I watched this movie because of the music

Dillon 2022-08-11 13:49:44

The music is really nice and powerful, but compared with classical music, there are still many gaps.
For music, get a film. It was in pure English at first, so I couldn't read it. Later, I downloaded it from Fengxing Internet, with Chinese subtitles, and watched it in two days.
Biographical films are inevitable to be loose, and the narrative is somewhat out of breath, the lyrical flavor is too strong, and there are many inconsistencies with history.
The most sad thing is at the end. The name of Columbus failed to become the name of a continent and a big country like Amerigo. This is an irony.

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1492: Conquest of Paradise quotes

  • Columbus: Are we going to argue?

    Beatrix: I'd love to argue with you more often. But you're never here.

  • Columbus: I believe the Indies are no more than 750 leagues west of the Canary Islands.

    Antonio de Marchena: How can you be so certain?

    Columbus: The calculations of Toscanelli, Marin de Tyr, Esdras...

    Antonio de Marchena: Esdras is a Jew...

    Columbus: So was Christ.

    Antonio de Marchena: Two minutes and you're already a dead man.

    Columbus: For telling the truth?

    Antonio de Marchena: Yes. They are burning people for less. The men you are about the confront have no emotions. You must learn to control your passion.

    Columbus: Passion is something one cannot control.