Thanks for the memories!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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.

If you want to see a movie that terribly mixes up one Latin country with any other Latin country, "The Celestine Prophecy" is a good example: 1. Perú, not even in its most violent times, has not shown polices or soldiers as much as in this film. This showed a country like El Salvador when Civil War. Since I'm a Peruvian who lives in Lima (the capital of Perú), it was too funny to me seeing the police guards here, there and everywhere. 2. If you have a car in Perú, and you want (or need) to be a taxi driver, just post a sticker with the word "Taxi" on the front glass of your car and you can drive freely in Peruvian streets (there are taxi companies, but their rates are quite expensive). No need of yellow or a black/white squared band on the doors of your car. Well, taxis in this film have that band, somethin that you will never see in Perú. 3. Peruvian people are not Caribbean styled clothing. For example, when a taxi driver comes out, he was wearing a "Guayabera" (Cuban shirt), a white hat, and 40's mustaches, like Clark Gable. Not one Peruvian man looks like that, please! Perú is not the Caribbeans! 4. A scene shows a woman on a street with a quite long skirt, like the typical folklore dresses in Latin America. Take a walk anywhere in Perú, and you'll never find a woman wearing like that, unless you are watching a typical dance. 5. Cast could've been better: I can not deny Héctor Elizondo is a great actor, but he's not a Latin actor (his father was Basque and his mother from Puerto Rico, but he was born in New York) and his Spanish is not fluent. It's notorious Spanish is not his first language. There are dozens of very good Latin actors who could've performed as Cardinal Sebastián. Petrus Antonius (General Rodríguez) was also a bad choice for a "Latin Police officer". It was so funny seeing Elizondo and Petronius in General Rodríguez's office. They looked like two English or American students in a Spanish class, making their best effort in order to pronounce Spanish. Unsuccessfully, of course. Castulo Guerra was better in his Spanish. A "Peruvian" officer, who announced Cardinal Sebastián, spoke a quite funny Spanish too. There are very good Peruvian actors, like Augusto Alvarez-Calderón and Christian Meier (just to mention two out of many Peruvian actors), who could've performed with excellence. 6. I admit that a fictional movie can let itself a license inventing cities or, even, countries. But, please, when creating a name, be careful when using a foreign language: The town portrayed in this movie should've been called "Vicente" and not "Viciente". Vicente is a male name, and Viciente has never been used. 7. I disagree one user, who says that this movie was filmed on locations in Perú. Not one location is Peruvian, although the production has used in excess posters showing "Inca Kola", the Peruvian soda. As not few American films, this one must have used any Latin country. After all, for American producers or directors, a Latin place is identical to any other Latin place. 8. In the first scenes, when John (Matthew Settle) flies to Perú, he's supposed to arrive to the only one international airport in Perú: Jorge Chávez Airport (in Lima, the capital). Actually, believe me, it must be any airport in the world, but Peruvian airport. And, of course, in Peruvian airports there are no military or police guards. 9. When this John takes a room in a Peruvian hotel, this one has a fan and, obviously has no air conditioner. Please, this doesn't happen in no hotel in Perú(and other Latin countries), unless you get a 1 star hotel! 10. The rebels who fight against the government are... ¡Colombians! Their accent was, with no doubt, from Colombia. For casting them, the producers should've hired Peruvian actors. In few words, it would've been cheaper filming in Perú.I could go on with more examples out of this film, that led me to give it a "1" (awful) vote, but I fell asleep after about 20 minutes from its beginning. But dear producers: It's not a tragedy: There are many worse movies with not few mistakes. Just let's remember "Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the Crystal skull" and indescribable Disney's "The Emperor's new groove". The list of bad films could be endless...

The book that this movie is based on seriously changed my life. But saying this movie was a disappointment is an understatement. The acting, directing, cinematography, and storyline were all horrible. I would never recommend this movie to anyone. I've told countless people about the book but will now be telling them all that they should definitely not see the movie! I did not expect the plot to follow the book exactly, but they have left out too many key components of the book. The movie tried, but failed, to deliver a powerful and inspiring message and only demeaned the central theme of the prophecy. While putting myself in the position who had not read the book, I saw the Celestine Prophecy as a bunch of hoaxy B.S. I am thoroughly disappointed with Redfield for the way this movie turned out.

The movie has the intuition about the Kundalini awakening that is achievable by masses through the method of Sahaja Yoga meditation developed by H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, http://www.sahajayoga.org The energy that is referred to by all the characters involved in the plot is Kundalini, the sacred glimpse of divinity that is lying dormant in the sacrum bone at the base of the spinal chord. When Kundalini rises, the connection or union (in Sanskrit, yoga) between the individual and the all-pervading energy (in Sanskrit, paramchaitanya) takes place. Thus, the enhancement in the perception of reality occurs. In the state of yoga, the mind is very still and devoid of thoughts. This is suggested in the movie by the fact that the characters are invisible to their enemies. However, the enhancement in the perception does not lead to the alteration of colors and lights, as it is suggested through a few scenes which might be rather influenced by people who have had experiences with drugs, such as LSD. I have given a 5 out of 10 to this movie because it contains all the elements of a great quest, but it fails to deliver the message that the Saint Graal is actually within the human being. This message is actually altered by the usage of the element made up by the scrolls, which in my opinion should have been seen as an instrument rather than a goal in themselves.What is great about this movie, however, is the fact that it emphasizes the idea that only through collective meditation it is possible to obtain the transformation. The movie does not use the symbol of a singular hero looking for enlightenment, but rather it suggests that the time has come for everybody to test the reality of this experience. This is exactly what the Kundalini awakening through Sahaja Yoga meditation is all about.