Banned! The Catholic Church Hates Tom Hanks!
Filed under: Film Flickers > Mel Gibson > Tom Hanks
Looks like nice guy Tom Hanks and director Ron 'Opey' Howard couldn't charm their way into the hearts of Rome's Catholic diocese.
Rome church officials have banned the crew of Hanks' latest film, Angels & Demons, from filming in two of the city's churches.
Angels & Demons is the 'prequel' to the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code.
The Da Vinci Code book and flick angered many Catholics across the world.
According to a diocese spokesman, the movie's filming requests were turned down because the movie "does not conform to our views." said Monsignor Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the diocese.
The source reports that calls to Sony Pictures (the studio in charge) in London and Rome were not immediately returned Monday.
Too bad super Catholic Mel Gibson isn't a producer!
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sad.
PS. Miley Cyrus is a wannabe porn star!!!!!
Yeah… had Mel been involved- how could they have said no? I mean… he's "jesus" for christ's sake!
Your heading is completely false and misleading. You know the decision has nothing to do with Tom Hanks individually. I hate crap like that. TELL IT LIKE IT IS, don't make shit up.
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congrats brit
ashlee simpson's clothing line succeeded yours, no?
Fuck the Catholics. Ah yes you can't use our churches if you don't believe what we believe. I"m sure jesus would want it that way.
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good! these a-holes should know better than to request production in a Catholic Church, making a movie that basically states that Catholicism is a hoax.
its OPIE dumbass
just dowe your guttells you listen toopera!
Perez, you know the church is allowed to ban anyone, just like you ban yourself from having sex with a woman
fuck the catholics
What hat did you pull Mel's name out of, if THE CHURCH feels it does not confirm to there views they have every right to not let them film there. Tom and Howard will find another way…let it be. Any other faith would be left alone.
One of first!!!! Suck it bitches!!! I Love u Perez, ur the shiznit. (whatever that means). U should so be on the panel on Chelsea Lately. And for what its worth, I really like Tom Hanks. "That Thing U Do" is a awesome fuckin movie. And dont even get me started on Forest Gump, CLASSIC. Oh and "Cast Away", I mean the man lost like half of his body weight for that film. Whatever. SC LOVES PEREZ!!
PEREZ I LOVEE YOU!!!!
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hahah
pendejooooo!
HA HA! What did they expect?!?! HA HA
Fuck religion!!! Poverty & deliquency are taking over the world and they are worried about a stupid movie …that's sad.
Why should Anyone be allowed to make a movie in a sacred Place-like a Church?? They don't hate Tom Hanks-silly!
catho i'm sure jesus isn't into letting the church be a filming stage… WHAT A DUMBASS YOU ARE!
The Catholic churches are considered sanctified Houses of God, not the house of profit or Hollywood movie sets. They should have offered them more money for charitable purposes, religious differences aside; not that it would gaurantee a change of mind. Catholics are quite tolerant of other spiritual views outside of their own faith, but don't mess with their churches.
Why not this headline: "Tom Hanks and Opie HATE the Catholic Church!"
Catholics love Everyone, but Homosexuals! Sorry Perez
Re: ingri – NO it's Perez who's worried!
LOL
If any of the Catholics have read Angels and Demons, they'd want to ban the actual MAKING of the film.
Terrorist threat upon the Vatican, anyone?
why is my comment deleted?!?!?!
I'm glad they didn't let them in. What can they expect especially with what the book is about! It's a holy place too… idiots STAY OUT!!!!!
I was starting to read the book but it got boring! As a catholic I refuse to buy anything or contribute any money to them!
Re: Catho – You're sooooo immature!
The Catholics are such a fucking retards. Why are they mad about a fucking movie?? ITS A MOVIE! Oh but its okay to make the passion of the christ from a fucking book that has people walking on water, burning bushes that talk and virgins that give birth? WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT!
Re: jay – GO TO HELL!
Re: nr – So jesus isn't into letting the church be a filming stage…. but its ok for Priests to rape little boys in there? THOSE ARE SOME FUCKING MORALS RIGHT THERE.
Re: babygurl – By reading that book, you already have. Wtf are you talking about?
