Great filmmaking, cynical worldview

Rating: 5/10 (23 April 2019)

Brilliantly made film, however it spreads a cliche, hackneyed worldview. It reminds me of a much less sophisticated version of Samuel Beckett's "Endgame". God is made out to be an arrogant, blind, insane, extremely narcissistic figure. Humankind is utterly chaotic and nothing more than a self absorbed plague on the planet designed to obsessively praise a mad God with total disregard for the planet, which houses, and feeds them. What is the implication? Genocide? Suicide? The development of a secular value system that would undoubtedly devolve into the same dogma and radicalism that we all despise about religion? The film is clever and even true on some levels, but has no grasp of how deep evil runs in world. Blaming environmental catastrophe on religion is cute. This film is so frustratingly cynical, nihlistic and worst of all, one dimensional. As all propagandic material is. I don't like the content of the film, but the technical skills like cinematograpghy, pacing, and acting are all excellent. And of course there is value in having your own worldview challenged.