All this Rapture-talk makes me wonder if you've seen this movie...

[flowomo]

"The Rapture" -- a 1991 film starring Mimi Rogers. This is a very intriguing movie; one of my all-time favorites. You can read about it here: http://imdb.com/title/tt0102757/

The interesting thing about this movie is that the main character is caught up in the Rapture (yes, it comes in the movie -- and it's well done!) and is given a final choice after she KNOWS the Rapture is real -- enter heaven or refuse. She says "No." It's a stunning moment. I think that's how I would respond. Anyway, check it out if you ever get the chance.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Not much room for spiritual growth if you choose the easy way

out... or at least that is what I have heard.

[Mythsaje]

2. Most movies based on the Christian mythos

with the notable exception of "The Prophesy" just give me the creeps. Okay, that movie gave me the creeps too, but I LOVED Walken as a monkey-hating angel, and the devil was a complete crackup.

[cynatnite]

5. Walken's at his best when he's bad n/t

[flowomo]

7. try this one for creepy:

"The Sentinel" (http://imdb.com/title/tt0076683/) "One of the scariest and campiest films ever made)

Or "Fallen" with Denzel Washington

and, of course, "Dogma" (http://imdb.com/name/nm0001551/)

[Mythsaje]

11. Seen them all, actually...

LOVED Dogma, of course.

[CatholicEdHead]

3. What about the Left Behind Trilogy

You know they are camp classics. :puke: They keep Kirk Cameron's career afloat. :sarcasm:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190524/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283644/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443567/

[cynatnite]

4. I saw it...

It blew me away. I hadn't seen anything like it or since. It left me speechless at the end and I thought about it for weeks afterwards. It's the conversation with her daughter that got to me.

I really should see it again.

[flowomo]

8. you and I are on the same page for this one!

I have never stopped thinking about it. And I have no religious convictions whatsoever.

[whistle]

6. That movie is banned by the religious right, I have it

[ms liberty]

9. Yes, it is an interesting movie. Have you seen this one?

"The Next One" - 1984, starring Keir Dullea and Adrienne Barbeau. I was only able to see it once, probably 20 years ago on cable, but it has stuck in my mind. It's set in Greece; I don't remember a lot of the details, but I think of it in the same kind of category. It's here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087788/

[flowomo]

10. have not.... but will check it out.

Always looking for good little movies I've missed. That's how I came across "The Hidden" some years ago. Very good -- but seen by few.

[lectrobyte]

12. Yes, one of my all time favorite movies, too.

[charlyvi]

13. Very interesting movie.

Mimi Rogers was very good in it; David Duchovney (sp?) wasn't half bad either. Her anger toward God as the rapture occurred (I won't say why because I don't want to be a spoiler for anyone who wants to see the movie) tapped into many of the Old Testament stories for me--the idea of God not being a fair or just God, just a figure demanding total obedience. It's a very haunting movie!

[Kurovski]

14. That "Left Behind" movie is a comedy classic.

It's even funnier than the Simpsons parody "Left Below."

Catch it if you can.

But The Rapture is a very good film. That sound of the trumpet in the film: one day I heard a train warning whistle that sounded almost exactly like the trumpet in the film.

A chill ran through me and suddenly I was a pious little Catholic school boy again! (Not that Catholics will be attending the big exclusive war-mongers bash in the sky that the fundies got planned for themselves.)

[flowomo]

15. yes, the trumpet was amazing! And the horses....

it was a well done film, and not a huge budget for special effects.