Good. Its an offense to God, and to everyone who is a Christian. Pure evil crap.
Re: kaye – GO TO HELL!
Really though, religion IS a hoax, get over it people, it's a form of conformity, a way of making peolpe abide their lives according to a set of rules, look into different religions, see the similarities in the Stories… cause thast all it is, is storiess
Re: jacka – Did jesus really ban them-hmmm?
Maybe it's Tom Hanks and Ron Howard who hate Catholic church if they decided to make a movie based on this crap book.
Btw I wonder if organisers of the Love Parade in Berlin would agree to use this event to make a movie showing that homosexuality is dangerous and disgusting sexual deviation?
I assume Perez you would be all in favour of free speech and would support such an idea, right?
Re: Becky – No one forces You to go to Church You doh doh bird.
OMG! The book ROCKED! I cant wait to see the movie. The church needs to stop cock-blockin…..it's all fiction so what's the big deal?!?!?!?!?!?!
Im pretty sure that Mel Gibson's sect of Catholicism (the one his father believed in and that Mel was baptized in) is not in league with the Church of Rome/Vatican. His sect- Sedevacantists believe that every Pope since Pius XII is a fraud. Benedict wouldnt have approved of the filming if Mel was the director either.
Re: Jack- – RIGHT ON!
I agree. Some things are sacred.
Re: Mon – Thanks for the Info- wikipedia. I'll read up on it!
Well needless to say they should have sent some boys to the Vatican to grease the dicks of the cocksuckers.
Re: kaye – They're not 'mad'. You are the retard. Reread the article. They ban filming Hollywood movies as they see the church as a Holy house.
Re: Croat – Ya just like to KY Gel the priest have behind there alter when no one is looking. Please knell…………..Open wide
The Church is not a movie set. Good for the Catholic Diocese. Why should they support the production of a movie that defiles the Catholic Church?
Re: piazzasbuttplug –
You are a sick in the head! No the other one you dummy!
I hate Tom Hanks, so that's okay.
Duh…did they actually think this would be tolerated? man…these guys are out there.
true story - my dad and uncle saw Tom Hanks randomly outside the fish and chips shop at four mile beach, Port Douglas, Queensland Australia. just sitting there, eating. crazy or what?
To all you Catholic haters out there…check out what they do in the world. What do you do, if anything?
Do you know - the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million students everyday at the cost to your Church of 10 billion dollars, and a savings on the other hand to the American taxpayer of 18 billion dollars. Your graduates go on to graduate studies at the rate of 92%, all at a cost to you. To the rest of the Americans it's free.
The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. with an enrollment of 700,000 students. The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people - not just Catholics - in the United States today.
Don't you love how they say "conform". Yep….that's what they are all about…doing what they tell you to do
Your headline was totally misleading…I was seriously thinking they had a beef with Tom Hanks. Not Cool.
Mel Gibson isn't Catholic.. he's Dopus-Day, which is right up there with Scientology as far as the "what the hell are you thinking" factor goes. I understand why the church would want to keep a hollywood movie shoot out of their churches: they are historic buildings, not movie sets.
LIKE U HAD TO BRING MEL GIBSON INTO THIS. LEAVE HIM ALONE ALREADY. SHOW SOME RESPECT TO OTHER RELIGIONS. YOU ARE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE THE CATHOLICS WERE WRONG FROM BANNING THE MOVIE INTO THEIR CHURCHES.
they dont hate tom hanks!!! they just dont want the movie filmed in their church. stop making it seem like catholics are always the bad guys.
No surprise the misogyny runs very deep in the male dominated Catholic Church! Needless to say I think the belief system that hates women and places them as 2nd class citizens is a load of crap. Job well done Hanks & Howard…..I don't find it out of bounds at all that women were treated as equals by Christ and God. It's only the word of “men” who tells us what the bible “says” who thinks women are 2nd class. I don't support organized religion by attending or giving of my money until every person is treated equally.
Angels & Demons was a waaaaaaay better book than The Da Vinci Code.
Say it to my and millions of faces fuck you who hate Catholics its their house their rules if you dont like it touch shit!!! Churches are not movie sets asshole!
