1492: Conquest of Paradise [Region 2]
by Ridley Scott
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Actor: Ángela Molina, Armand Assante, Gérard Depardieu, Loren Dean, Sigourney WeaverDirector: Ridley Scott
Producer: Alain Goldman
Producer: Garth Thomas
Producer: Iain Smith
Producer: Marc Boyman
Producer: Mimi Polk Gitlin
Producer: Pere Fages
Writer: Rose Bosch
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 154 minutes
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Movie Reviews of 1492: Conquest of Paradise [Region 2]
Movie Review: Extremely underrated MASTERPIECE
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a masterpiece. Period. Bad reviews generally come from critics that fail to get the movies' intention: there is no intention different from telling the story from Christopher Colombus' perspective of the events that he unfolded. From the film maker there is no desire to have a blockbuster movie or to win audiences, this movie has no compromise other than to make a beautiful work of art that depicts and celebrates a extraordinary event. And it is an extraordinary event indeed. Some try to minimaze the powerful clash of cultures and sense of discovery that happened in the year 1492: the world was changed, long way more that the man getting to the moon (I remember a critic complaining that the director showed the arrival of Colombus as more spectacular than the Apollo 11 landing; well, it was!). Perhaps you might fail to catch on this idea and others the movie represents if you are not from Latin America. Perhaps. In the movie without any effort Riddley Scott shows how Spain's politics of that time corrupted the new world even using Colombus as a mere instrument and moreover, Columbus also contributed to make everything a mess due to personal interests. This type of government is something that has repercussions today in Central and South American countries, more than 500 years later.
And this movie is historically correct, contrary to what another reviewer said. Obviosly, there is a voluntary lack of accuracy to help story telling and visual representation: the first sighting of land was around 2 AM, not during the day; the movie shows Columbus in two voyages, when he did 3 in the period the movie represents. Another criticism is for Gérard Depardieu casting and accent, well, the real Colombus was a foreigner in Spain, so he must have spoke with an accent. Depardieu's cast was an asset.
The score from Vangelis is impressive and has become a world music contemporary classic and all the acting is more than competent. See this movie for what it is, a cinematic experience that describes what happened in 1492, a year the old world changed when a new world was discovered. Do not expect a Hollywood absent minded super production with lots of action and scripted drama. If that's all you like, you might not like this masterpiece.
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