4. "Interminable Eurocentric Christian Torture Porn" In response to In response to 0
THIS. MOVIE. WOULD. NOT. END.
This movie will launch a lot of think pieces. I thought it was painfully Eurocentric. So much happens to so many people, I found it hard to really care about the fate of one guy, Andrew Garfield's Rodrigues. (We couldn't even get a Portagee in one of the two supporting role?! C'mon!) I believe even the dedication of the film was to the Jesuit priests and ignored the countless Japanese who were murdered for their beliefs.
First screening I've been to in which I've heard snoring. And I heard a handful of different people snoring.
The audio dubbing was so bad at times that I thought it was an homage to old Kung Fu flicks.
The Inquisitor distracted me. Critics seem to love it and he definitely kept your attention but people were laughing in my screening at him. Kind of reminded me of Bechir in Hateful 8; felt like a caricature and out of place alongside the rest of the film. But I'm in the minority on this one.
Moments of it look beautiful. Wildly, insanely impressive that it was shot for under 50 million dollars.
I'm a non-believer but other crises of faith movies have won me over. A guy being tortured/watching torture to get him to give up his faith isn't something I needed to see. Nor did it seem like the most interesting angle to take on faith in Japan at that time.
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