I cannot WAIT for this movie to come out!!! if it does…. I read the book and it was AMAZING!!!!!! I bet the movie will be just as amazing!
As a Catholic for those who say they hate me well I love you!!!! Too bad you prejudge everyone because a large chunk of the world is Catholic so continue to live in your small minded box or your glass house vacation home!!!
Yeah like they were really going to let them film in their churches for a film that doesn't represent their beliefs. Why did they even borther to ask it was going to be an obvious no. Its like can we film a movie that discredits your beliefs so we can make money? LOL give me a break.
What a bunch of shit. They won't let them film a movie due to their "beliefs" but when a priest fucks a small young boy in the ass, that is ok with the catholics! Religion is such bullshit and the bible is a fucking man made lie.
How refreshing; Hollywood NOT coming before the inner sanctity of a Church.
Imagine that. There IS a God…
Jennifer Aniston is pregnant with John Mayer's baby!! Yeah!!!
Ok, before I say what I'm about to, I wanna say that I AM a catholic, baptized and confirmed!! I've never officially LEFT the church, but I also haven't been to church in about 4 or 5 years now…
THAT SAID…
Small minded catholics of the world need to realize that neither of these books bash the catholic church!! There are radicals in the world…and they are mentioned…but in no way does Dan Brown suggest that the catholic church OR IT'S FOLLOWERS are evil doers!! They bring up theories as to what happened centuries ago…and it would serve the world much better if the half wits would open their minds to other possibilites!!
Did Jesus Christ have a child with Mary Magdaline?! I don't know…I wasn't there…. Is it possible that they were in love and people covered it up to protect the image? Absolutely!! Afterall….just look at what happens TODAY in Hollywood with certain celebs…and their publicits covering up raunchy behavior….
Seriously….the ignorance behind blind faith….pisses me off!! These two stories, no matter how controversial, are damn good…very on the edge of your seat gripping good reads…. For people to be…. NO…. The bad guys in both stories…yeah, Angels and Demons has a pretty far fetched twist at the end, but neither story suggests the catholic church is evil….
The Catholic church might not like the movie,but the Catholic church loves little alter boys.
Does this really suprise anyone? The bad guy in Angels and Demons is a meniacal pope who emmolates himself in front of millions. Pretty far fetched and not something the Catholic church would want to endorse.
mel gibson is anglican. there's a difference.
To give this a little perspective, if a director wanted to film a movie that has ties to Scientology, he would never be allowed to film in one of their churches if the story conflicted with Scientology's beliefs.
sigh, you know what, some people have nerve!!! The Catholic church is being 'polite' by releasing this statement. The bottom line is in the eyes of the Catholic beliefs, this is blasphemous. It's almost like a 'how dare you even ask!!"…I can't believe this was even requested. I think the producers of this movie have audacity and nerve…can I go eat a bloody red hamburger in a hindu temple please???? JACKASSES
Re: Jen – Good points! Not to mention that so many Christians (not just Catholics) seem to have a hard time remembering that both of these books are fictional novels, not history books.
Re: jacka – wow. idiot. why dont you inform yourself before posting immature and idiotic things like this. is that the only thing you know about the catholic church? or think you know? wow, so a couple of priests raped a couple kids.. big deal. so now we're saying that all priests are rapists? well, a couple germans were nazis. so now are all of them nazis? i don't think so. get over yourself.
WAY TO GO VATICAN!!!!
hahah good, they should be banned. if anyone did a movie that didnt confrom to muslim views in a mosque they wouldnt allow it either. people just beat up on catholics all the time b/c we cant say anything back otherwise we look bad. im glads they told ron howard to fuck off
Does child molesting "conform to their views???" Every parish in my area has priests accused of molesting kids. Fucking hypocrites.
Why should the Church allow a fiction movie to be filmed on Holy Grounds? That is very disrepectful of our beliefs. Would such a fuss be made if this movie had been trying to film in a mosque or a temple?
