JoeyJKKF
Joined Aug 2022
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It's a family favourite for us, and a rare breed for 21st century animation: a completely original idea that absolutely everyone will enjoy.
Except the littlest ones, for whom the moments of danger and conflict will be too visceral, the tone of the film is perfectly calibrated. The screenplay is consistently funny, inventively structured, and perfectly paced through action scenes, character drama and a touch of romance. Johnny Depp and Isla Fischer have a ball voicing the dialogue, as do the deep cast of supporting characters.
Lastly, the music is far better than the usual fare. It relies neither on licensed needle drops, nor on generic Hollywood scoring. The main theme is so instantly memorable that my first reaction was "they've lifted it from an iconic western". Nope, it's an original gem that sits alongside Enio Morricone's best work.
What a film. Watch the extended version for additional silliness.
Except the littlest ones, for whom the moments of danger and conflict will be too visceral, the tone of the film is perfectly calibrated. The screenplay is consistently funny, inventively structured, and perfectly paced through action scenes, character drama and a touch of romance. Johnny Depp and Isla Fischer have a ball voicing the dialogue, as do the deep cast of supporting characters.
Lastly, the music is far better than the usual fare. It relies neither on licensed needle drops, nor on generic Hollywood scoring. The main theme is so instantly memorable that my first reaction was "they've lifted it from an iconic western". Nope, it's an original gem that sits alongside Enio Morricone's best work.
What a film. Watch the extended version for additional silliness.
Caravaggio's Shadow is a fever dream of a film, vividly photographed and convincingly played by an (unsurprisingly) handsome Italian cast.
There's plenty of melodrama, but it's an Italian period piece; anything less would have felt restrained.
At the heart of it is an irresolvable contradiction: the Vatican and papacy are the immensely rich and powerful core of Catholicism, but Catholicism is anchored by the teachings of Jesus, friend of the poor, the outcast and the desperate. What happens when the Vatican's most talented painter - a devout genius - uses the poor, the disgraced, and the outcasts of society as his subjects in seeking the truth of scripture?
Expect plenty of debauchery, plenty of on-location renaissance architecture, some intrigue, and even some swashbuckling swordfighting.
Worth your time.
There's plenty of melodrama, but it's an Italian period piece; anything less would have felt restrained.
At the heart of it is an irresolvable contradiction: the Vatican and papacy are the immensely rich and powerful core of Catholicism, but Catholicism is anchored by the teachings of Jesus, friend of the poor, the outcast and the desperate. What happens when the Vatican's most talented painter - a devout genius - uses the poor, the disgraced, and the outcasts of society as his subjects in seeking the truth of scripture?
Expect plenty of debauchery, plenty of on-location renaissance architecture, some intrigue, and even some swashbuckling swordfighting.
Worth your time.