont do it at all…!!
November 7, 2009 @ 9:50 amWere you really looking forward to this? I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the trailer. That escape sequence was so over the top it was ridiculous. But I suppose this wouldn’t disqualify it as a decent popcorn movie – but now I have another reason not to see it.
Personally, I’m looking forward to The Road. I could not get the book out of my mind for weeks after reading it. It’s depressing and disturbing…yet hopeful and inspiring. And the movie could be crap but I think Viggo Mortensen was a great choice for the lead role.
November 7, 2009 @ 10:36 am…and most definitely NOT a popcorn movie, nor one for the kids.
November 7, 2009 @ 10:37 amHollywood these days is the home of the cowards and losers. They may be wealthy, but almost all of them, except for a stalwart few, are traitors to American values and history. Most of them are total marxists, notwithstanding how much human misery has been caused by that pathetic individual who wrote Das Kapital.
This is one reason I rarely watch recent American movies because they do not reflect our culture. Instead, they defame it.
November 7, 2009 @ 5:34 pmI kind of wanted to see it… just because. Now it’s ruined, and there’s no reason for me to watch it. I’m SICK of the PC crap that’s been building up for years and years and years and years! I mean, COME ON! PC is all about pandering to certain groups, which is NOT what America is supposed to be about. This country is getting more and more ridiculous, all for the few.
November 7, 2009 @ 9:46 pmBut remember, Islam is a religion of peace, so it’s just wonderful to have as many of these towelheads in our country as possible. Let them procreate and grow. They’ll answer surveys about how peaceful they are (their own Koran teaches them to lie to the infidel). We’ll keep tip-toeing around them hoping we don’t offend these camel jockeys. Mock Christianity all you want. it’s in vogue, plus we won’t kill you for offending us. Offend a towelhead though and that’s a different story. Ask the guys who wrote those cartoons over in Europe.
November 7, 2009 @ 10:12 pmInteresting. He hates “organized religion” but for some reason makes sure that those who practice Islam survive the end of the world in his movie “2012″
His irrational hatred of Christianity and Catholicism in particular, winds up with him making the largest pro-Islamic propaganda film in the history of mankind – despite him hating “organized religion” – the message of the movie is clear: If you wish to survive the end of the world, you got to join Islam.
Very nice. Way to go.
Irrational bigotry always leads to irrational consequences.
November 14, 2009 @ 7:03 am