YEAH AND THIS IS THE SAME CHURCH THAT HATES ON GAYS BUT
ITS OKAY TO FUCK A LITTLE BOY……YEAH OK
I'm catholic and i loved angels and demons, and all Dan browns other books, they were awsome. Thats because i'm actually open minded, i dont follow what the church tells me blindly.
And also, just because there have been some incidents of pedophilia that i can assure you 99% of the catholic church totally condem it. Wise up saying 'they have sex with kids and noone minds' seriously use your brain tard.
Of course a Church isn't going to let you make a movie in it, if the theme may be harmful to that church. It would be the same for every other religion.
opus dei (the ultra-conservative religious organization dan brown writes about in the books) are the fundamentalists. Members of this sect whip themselves and use corporal mortification techniques because they believe it's what Jesus wants them to do (they believe God told them to join!!) They also live communally and sleep on wooden boards. What a bunch of whack jobs. It's crazy sects like these that give the catholic church as a whole a bad name… ugh…
Mel Gibson is not roman catholic
He is in a breakaway sect.
Re: Diane –
you are so right. when i first saw the headline i thought that Tom Hanks did something to upset the catholic church and they won't let him the Vatican or something. Perez needs to get it together.
Mel Gibson creeps me out!
aw i love tom hanks,
and his son is CUTE!
Religion will fear all contradictions. Religious freedom is an oxymoron.
This is so sad. I rarely get affected by these posts , but the utter and complete lack of respect for other peoples beliefs here is profoundly sad to me. When ever these is a post about GAY rights or liberties people come on here and defend their beliefs tooth and nail and its offensive to most of you. Why then is something SACRED being so deminshed? What hypocracy….And to the person who wrote that why should we respect Jesus when Catholic Priests are raping boys? Well first Jesus has NOTHING to do with it. People are to blame, moreover closet HOMOSEXUAL PEDEPHILES are. Learn the difference people. This is what happens when we dont respect each other as human beings and is the result of not following the gospels teachings.
Re: DIANE –
ok thats your area, in my state NO priest is accused of doing anything to little boys. Just because some priest had sex with some little boys doesn't mean thats how all of them are. You need to get over yourself. Are you telling me that just because some white people are in the KKK that means that all white people are in the KKK?
Hmmm….let me see if I have this right:
Making fictional movies = BAD
Molesting little boys = GOOD
Um, okay, whatever you say, padre.
Re: a – No its not okay. I dont think anyone has ever said it was. The Pope has denounced it many times. Get your facts straight before you spread your ignorant hate. Thats what happens when you let pedophiles around children. Its people doing wrong and its the result of evil. Youre acting like its the only place to ever have people abuse their power. It happens in schools, everywhere. The Catholic Church is not to blame.
Ah religion . . . the great ignorance of the masses. There is NOTHING redeeming about religion. Bunch of Dark Ages bullshit
Re: Gina – The Church is ancient…It was here before you and I and will be here long after it. If you think that any one person can represent its vastness you have a lserious ack of intellectual capacity. I feel like Im reasoning to a 6 year old, trying to explain " no Gina, sometimes bad people do bad things, but that doesnt mean all people are bad". It that more to your eye-level you backward hillbilly?
the Catholic church is a false religion, not based on true christianity. They pray to mary, the saints which is idolatry. Every catholic country is poor and ignorant! Protestants rule!
the church doesnt "hate" homosexuals!!! hate the sin not the person
Way to Go!!! Stand up for your veiws! Everyone has that right. Even the Church.
Re: Linda – Catholics love everyone-even Homosexuals. Peoples veiws of the Catholic Church and are so misinformed, it is so sad.
Re: wonderwoman – Protestants branched off of Roman Catholocs. In other wards they came AFTERWARDS. The Pope is considered a direct "descendant" of Jesus , therefore anyone who is Anglican, Protestant etc…is not a true religion, because they all came AFTER the Roman Catholic Church and do not have a true leader and will not be offered salvation as a result. Did you think it was otherwise? You must be very devout:)
Re: kaye – stop generalizing, not all catholics are like that… and they should be able to not allow them to film in their churches, the movie is basically argueing agaisnt their religion… go learn something
Re: Becky – wow! thanks for informing us! its all so clear now…..dumbass