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Why Hollywood Thinks Atheism Is Bad for Business

13 points by coloneltcb 13y ago

ChuckFrank 13y ago
Oh the irony. Hollywood has realized that "Piety is profitable"
- protomyth 13y ago
  Well, given the "liberties" taken with Noah, I don't think they've learned much. Also, I find the authors dismissive narrative probably puts this article in the poorly researched end of journalism.
qq66 13y ago
Atheism, as a conceptual focus of a movie, is about as interesting as a group of people who aren't marathon runners. It's hard to define a character by what they don't believe in. There are plenty of movies that are "atheist" in that God or deities do not play any role in the movie. For example, the movie "Her" and a million others.
sentenza 13y ago
Lately I've grown weary of the overall tone that Hollywood productions (and to some extend American media productions in general) have. Maybe I've gotten old or maybe I'm hopelessly out of touch with mainstream culture but two things in particular alienate me (and my friends): 1. The need to somehow shove god into everything. Vocal religiousness makes me (and I think many Europeans) quite uncomfortable. 2. Pornographic celebration of violence contrasted with ridiculous prudishness. One of the children's movies (or maybe "family" movies) I watched when I was a kid had female toplessness in it. Judging by the late effects, today, decades later, I can tell you that this causes absolutely zero problems. Neither does male nudity. But today, whenever I go to the cinema, I must be prepared to see people being hacked to pieces, which is IMO totally fucked up. Not that I have any problem with violence in movies, but why does it have to be _every single one_ of them? I mean Pirates of the Caribbean 2? That is a movie made for children by Disney. Why does it start with explicit scenes in a torture prison? I have, however, observed one positive trend, which is the growing willingness of television series producers to take a more relaxed stance towards nudity. Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy. Hmpff.

13 points by coloneltcb 13y ago

ChuckFrank 13y ago

Oh the irony. Hollywood has realized that "Piety is profitable"

protomyth 13y ago
Well, given the "liberties" taken with Noah, I don't think they've learned much. Also, I find the authors dismissive narrative probably puts this article in the poorly researched end of journalism.

qq66 13y ago

Atheism, as a conceptual focus of a movie, is about as interesting as a group of people who aren't marathon runners. It's hard to define a character by what they don't believe in. There are plenty of movies that are "atheist" in that God or deities do not play any role in the movie. For example, the movie "Her" and a million others.

sentenza 13y ago

Lately I've grown weary of the overall tone that Hollywood productions (and to some extend American media productions in general) have. Maybe I've gotten old or maybe I'm hopelessly out of touch with mainstream culture but two things in particular alienate me (and my friends): 1. The need to somehow shove god into everything. Vocal religiousness makes me (and I think many Europeans) quite uncomfortable. 2. Pornographic celebration of violence contrasted with ridiculous prudishness. One of the children's movies (or maybe "family" movies) I watched when I was a kid had female toplessness in it. Judging by the late effects, today, decades later, I can tell you that this causes absolutely zero problems. Neither does male nudity. But today, whenever I go to the cinema, I must be prepared to see people being hacked to pieces, which is IMO totally fucked up. Not that I have any problem with violence in movies, but why does it have to be _every single one_ of them? I mean Pirates of the Caribbean 2? That is a movie made for children by Disney. Why does it start with explicit scenes in a torture prison? I have, however, observed one positive trend, which is the growing willingness of television series producers to take a more relaxed stance towards nudity. Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy. Hmpff.