tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post1522793373484940480..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Movie Review: Clare and FrancisBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-43317191596707815182021-12-31T02:58:22.734-05:002021-12-31T02:58:22.734-05:00You cannot truly grasp the beauty of this movie, t...You cannot truly grasp the beauty of this movie, the artistry and that dynamism until you have watched it in Italian!Muirinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457293888638045084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-87149635365622972052019-04-28T05:38:53.819-04:002019-04-28T05:38:53.819-04:00Jupiter Ascending Based on a Book. Quite a few goo...Jupiter Ascending Based on a Book. Quite a few good movies and screenplays are based on books, especially book series<br /><a href="http://sharifamcfarlanesanderson.com/is-jupiter-ascending-based-on-a-book/" rel="nofollow"> Jupiter ascending book </a>jazzy zeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598057074478858749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-4929001514240080292011-02-20T00:31:24.068-05:002011-02-20T00:31:24.068-05:00Thank you for what I felt was a balanced film revi...Thank you for what I felt was a balanced film review. Having seen most of the films on St Francis I think that this is the one I will share with my class. I liked the version with Rourke too...it captured the period effectively (and made great use of mud)...it is not appropriate for the age of the students I teach though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-74699943912455469242009-08-05T19:28:11.107-04:002009-08-05T19:28:11.107-04:00There are just certain parts of Francesco that wor...There are just certain parts of <i>Francesco</i> that work so well for me, e.g. the snowmen, the stigmata...<br /><br />Paz is much to pretty to be Teresa.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-57267421003849082852009-08-05T19:16:55.831-04:002009-08-05T19:16:55.831-04:00I've been wanting to see Francesco for a long ...I've been wanting to see <i>Francesco</i> for a long time, but I can't seem to find a copy anywhere, not even at Barnes & Noble, which keeps its foreign film section pretty well stocked.<br /><br />Whether Rourke was convincing as St. Francis or not, casting him in the role was a wonderfully ballsy move -- maybe not quite as ballsy as casting Paz Vega to play Teresa of Avila, but pretty darn close.M.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03203700326528231241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-59359548531524076642009-08-03T18:58:29.915-04:002009-08-03T18:58:29.915-04:00Thanks for the review!Thanks for the review!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-22293470901482742052009-07-29T18:37:37.481-04:002009-07-29T18:37:37.481-04:00Thanks for the review - I'm looking forward to...Thanks for the review - I'm looking forward to checking it out!Lee Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828712906247704669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-14507808024422047952009-07-29T15:05:34.084-04:002009-07-29T15:05:34.084-04:00Thanks so much for this review.
Lee - Brother Su...Thanks so much for this review. <br /><br />Lee - Brother Sun, Sister Moon is coming at it from a very Protestant viewpoint. Not heretical, but definitely anti-clerical and anti-tradition. There are no "miracles" or dogma really portrayed. In the film. St Francis is basically portrayed as the proto-Protestant; "one of them" had he been born 300 years later.Qualis Rexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-65916176744305460622009-07-29T07:32:27.957-04:002009-07-29T07:32:27.957-04:00Brother Sun and Sister Moon had its moments. I rem...Brother Sun and Sister Moon had its moments. I remember really liking it - when I was 20. Sort of like Godspell; it's good for a certain age. Maybe films like that are a way to get younger people interested, then, hopefully, they will grow and learn. There's nothing wrong with that.A Secular Franciscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-10455786825900337742009-07-28T20:39:42.486-04:002009-07-28T20:39:42.486-04:00I loved Rourke's movie of Francis and thought ...I loved Rourke's movie of Francis and thought that it was closure to his life then any other. I can't stand the recent one with St. Claire acting as if Francis was her boyfriend...ringing that bell and all..but I still like brother Sun and sister moon...so go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-19283175127797862812009-07-28T13:48:52.523-04:002009-07-28T13:48:52.523-04:00I also had mixed feelings about the movie. It'...I also had mixed feelings about the movie. It's one of those movies I've now seen, and will probably watch again, but not regularly.<br /><br />By the way, I am one of those who did not like Rourke's interpretation!<br /><br />Have you ever seen "The Flowers of St. Francis"?A Secular Franciscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.com