I left the theatre disappointed, despite being entertained while watching the film. The original sin (greed) at the heart of the crime is wholly of a piece with the history of the Catholic Church. And yet, Wicks is treated as an outlier rather than a manifestation of the Church.
This movie is part of a profitable franchise that operates by parading its woefully underused talent in a story that won’t challenge anyone’s sensitivities. I keep watching because the ride is fun. Nothing much left when it’s over.
The ONLY thing good about that movie (which felt like it was 4 hours long), was Tom Waits singing "Come on Up to the House" in the last scene. Great great song.
Not to mention my observation is that there are not a lot of young white Catholic priests around, at least in this diocese. A lot of very old ones, though, and a lot of priest from other countries.
We determined the guilty part by the Law and Order rule: the guest star with the biggest name. It can also be determined by the character, like best friend of the victim/gardener/librarian whose presence in the script is otherwise puzzling.
Huh, I find your point a little muddled. Are we supposed to only like movies that show Christianity as hopelessly and irredeemably evil? Or is that only the Catholic Church that is supposed to be hopelessely and irredeemably evil? Sure, it's a bit of a feel good film, where redeeming the corrupt institution is, well, surprisingly easy. And the corrpution turns out to be local and limited. But in an era when many of our institutions are deeply and badly corrupted, wanting to believe they can be saved hardly seems the worst belief to be promoting. And sure, showing them as redeemed in the length of any Hollywood film will be a bit facile, we aren't getting out of this mess in any narrative that can be told completely in a few hours. Maybe you want us to simply tear the institutions down completely and start fresh? There are several well documented historical incidences of that going very badly and none that I know of that went all that well.
Solid review.
I left the theatre disappointed, despite being entertained while watching the film. The original sin (greed) at the heart of the crime is wholly of a piece with the history of the Catholic Church. And yet, Wicks is treated as an outlier rather than a manifestation of the Church.
This movie is part of a profitable franchise that operates by parading its woefully underused talent in a story that won’t challenge anyone’s sensitivities. I keep watching because the ride is fun. Nothing much left when it’s over.
Point of information: Mass is not celebrated on Good Friday.
thank you!
Writer/Director's error. Noah is innocent.
"tergiversate" however, calls for an arrest warrant...
No; I think it's just a service; I'll tweak!
The ONLY thing good about that movie (which felt like it was 4 hours long), was Tom Waits singing "Come on Up to the House" in the last scene. Great great song.
My wife said that movie felt like torture.
Not to mention my observation is that there are not a lot of young white Catholic priests around, at least in this diocese. A lot of very old ones, though, and a lot of priest from other countries.
We determined the guilty part by the Law and Order rule: the guest star with the biggest name. It can also be determined by the character, like best friend of the victim/gardener/librarian whose presence in the script is otherwise puzzling.
Huh, I find your point a little muddled. Are we supposed to only like movies that show Christianity as hopelessly and irredeemably evil? Or is that only the Catholic Church that is supposed to be hopelessely and irredeemably evil? Sure, it's a bit of a feel good film, where redeeming the corrupt institution is, well, surprisingly easy. And the corrpution turns out to be local and limited. But in an era when many of our institutions are deeply and badly corrupted, wanting to believe they can be saved hardly seems the worst belief to be promoting. And sure, showing them as redeemed in the length of any Hollywood film will be a bit facile, we aren't getting out of this mess in any narrative that can be told completely in a few hours. Maybe you want us to simply tear the institutions down completely and start fresh? There are several well documented historical incidences of that going very badly and none that I know of that went all that well.