I really enjoyed it but sensed I was in the minority in the cinema judging by the number of walkouts (full house reduced to less than half over the course of the film).
I find Adam Driver typecast into dorky new york comic roles so struggled to see beyond an iffy accent. However knowing Andrew Garfield basically just from Spiderman I was hugely impressed. Neeson's character is an afterthought but held up. Yosuke Kubozuka was a joy. Issei Ogata was hilarious. Lots of lovely images and palette from Rodrigo Prieto. The sound design was fabulous and rich as you'd expect from a film with a name like Silence. Scorsese's staging still wallops anyone else working today (save J.C. Chandor). It was long, but so's Casino and I found it far more rewarding than anything he's made for years (I watched Silence yesterday and in the preceding 10 days I rewatched every single Scorsese film in order so feel vaguely confident in that assessment). That said I'm desperately looking forward to The Irishman.
I really enjoyed it but sensed I was in the minority in the cinema judging by the number of walkouts (full house reduced to less than half over the course of the film).
I find Adam Driver typecast into dorky new york comic roles so struggled to see beyond an iffy accent. However knowing Andrew Garfield basically just from Spiderman I was hugely impressed. Neeson's character is an afterthought but held up. Yosuke Kubozuka was a joy. Issei Ogata was hilarious. Lots of lovely images and palette from Rodrigo Prieto. The sound design was fabulous and rich as you'd expect from a film with a name like Silence. Scorsese's staging still wallops anyone else working today (save J.C. Chandor). It was long, but so's Casino and I found it far more rewarding than anything he's made for years (I watched Silence yesterday and in the preceding 10 days I rewatched every single Scorsese film in order so feel vaguely confident in that assessment). That said I'm desperately looking forward to The Irishman.