There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job'
- Terence Fletcher
While I’ve previously used the term “thought-provoking” to describe a work of art, this movie has become both the definition of the word and, from now on, the benchmark for my usage of said description.
While I’m not usually deeply affected by films - but when I am, I take it as a personal indicator of a great film - I can honestly…
While it’s slightly too long with a small pacing issue, Conclave provides an interesting and, most of all, realistically glimpse of the business-like nature of the Catholic Church. Whether through personal ambitions and vendettas or higher societal issues, this movie allows for a surprisingly grounded conflict between the old and new school generations of the Christian doctrine and its interpretations.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Long, dull, forced and filled with flaws. The only reason why I gave this movie one star is because how comically bad it got as it went on. I can only describe this as an awful attempt to combine a drama and a sort of musical all in one, that solely ends up colossally failing in both aspects. The new aspect of this movie as a sequel, which was the storyline with Lee, felt unnatural, completely unjustified and worsened by…
PT: Não fazia a mínima ideia do que esperar deste filme. Não conhecia a figura de Leonard Bernstein, só sabia que o Bradley Cooper seria o realizador e ator principal no filme sobre a vida dele. Assim sendo, decidi dar uma oportunidade ao filme.
Não é, de todo, um mau filme, mas tem um ritmo muito lento. O foco do filme é, claramente, a relação entre Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre, o que faz sentido. No entanto, adoraria ter visto…
