I remember that before this film was released, I was still traveling in SEVILLA, and the streets were full of promotional posters for this film. I felt that the whole of Spain was looking forward to this film. The director is indeed quite famous. My favorite of his previous films is abre los ojos, but this one is really average.
Indeed, this kind of plot may have a great impact on Europeans, but for the Chinese who have experienced so much, it is not surprising. Decades ago, we were just shouting slogans and forcing groups after groups of intellectual pioneers to commit suicide or be committed suicide. Speaking of belief, this kind of violence has nothing to do with belief, it is just a political competition between several men, and it is precisely the man who should protect her who is relatively useless, so there is the final outcome.
I don't know what to expect from this film, the conflict between religions, the nature of faith, or the powerlessness of science. All I see in this film is a mediocre, bland history, and it doesn't make me sympathetic at all, except that Rome's prefect is a real bummer.
I think that if the director draws from the history of China in the 20th century to make a movie similar to this one, it will definitely be more touching and shocking. If there is anything that can go through thousands of years and cross borders without changing at all, it is human stupidity.
In fact, this movie is a good movie, but it is really average for well-informed Chinese people.
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