Kirpianuscus For me, it is a seductive invitation for read the book. because it is too difficult to give the right adaptation for "The Celestine Prophecy". and, if you do not read the book, all is reduced at noble message and gorgeous images. but it is more. this is the lead motif for who I am not convince to compare the book and its adaptation. becaus, director,, actors, cinematography , each, together are parts from an admirable project and it is a big mistake to pretend more. the choice is your - a real usefull book and a beautiful film. as pieces of the same thing. who has many opportunities. to change yourself.

zacharyzwiebel 4.9 stars, are you kidding? This movie is massively underrated. I might give it a 7.9, but I put 10 to balance out the ratings. This movie and the books are some of the few that really depict energy between people, human energy fields in a beautiful visible way with a taste of adventure. It's not just about how perfect the movie is, it's about the message. The books changed my childhood. The movie is solid. I don't agree that human energy comes from 'trying' (which for me is more like stress) or that all energy comes from 'within' either. But this movie really shows the energy fields between people in a cool way, the journey to understand it.

Desertman84 The Celestine Prophecy is a film directed by Armand Mastroianni and starring Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, and Sarah Wayne Callies. The film is based on James Redfield's best-selling novel of the same title.The prophecy of a worldwide spiritual awakening gradually begins to come into focus in director Armand Mastroianni and screenwriters James Redfield, Barnet Bain, and Dan Gordon's sweeping adaptation of James Redfield's best-selling novel.John Woodson was a high-school history teacher before the loss of his job left him disillusioned and facing an uncertain future. When John is contacted by ex-girlfriend and journalist Charlene, who is currently in town on a brief layover after covering a story in Peru, the pair arrange to meet for dinner and Charlene explains that she has just returned from a remote Eden known as Viciente, where scholars are currently studying a mysterious set of eight ancient scrolls. It was there, continues Charlene, that she came into contact with a priest named Father Jose, who explained to her that the scrolls contain a prophesy written before the birth of Christ and foretell a coming time of enlightenment that will redefine life in the 21st century. Though at first skeptical, John is compelled to book a flight to Peru when Charlene states that she appears to have been drawn to him by a higher power, and a travel brochure on Peru appears in his mailbox the following day. A subsequent encounter with a professor who is also on John's flight and has been studying the scrolls reveals that the scrolls were written in 5 or 6 B.C. and buried in a wooden box that was assembled in the 1600s. Though there was, according to legend, a ninth scroll, it has yet to be recovered. A late-night stroll on the streets of Lima soon leads John into the company of Father Jose, who later disappears after a frightening encounter in which a high-ranking operative holds the priest at gunpoint while insisting that he reveal the location of the lost scroll. Later led to Viciente by the guide who was with Father Jose when the cleric discovered the scrolls, John is haunted by dreams of a remote paradise and a young child, setting into motion a spectacular series of events that will ultimately culminate in a transformation of light that promises to reveal the future of humanity.The movie is self-conscious and lacks dramatic tension, and the dialogue sounds like people reading passages from James Redfield's novel.Just about the best thing that can be said for this spiritual potboiler is that it is not much worse than The Da Vinci Code.Overall,it is is indifferently directed and acted, and its plotting is virtually tension- free.

alexfromhorn You know there are movies that are really good, but are quite low rated because most of the people who watched them did not really get it and couldn't swallow the intellectual deepness which is sometimes hidden in symbolism. Like for example Eden Log, "9", Watchmen or La planète sauvage a.k.a. fantastic planet. I thought that this movie could be one of those. But I failed. I haven't read the book and I won't because of this movie. And now something that I always say about movies that are based on books: "Maybe the movie isn't that bad, possibly it's an awesome adaption, but maybe it's just the book that's a big load of $h**."Now about the movie itself: The story was told in a confusing way. The situations were not realistic, but that kind of sci-fi unrealistic - it was just nonsense. The acting and the lines were bad. The music was something like what I used to listen to easier fall asleep some years ago. The whole plot and actions were not believable. For example: Character 1: Look between your fingers, now you can see the energy floating between them. Character 2: OK now I can. And he could through the whole movie! What a mess! Like "oh now you have a superpower" "oh you are right - now I have it" .... And the whole film is like that... "Oh there are cryptic signs that nobody is able to read." "Oh wait now I can read them because I believe I can."... I'm sorry I'm someone who is not some kind of a scientist-man, I know a lot about spirituality, Buddhism, meditation, mysticism and different esoteric things but man - you gotta at least try to give a someway reasonable explanation, but what was way too much even for me.Simply don't watch, it's not worth your time. And it will probably ruin your point of view about spirituality which this movie is certainly NOT about... It's more like some kind of I believe I can superhero magic without explanations.