"New ‘Mary Magdalene’ Trailer Takes a Closer ..." Topic

….Look at Jesus' Confidant.

"Universal Pictures UK has released a new international trailer for Mary Magdalene. The upcoming drama looks at the story of Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) through his confidant Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara), a figure who has been belittled in dismissed through patriarchal design.

I'm really excited for a feminist look at the character and this attempt to bring her back into the story since it's pretty clear she was an apostle whose position was diminished due to men in the Church. While I have to grit my teeth through #JerusalemSoWhite, I'm still eager to see Garth Davis' approach to Magdalene's story.

However, while international audiences won't have to wait much longer to see the movie, it's stuck in release limbo in the U.S. due to The Weinstein Company meltdown. I seriously doubt it will make it into theaters in time for Easter (its original release window), and I fear that it may end up getting pushed into 2019 so that the distributor who does pick it up can have enough time to put together a marketing strategy…."
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Amicalement
Armand

Considering how little there is in the Bible that is specifically about her, and seeing how so much time went passed before any of these Gnostic myths got started with her as their key female player, I'd say there isn't all that much new evidence out there that isn't just the same myth feeding off itself.

And this being a movie guarantees nothing else but drama and sensationalist speculation.

Dan

Yeah, I'm with Dan. It's probably a "shock" kind of movie. Might be an interesting flick though. The trailer looks interesting enough.

What could go wrong?

If you have the right music and effects, you can make the most mundane or ridiculous stuff sound like a big revelation:

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Maybe they'll make MM out to look like she was the fist women's rights activist. So we can expect the Gnostic MM* to appear on t-shirts and buttons pretty soon all over campus. And they'll see/imagine her in everything. :)

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Dan
* This representation might become it, or just a plain egg, or they might just make her picture be that of a cup/grail/vessel:

For some reason i don't see an Easter release as having given this movie the success of Gibson's 'Passion of the Christ.'

But the Patriarchy!!!

Yes. If it isn't successful, then it must be because of a patriarchal conspiracy! :)

Dan

Not sure why the gnostic stories add myths any more than the ones that made it…

IMHO…this is just dung.

I agree. A waste of film (do they still use actual film?.

Dan

Glup!….

Amicalement
Armand

not going to be dawg housed by sharing my non main stream religious views bad enough to get yelled by family

Pc baloney

There is a distinct difference between an Apostle (newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm) and a disciple (newadvent.org/cathen/05029a.htm) . The former were the first Bishops of the Catholic Church. Mary Magdelene was not an Apostle (newadvent.org/cathen/09761a.htm). No women were Apostles as women cannot be ordained and never have been.