Accessing the Mystic: Regaining a Sense of the Sacred (2004)

	John J.

9 out of  9  people found this review helpful

I was really expecting something that taught how to practice these kinds of disciplines. Instead, I had to watch 2 scholars (a scientists and a former monk) offer their two opinions on a variety of topics, bouncing around so much that it was hard to follow. There was no real division or organization. Equally bad, the camera guy was just as bored as I was, showing angles of these guys in mirrors and other strange tricks that were more annoying than anything. Just stay away from this one.

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	Leslie K.

5 out of  5  people found this review helpful

Though the content of this documentary is mildly interesting (yet by no means enlightening to those familiar with the Spirituality genre) the cinematography of the dialog is downright hilarious! The obvious awkwardness of the camera is demonstrated on the face of Matthew Fox and I must admit, much of the content of the discussion was missed due to the hysterical laughing my wife and I could not hold back at the impressively awful angles, close-ups and offset "artistic" contrivances of the camera. My wife is a photographer and was even more amused at the amateur attempts of the camera to get the "cool" shot, as if they had watched a few hours of MTV in the early '90s and thought that was a good idea. It was a great relief when the film kept the dialog and switched from the set to a location shot where a "professional" must have been in charge. I recommend this movie if you need a really good laugh at someone else's expense, or if you are really hungry for some mediocre dialog.

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	Melanie B.

1 out of  1  people found this review helpful

This is such a bad film, I don't know where to start. Two odd pseudo-intellectuals drone on and on and on and on (gasp). Save yourself and do not watch this. It is heavily overlaid with negativity, to top off the disaster.

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