Bill Maher's feast of preference is low hanging fruit. This is who he is and what he does.By choosing here to expose faith and religion he defines both the pious and himself as ripe for the picking. He gorges upon 5000 years of fruitiness but the results are the usual Maher self- satisfied flatulence.
Maher wears pomposity well but seems to forget that a documentary in its' truest form tells its' story free from thesis. Sadly Mr. Maher as an intellectual coward and bully has zero need to let the chips fall where they may. Instead he dabbles in faith as he dabbles in documentary style and delivers insights profound only unto the muddled mind of Bill Maher.I came away from this film wondering if Mr. Maher has any world-view beyond intellectual and spiritual dumpster-diving for cash?
As an agnostic, I ache for more insight and reach from our artists and in this film Bill Maher phones in a film, leaving the planet no richer than he found it. I have little love for those of faith except when compared to a bi-polar hedonist / nihilist who spent 101 minutes showing us the sodden melon of a mind and spirit in mid-rot.
Maher wears pomposity well but seems to forget that a documentary in its' truest form tells its' story free from thesis. Sadly Mr. Maher as an intellectual coward and bully has zero need to let the chips fall where they may. Instead he dabbles in faith as he dabbles in documentary style and delivers insights profound only unto the muddled mind of Bill Maher.I came away from this film wondering if Mr. Maher has any world-view beyond intellectual and spiritual dumpster-diving for cash?
As an agnostic, I ache for more insight and reach from our artists and in this film Bill Maher phones in a film, leaving the planet no richer than he found it. I have little love for those of faith except when compared to a bi-polar hedonist / nihilist who spent 101 minutes showing us the sodden melon of a mind and spirit in mid-rot.