8.8' is just right to the five-star standard in my heart.
At first, it felt like a House of Cards + Power Fight in Langya, and found that what the screenwriter really wanted to present was the spiritual growth of the young Pope, and to explore some philosophical thoughts under the religious core (here I still believe that many problems are not absolutely right or wrong, and is a topic worthy of constant dialectical discussion. Like Shakespeare's simplest and most profound question.).
The acting skills of all the actors are delicate and expressive, and Qiu even performed the surly, witty, and unconventional performance of the young Pope in a very expressive manner.
The soundtrack, composition, and editing are all at an appreciative level. The use of montage to the benefit, especially the exciting fit of the music, may also highlight the absurd interest of the plot. The insertion of rock and black gold soundtracks is especially hormonal. After the show, I turned around and found the soundtrack and song list of the whole show and listened carefully. happy! One of the songs, Senza un Perché, sung by Nada with the female Prime Minister of Greenland dancing casually, is a bit over the top.
In terms of plot, the strict and sacred religion, the rules that have been passed down for thousands of years, and all the ceremonies and regulations can be performed unconventionally in the magnificent and slightly depressing and solemn bishop's palace, which is a great admiration for the director's scriptwriting. I heard that Director Paul is Wong Kar-wai from the West, so I will mark it after reading it, and I will go back and read the rest of the works. After all, except for the Trinity, all the sins that Catholicism rejects and hates can be discussed naturally and profoundly. In addition to citing appropriate examples at the beginning, the follow-up needs to use a series of religious and social methods such as Holy See constraints, moral ethics, etc. solve.
Faith vs Survival, Norm or Exception, Principle // Favor. The pope's unique personality contradictions are integrated into socio-political and religious conflicts, and then return to the primary and ultimate question of whether the protagonist truly "believes in God". ——
He was "slack and even blasphemous" by being rich in the priesthood, and he broke the rules and still got God's response to repeated miracles with divine authority. So who is he, why did he come, and why is he so holy and worldly contradictory and truly dialectically unified?
In the end, I had to go back to the original intention (point of interest) of watching this drama, (not due to the blessing of high scores), a natural curiosity in the process of exploration. After all, To Believe or not to believe, that is a question.
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