To whom it may concern, spoilers ahead. My interpretation was that everything had returned to normalcy--returned to a time when the biggest problem of the day is moving the turtle from inside to the pond; a time when the Vatican halls echoed with the laughter of the young nuns and not the incendiary rhetoric of the cardinals. You could also look at it, by the look of pure happiness on Fiennes' face, that the movie was affirming that the right choice had been made, but that's not as interesting to me. As much as I had problems with the over-direction, I do like the ambiguity of the ending. I was lost too, but I sort of like getting lost. Thanks for the comment!
Just saw it last night. Very entertaining, not sure it qualifies as best picture material for me but I do wish more people went out to see this highly accessible thriller!
It wouldn't make my personal list for best movies of the year, but yeah, it's surprisingly crowd-friendly for the subject matter. As far as recent pope movies go, I thought The Two Popes was much better.
I enjoyed it, not despite the silliness of how it represents the conduct of a conclave but just because it is so silly. Most reviews of the movie begin with an admission of ignorance on the part of the reviewer that he or she knows little or nothing about the internal politics of the Vatican, then proceed to regard the film as a serious drama. As someone who does come from the Catholic world, the whole story felt like satire to me. I'm not just talking about the ridiculous twists and revelations either. It's like the Catholic version of an SNL skit, the Californians maybe.
That's a good point. I haven't seen/read any other reviews, but it's funny if people are taking it as entirely serious. I thought "Divine Dramedy" was a good pun for what the movie is. Like I say in the review, it's more straight-faced than Dr. Strangelove, but it's still very much a satire about important people in important positions acting like children. Thanks for the comment!
@@FeatureUnderground Well I would really like to see a very serious film about the Catholic hierarchy. It's rich ground for philosophy, deep history, political intrigue, etc. I feel like the vibe of The Young Pope was right on the money, but that show, sadly, went no where. Jude Law initiating a conservative counter-revolution was a fantastic premise but it fizzled out. But the aesthetic vision of that show really showed how cool it could be. Almost a Lynchian surrealist take on Vatican culture with high stakes.
@@EleaticStranger I was really into The Young Pope, but mostly for Sorrentino's swaggering style and sense of humor. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a serious movie that tackles the Vatican leadership aside from The Godfather Part III. It seems like there should be more or at least one really good one, but nothing's coming to mind. I also liked The Two Popes, but that was also sort of a character comedy.
Movie really is not that great. The only good thing that it does have is the acting by Fiennes. The music, terrible, over the top at the wrong times, repetitive, and downright irritating at times. Maybe 2.5 stars out of 5. And I bought it thinking it was gonna be good... $24 totally wasted, oh well .. 😂😂😂 actually, I guess, the music score made the movie seem worse than it really was probably... 😂 It most definitely is no Phillip Glass quality music.. and the ending, well, was kind of ridiculous
Thanks for watching! I actually can't remember the exact tone of my review, but the more I've thought about the movie as the weeks have gone on, the less I like it.
Thank you for your reviews.
As always, thank you for watching! They'll slowly get better production-wise as I get a new microphone/camera/overall filming setup.
Was there some significance to the very final shot? I felt a little lost.
To whom it may concern, spoilers ahead. My interpretation was that everything had returned to normalcy--returned to a time when the biggest problem of the day is moving the turtle from inside to the pond; a time when the Vatican halls echoed with the laughter of the young nuns and not the incendiary rhetoric of the cardinals. You could also look at it, by the look of pure happiness on Fiennes' face, that the movie was affirming that the right choice had been made, but that's not as interesting to me. As much as I had problems with the over-direction, I do like the ambiguity of the ending. I was lost too, but I sort of like getting lost. Thanks for the comment!
Just saw it last night. Very entertaining, not sure it qualifies as best picture material for me but I do wish more people went out to see this highly accessible thriller!
It wouldn't make my personal list for best movies of the year, but yeah, it's surprisingly crowd-friendly for the subject matter. As far as recent pope movies go, I thought The Two Popes was much better.
I enjoyed it, not despite the silliness of how it represents the conduct of a conclave but just because it is so silly. Most reviews of the movie begin with an admission of ignorance on the part of the reviewer that he or she knows little or nothing about the internal politics of the Vatican, then proceed to regard the film as a serious drama. As someone who does come from the Catholic world, the whole story felt like satire to me. I'm not just talking about the ridiculous twists and revelations either. It's like the Catholic version of an SNL skit, the Californians maybe.
That's a good point. I haven't seen/read any other reviews, but it's funny if people are taking it as entirely serious. I thought "Divine Dramedy" was a good pun for what the movie is. Like I say in the review, it's more straight-faced than Dr. Strangelove, but it's still very much a satire about important people in important positions acting like children. Thanks for the comment!
@@FeatureUnderground Well I would really like to see a very serious film about the Catholic hierarchy. It's rich ground for philosophy, deep history, political intrigue, etc. I feel like the vibe of The Young Pope was right on the money, but that show, sadly, went no where. Jude Law initiating a conservative counter-revolution was a fantastic premise but it fizzled out. But the aesthetic vision of that show really showed how cool it could be. Almost a Lynchian surrealist take on Vatican culture with high stakes.
@@EleaticStranger I was really into The Young Pope, but mostly for Sorrentino's swaggering style and sense of humor. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a serious movie that tackles the Vatican leadership aside from The Godfather Part III. It seems like there should be more or at least one really good one, but nothing's coming to mind. I also liked The Two Popes, but that was also sort of a character comedy.
Movie really is not that great. The only good thing that it does have is the acting by Fiennes. The music, terrible, over the top at the wrong times, repetitive, and downright irritating at times. Maybe 2.5 stars out of 5. And I bought it thinking it was gonna be good... $24 totally wasted, oh well .. 😂😂😂 actually, I guess, the music score made the movie seem worse than it really was probably... 😂 It most definitely is no Phillip Glass quality music.. and the ending, well, was kind of ridiculous
Thanks for watching! I actually can't remember the exact tone of my review, but the more I've thought about the movie as the weeks have gone on, the less I like it.