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A- |
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B+ |
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B- |
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Not for Everyone
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Jul 2, 2008
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288 people found this review helpful
Personally, I loved it. It works on many levels, and can easily be appreciated for the intrigue and thriller factors alone. I'm a religious studies major though, and as such it worked on a deeper, historically based level. Granted, much of this is made up, but the history of church politcs, coverups, and absolutions is very real. This movie is very accurate in regards to the historical social context of the church.
After that, I thought that it was well-acted on the whole. Heath Ledger really surprised me. The script was really great to, and visually, the movie was stunning. It really portrayed a dirty side of Rome that most people don't think of, and the Christ-imagery was very explicit.
This is not a movie for people who believe absolutely in the church. This is not a movie for people who see religious institutions as infallible and the be all and end all of the spiritual path. This is a movie for people who recognise the fallibility of man, and the fallibility of human institutions. This is also not a movie for people looking for a major scare or a thrill at every corner. There are definitely jump-out-of-your-seat moments, but the movie is more about the nature of God and sin and power.
I definitely enjoyed this movie, and I definitely reccommend it, but it's definitely not for everyone, and it's definitely confusing. It's a thinking kind of movie, but it's quite good. |
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