Product Description

Bethany is a beleaguered young woman who is stunned to receive a midnight visit from the voice of God - an angel known as the Metatron, who charges her with a perilous mission. She must stop two evil renegade angels, who are desperate to return to heaven.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #745018 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 174 pages

Customer Reviews

A Screenplay to Remember...
At the moment, "Dogma" happens to be my favourite Kevin Smith movie. It's got comedy, action, adventure, and it even makes you think at times too. Is it controversial? Yes, but I think mainly because it is so misunderstood and that too many people take the movie way too seriously. I think Smith said it best when he said that it is ridiculous to get so heated over a movie with a rubber poop-monster in it. Nonetheless, I think it's a brilliant movie with a very smart and creative script.

Which is why I was happy to get my hands on "Dogma: a Screenplay." Now, you can relive the movie over and over again without being anywhere near a DVD or VHS player! "Dogma: a Screenplay" is 149 pages of hilarity and more.

The story is primarily about two banished angels who find a loophole on how to get back to Heaven. Only problem is that if they do this, they will prove that God was wrong and that everything that exists will come undone. Now, it is up to an abortion clinic counselor who is low on faith and her band of "unlikely heroes" to stop them before they undo history and destroy the universe.

Kevin Smith is dead-on when it comes to dialogue structure, and you can tell that's what he does best. He gives his characters life and authenticity, and gives you a reason to either care for or despise them. Smith allows the story to unfold through his characters with ease and comfort. As soon as you read the first few sentences, you're hooked. You'll want to keep reading until it's done... and then you'll want to read it again!

"Dogma" is indeed my favourite Kevin Smith flick at the moment. I think it has all of the right ingredients and doesn't miss any opportunities to entertain and amaze us. Will the film (script) upset people. Yes, most likely. Especially those who are religiously sensitive. Then again, think back to what Kevin Smith said about how pointless it is to allow a movie to get you so upset (especially one with a friggen' rubber poop-monster!). I recommend "Dogma: a Screenplay" to anybody who is a fan of Smith's, or who just loves a great script with outstanding dialogue and characters.

This book could cause a second Reformation!
Kevin Smith's intelligent screenplay for _Dogma_ will lead any believer--true, lapsed, otherwise--to ask questions about the nature of faith and belief. Profanely funny and provocatively assertive, Smith's take on religion--that Jesus and his thirteenth apostle were black, that God is female and sneaks out to play Skee-Ball, that the Fallen Angels were banished to Wisconsin--challenges every reader to look at her or his stereotypes, prejudices, and preconceptions. And Smith blames it all (in the preface) on having to play Henry VII's secretary rather than Sir Thomas More in the school play. Just one of those little fortuitous incidents that leads to Great Art.

Brilliant
Brilliant movie and great screenplay... a must for anyone religious. ;) Actually it has some great points to make about catholism...