I can see why Catholics would be extremely offended...

Rating: 3/10 (9 December 2006)

I'm agnostic but given that, I am broadminded enough to see how Christians, Catholics in particular, would be highly offended by this movie/story. It portrays them in a very bad light. Personally I don't think Al Jazeera could have come up with a better story line to belittle the Christian faith. Okay, with the offensive aspect of this story aside, this is why I think it sucked...
Maybe I went into this movie with high expectations. Ron Howard directed and produced it. He has a pretty impressive list of blockbuster movies under his belt. Movies like Back Draft, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Apollo 13, Cocoon and Splash to name a few. Back Draft and Cocoon are two all-time favorites of mine. So I thought he would do this picture justice. Ditto for actor Tom Hanks. Road to Perdition, The Green Mile, Forrest Gump and Sleepless in Seattle are some of my favorite movies.
So what in the heck happened here? Maybe I should have read the book and that would have filled in some blanks. Half the time I didn't know what was going on or was just hoping the "Ghost" would off another person to get the story going again. Things were waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too drawn out and too confusing. It is one thing to keep the audience guessing but quite another for them to try to guess why in the heck they paid to see this movie.
Unless you hate Christians, I really don't see any reason to see this movie. I'm sure it will go over big in Muslim countries. Now I understand why it pretty much tanked here in the US.