Review of Silence 2016 Full Movie: In Silence, Martin Scorsese beautifully portrays man's inhumanity to man, the foul fruits of religious intolerance, and heroic devotion to faith in the face of life-threatening challenge. Scorsese and Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto present breathtaking photography of Japan, and artful use of fog. Scorsese and screenwriter Jay Cocks (and novelist Shûsaku Endô) wrote an elegant and thought-provoking if long, screenplay.
The film, which portrays the arduous lives of Christians in 17th-century Japan, poses difficult questions of what one might be willing to sacrifice for one's beliefs and how much responsibility one should take when others are more truly at fault. Some viewers may be put off by the film's sometimes graphic violence. Those who like Roland Joffé's 1986 film The Mission or Bruce Beresford's 1991 film Black Robe will also like Silence, and vice versa.
Beautiful moving film. Scorsese's Silence roars with raw emotion without a soundtrack beating you senseless to move you to display the proper emotional response. Whether a viewer is religious or not this film is not about faith being right or wrong but about the inner struggle of those who believe in something. It's a good character study where there are no simple villains and heroes.
A raw tale of two earnest missionaries in the face of persecution and forced apostasy. Portrayals of mercy and compassion, as well as tough questions about faith and culture. A must watch for Christians, and I'd love to hear what my friends from both sides of faith have to say about this one. It's a long slog and often has a slow pace. But I felt pretty wrecked during a number of scenes. No particular performance stood out, but beautiful scenes filled with painful emotion.
The 1630s. Christians in Japan are being persecuted and news now reaches Lisbon that the senior Jesuit priest in Japan, Padre Ferreira, has renounced his faith. Two Jesuit priests set out to Japan to not only find Ferreira but also to continue his ministry. Interesting drama, directed by Martin Scorsese. Quite gritty in its depiction of the persecution Christians faced, as well as the dilemmas they faced. The moral quandaries of the priests when faced with torture and death, not only of themselves of their flock, are explored well.
Some good themes covered, especially faith and what one has to do to remain true to it. Powerful ending. However, far from perfect. The movie moves at a glacial pace and is quite long-winded and verbose: many themes and dilemmas are repeated unnecessarily. Quite difficult to remain engaged and focussed when things happen so slowly. Some editing would have gone a long way.
Scorsese's respect and admiration for the Christian religion make itself known in this movie. Brutal to see how the Japanese tortured the friars and how resilient the Christians remained even after all of it. It's insane to think about how much religion can affect things in both a good way but also in a very negative way. War's have been fought due to religion, people have died, been persecuted. Very interesting to see that Scorsese chose such a topic and kind of movie to do as one of his last. Especially the time period he chose.
So grey in color, so dark, so gloomy. Fits perfectly with the troubled times that were going on. Kochijiro is a hypocrite and Andrew's character is looking more and more like Jesus. He could have made it shorter by 1 hour.
Overall, pretty good movie but I couldn't stop thinking how fucking long it was and how Scorsese could have gotten his message across in less time. Definitely not my kind of movie and definitely my least favorite of Scorsese's. Not because it's about religion and devotion, but because it's too long and somewhat dull.
The 1630s. Christians in Japan are being persecuted and news now reaches Lisbon that the senior Jesuit priest in Japan, Padre Ferreira, has renounced his faith. Two Jesuit priests set out to Japan to not only find Ferreira but also to continue his ministry. Interesting drama, directed by Martin Scorsese. Quite gritty in its depiction of the persecution Christians faced, as well as the dilemmas they faced. The moral quandaries of the priests when faced with torture and death, not only of themselves of their flock, are explored well.
Scorsese's respect and admiration for the Christian religion make itself known in this movie. Brutal to see how the Japanese tortured the friars and how resilient the Christians remained even after all of it. It's insane to think about how much religion can affect things in both a good way but also in a very negative way. War's have been fought due to religion, people have died, been persecuted. Very interesting to see that Scorsese chose such a topic and kind of movie to do as one of his last. Especially the time period he chose.
So grey in color, so dark, so gloomy. Fits perfectly with the troubled times that were going on. Kochijiro is a hypocrite and Andrew's character is looking more and more like Jesus. He could have made it shorter by 1 hour.
Overall, pretty good movie but I couldn't stop thinking how fucking long it was and how Scorsese could have gotten his message across in less time. Definitely not my kind of movie and definitely my least favorite of Scorsese's. Not because it's about religion and devotion, but because it's too long and somewhat dull.
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